Culligan D-250A Level 4 Sediment Replacement Cartridge Set 2-pack Save 28% Off

• Reduces lead, mercury, Giardia & Cryptosporidium Cysts, pesticides, herbicides, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), asbestos, sediment, chlorine taste and odor
• For use with Culligan models SY-2650, SY-2500, SY-2300, SY-5197, SY-2000.
• Recommended for use with city and well water supplies
• 500 gallon capacity or 6 months
• NSF Certified

I received this filter set that is advertised as a Level 4 filter in the Amazon ad. However, the set I received, which looks very much the same as the set I usually buy at Orchard Supply or Home Depot, has some notable omissions. The label on the set I buy from OSH for instance, says in large letters: Made In USA; this set says, in very small type that the filters are made from parts from foreign countries and assembled in the US. The OSH set says Level 4 in large type in the lower left corner. This set has no Level 4 designation on the label at all. The OSH set has a long list of things that the filter reduces; this set has no list at all. The words Premium Filtration are written on the OSH set, and not on this set. The NSF International filter certification label is not on this set either, and is prominently displayed on the OSH set rather disturbing really.

Because of these omissions, which lead me to believe that the filter set has been downgraded some way from the sets I''ve been buying around here for years, I returned it unopened for a refund.

My feeling is that a manufacturer of important items like water filters should be required to, and be happy to, list on the label what the filters are capable of, if they indeed have those capabilities, and should not allow what appear to be some kinds of lower level filters to be sold under the same product number.

I''ve done some more checking on these filters, and went to an OSH Store locally, where I had purchased this filter set previously, and discovered that the set they sell is exactly like the above set from Amazon same label, same packaging. So, I assume that this is going to be the way the filters will be packaged from now on. Other websites that sell this set have extensive listings on what the filters are capable of filtering out of the water, and that they are Level 4 still, and fhat is what used to be listed on the label of the set.

I am going to try the set again, and see if there is any change in the way the water seems from the sets I''ve used from Culligan for many years. The claims are the same for the filter set, but not listed on the label any more, and another reviewer, who contacted Culligan was told that the certification that used to be on the set, could not be used any more since the certification only applied to one of the filters in the set, the one that does most of the actual filtering of harmful items in the water.

If the set performs as before, and doesn''t have shoddy workmanship, or continuously leak carbon particles, or fail to make the water taste as good as previous sets have, I''ll be glad to report on that, and say the set is worth buying at the very good Amazon price.

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As far as the product goes, this was an actual Culligan brand, just like the ad said, and this purchase was direct from Amazon. My prior filter purchase was from a reseller who said I''d get a Culligan, but what I got the previous time wasn''t.

I got the free shipping, and I guess you get what you pay for. It was free. There was no visible activity via online shipping tracking for a few days, then all of a sudden the package was in my hometown. It would at least make us think we''re happier if there was more feedback earlier, but hey, it was free, right?

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I ordered this Jan 5, 2010, despite other warnings, thinking I might get lucky and get the right filter, and if not, at least amazon is usually good about returns. Sure enough, I only got the cheapo filter for taste, odor and sediment, not level 4 as advertised. I don''t know what to do now to find a quality replacement filter!

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I have used the D-250 filters for almost ten years and have been very satisified up until now. After starting to replace the filters I noticed that the end caps for the carbon filters were both detached. I looked at the old filter to see if the caps were loose and they were both fastened securely. The outside of the package stated "Made in USA", but upon further investigation the filters were stamped "China" on the side of the filter. I examined the old filters and they were stamped USA. So apparently the Culligan filters are now being manufactured in China instead of the U.S. With all of the issues with heavy metals in children''s toy''s from China, I really don''t trust these filters. I think I would trust drinking my tap water more than trusting what the filters might add to my drinking water. I really don''t like the fact that the outside label of the Culligan filters state "Made in USA", but then I find out they''re really made in CHina. If they hadn''t been broken, I probably wouldn''t have noticed. Caveat Emptor.