Pentek EP-10 Carbon Block Filter Cartridge

• 5 Micron Carbon Briquette, combining the long filter life of carbon block with the dirt-hold capacit
• High porosity design helps prevent plugging
• Perfect for residential, food service, commercial and industrial applications
• Manufactured entirely from FDA-compliant materials

I had to find replacement for my filters and this is great product. Takes away the odor/ foul taste from the water.

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This is a good price and a good filter, cost more at local stores.. I change it every 6 months like it says .. my city water has contaminates in it and it takes care of that..

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Used this product in a Culligan HF-150A whole house housing but used it undersink. The whole house filter cartridges are cheaper and filter much faster than the "under sink" marketed products. This filter worked great, fit in the housing, and makes the water taste almost as good as our rainwater system with a 4 stage + UV filtration system at a different house but for a lot less. We don''t do a separate sediment step, just this one. I''ll update review if filter doesn''t do well in the future.

Update 1/10/2013 still have it installed under our sink, hasn''t leaked since the day we installed it, and the water has tasted perfectly filtered since then. We have it hooked to the cold side of the kitchen sink so ALL cold water passes through the filter. You can imagine how many gallons have been filtered through it by now and it still is like new. No way an undersink one would''ve lasted this long. Also, the undersink ones can''t pass water very quickly. Since this is a whole-house filter, it easily keeps up with the pressure. You can''t even tell a difference from before and after it was installed, and if someone didn''t tell you it was there you wouldn''t even know.

I will probably watch and buy several of these as replacements when they drop in price.

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I use this filter to remove sulfur smell in water at my cabin. It removes all the smell and lasts four months. I use it as a whole house filter.

I recently installed three different water filters all together under my kitchen sink:1) Culligan D-10A Level 1 Drinking Water Replacement Cartridge Carbon-Impregnated Cellulose (2 filters for $10); 2) Pentek EP-10 Carbon Block Filter Cartridge (9-3/4" x 2-7/8"), 5 Micron ($12.50) & 3) KX MATRIKX Pb1, Extruded Carbon Block -0.5 micron Water Filter Cartridge, 06-250-125-975 ($17). I used 3 inexpensive Culligan water filters housings to plumb my system. I used a simple PVC water valve to adjust (slow) the water through my last 2 drinking water filters. My plumbing has the cold water at sink tap going through 1st filter: The Culligan''s Carbon-Impregnated Cellulose filter. ... Then that filtered water is plumbed to also feed my drinking water facet through 2 additonal filter housings which had in line the Pentek EP-10 (5 micron) carbon block filter, then the better KX MATRIKX Pb1 (0.5 micron) carbon block filter.

I tested the hot water & cold water at sink tap, and then my drinking water at separate drinking water tap with a TDS water quality tester (HM Digital TDS-4 Total Dissolved Solids Pocket Size Meter). I was surprised to find my TDS (total devolved solids) was slightly higher at my drinking water tap (which is channeled through 2 additional carbon block filters) than the cold water sink tap going through just the cheaper Culligan filter. I measured 125 TDS on hot water side of facet that has no filtering; 90 TDS at cold water sink facet going through just the Culligan cellulose filter; and 92 or 93 TDS at drinking water tap running through the two additional carbon block filters. This was after flushing the filters for the recommended 5 minuets (I likely did 10 minutes, then used setup for a week). I wondered why the TDS test results would be higher after going through the two additional carbon block filters??? Testing some more: When I took the Pentek EP-10 (5 micron) carbon block filter out of the 2nd postion housing and left that housing empty, ... I got the results I wanted to see. The TDS then measured at 87 at drinking water tap. That was 3 less TDS than the cold water sink tap) going through only the Culligan Carbon-Impregnated Cellulose Filter. A later test produced a 10 points less TDS at drinking water tap.

While I have not done further tests or tried a different Pentek EP-10 carbon block filter, I suspect the Pentek is below par and somehow added TDS to my drinking water setup. These test results were on filters that were all replaced about one week earlier. I believe the KX MATRIKX Pb1 (0.5 micron) filter is worth the extra money. The cheaper Culligan certainly does some good filtering of TDS too. I would test these filters out more if I was getting paid for it. I won''t be buying the Pentek brand again unless they supply me with a new filter that gets better TDS test results. TDS tests might not represent the full picture. Update: Did second test under different sink: TDS results for aged Culligan filter to sink tap then drinking water through the additional Pentek filter (the one I removed for main kitchen setup described above). TDS results fluctuated a bit/ close to the same. ... The Water Tasted better going through 2nd filter (the Pentek). No other filters were used in that TDS test.