Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter Save 13% Off

• Reduces chlorine taste and odor, sand, silt, sediment, and rust
• Portable; operates by use of a diverter valve attached to the main sink faucet
• Fits on to small areas on the counter top
• Meets all plumbing codes
• Accepts all standard 10-inch replacement filter elements

This water filter is nice and VERY Easy to Install!! as for the hard to open I bought the

Watts wr-100 water filter wrench here on Amazon for 7.54 it opens ver easy with the correct tool.

The water taste very good and Clean!! I bought this for my son who lives in L.A. for $29.00

you can not beat the price and the cost of replacement filter at $10.00 what a deal!!!

I paid over $1.200.00 for the AQ-500 water ionzer. and after a year it clogged up on me.

it is under warranty but for the price!! the AQ water does taste better

but not by much for the price. as for the Health benifits of ionzed water Have yet to see it!

If I had to do it over again I would save the 1,150.00 and just buy this unit!!.

I still might buy one as a back-up for my own house!!

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THE GOOD

Just moved to a new town. Anywhere else around the area, my Britta would clean up the taste of bad water, but not here. Here it''s SO chlorinated, I needed something better.

After a lot of reading and research I was down to the Filtrete Under-the-counter unit and this unit. The Filtrete pro sounded like it had a strong flow and filtered down to .5, but after looking at it closer, it would be just my luck to have a connector pop out and cause water damage without me around. So, I decided on this.

I had it connected in under 5 minutes. I just needed a pair of pliers to loosen the faucet part which needed to be removed. The unit came with a needed adapter which worked perfect. I turned it on and after letting it run for a few minutes, I tried the water. AWESOME!!! Clorine smell and taste was GONE!

This thing works, and works well and I don''t have to worry about broken lines under the sink. The water flow remains good through the unit as well. I can also find many options in replacement filters because of its standard size. I love the quality and functionality of this unit.

THE BAD.

The problem was, upon closer inspection, there was a small bead of water coming from the units water output. At the bottom of the metal output piece (Which you can just pull out) there are 2 small, round O-rings, and one was pertruding. It was cracked, so only one O-ring was ok, and when I moved the water output, it beaded up.

I called the "Manufacturer", which sounds like it isn''t REALLY the manufacture, but a distributor, and was told they don''t have any parts, they get the unit assembled. The parts they DO carry they said, are all given to Amazon. SO.... they told me I should pack it back up, and send it back to Amazon.

What?!? I am suppose to ship the whole unit back, at MY expense, and have another unit sent, when a 5 cent part could be mailed out to me for the cost of a stamp. RIDICULOUS!!! Not too bright, or environmentally friendly. This is the problem with buying some things over the internet, from a place without a local retail outlet, but to save, we gamble...

Now I either ship it back, hunt online or drive to local hardware stores and look for something that COULD work as a replacement. Grrrrr.....

I finally went to Home Depot and found that they carried a package of #47 O-rings for a couple bucks that fit fine. All better now.

THE UGLY

This Item is Ugly as sin. It reminds me of my pool filter. I am going to make or find something to cover it.

OVERALL

For this price, it''s an AWESOME deal!!!

*** UPDATE 07-06-2012 ***

WOW time flies. I have had this filter now almost 3 years. It was used constantly for over a year, until I moved out of that City (YAY!!!). It then sat for about 6 months before I decided to hooked it up at my new place, so I wanted to open it to replace the filter.

I was expecting the worst. First, it''s not at all easy to open. I tried tapping it open with a hammer and a screw driver, on the bottom. I tried holding it between my legs and twisting hard. All attempts made me look silly. I eventually bought a cheapo Car Oil Filter changer wrench? at about $5.00, which worked perfectly. This, along with another pair of hands made it fairly easy to loosen.

When I opened it, I was surprised. It wasn''t as bad as I had thought it would be. After a year or more of use, and then sitting for 6 months, it was hardly dirty. I was expecting something that looked like the insides of an old Barroom Ice Maker, but it wasn''t even close. I ended up tossing the old filter, which still looked hardly used. This in itself was amazing, considering how gross tasting and smelling Fitchburg''s water was. The inside did show a little build up, and with its structural design, it had many nooks and crannies that needed cleaning out. I tried soap alone, but eventually I used a small screwdriver and paper towels to clean out the tough spots.

I already had purchased a Level 2. 10 Inch replacement filter for it, but I ended up stealing a piece of rubber off the old filter to make it fit snug. It went back together easily and in about 5 minutes of running it was as good as the first day I tasted it.

I just wish it wasn''t SOOO Ugly. I had an idea when I first got it, to hide it''s looks. I wanted to make a cover for it out of something waterproof and medium grey. Then I wanted to add big white eyes with black pupils and Large Dark Grey ears. That way it would look like an elephant. Maybe it would even make the kids drink more water? :)

Anyway, the way this thing is built, it should last generations. There are still things for sale out there well worth the cost, and this is one of them. And who-ever builds my Idea, I want the first (or second) one...

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This unit is just what one would expect. There''s nothing fancy here, just a good solid unit. Installation was easy. The unit came with a couple adapters so that it should fit most faucets. No tools were required to hook it up. The diverter valve is a little nicer than I''ve seen on some units.

The only downside is a trait which is shared with all counter-top filters and that is that it takes countertop space and can be knocked over if one is careless.

For the price and Amazon free shipping, I''d be hard-presed to find a better unit.

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I received this item and connected to faucet....water is coming out all around connection...not where it is suppose to come out!!!!! I called the company to see what to do, the woman I spoke with was trying to help me but when she realized this was an item from Amazon.com she couldn''t help me!! She transferred me to someone else, I just got a voicemail....I left a long detailed message but have yet to hear back from anyone, this was 5 days ago! I will try again next week to see if I can get this resolved before returning this item. Hopefully I will have better info next week and will write another review.

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Tried several more times to call Watts (they never returned my call). Each time I called I would get put on hold for 15-20 minutes and was never able to talk to anyone about problem with unit..so I have returned item. Really was hoping to resolve this, I live in the country and on well water....guess I will continue to purchase bottled water!

:( ........

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I read all the wonderful reviews and for its price it was a terrific choice ...at first. It''s very easy to install but after 6 months of use the water diverter valve no longer snaps back into place. But that''s minor.

Now after 6 months is time for the replacement filter. The wrench that''s needed to open the canister was not provided. Based on other recent reviews there''s no way to get it from Watts either. We don''t have a monkey wrench at home that''s large enough to fit around the entire canister.

I gave it a one-star because a good water filter shouldn''t be this difficult to replace a simple filter.

Either way I''m very disappointed that I now have to replace the entire unit after just 6 months of use.

Sidenote: I looked on the Watts website in Nov. 2009 and they still offered support for this unit. I looked in Jan. 2010 they no longer list this unit on their website. I wonder why?

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Update: March 5, 2013 Just an update, I purchased another water filter system "Purenex SS-1 Countertop Water Filter, Chrome" (back in January 2010) and it came with a wrench. We tried to use that wrench to open the Watts water filter because it''s about the same size. Unfortunately, it still wouldn''t open.

The wrench opened the Purenex water filter without any problems. We''ve had the Purenex since January 2010 and it opens fine. Nothing like the unopenable Watts system. If we truly wanted to open the Watts system we probably would have cracked the chrome casing while trying. Either way no water filter system should be this difficult to open.

Of course this was all back in 2009/2010.