Culligan SY-1000S Easy Change Undersink Drinking Water Filtration System

• Easy Change Drinking Water System
• Culligan SY-1000

Well, I''m afraid I can no longer recommend this filter at all. This morning, I woke up to my downstairs neighbor alarmed that he had a leak coming through the ceiling of his kitchen. The root cause, unfortunately, was that this filter had failed. Whether it is the seals on the replacement cartridge or the housing that went bad, I''m not sure. However, I''m not about to buy another replacement cartridge if this system is prone to failure and could yet again cause damage to the condo below me. I may even be contacting Culligan to see about having them cover the repairs as it is their product that caused the damage.

Also, I''ve come to really dislike the included faucet. It seems that over time the flow has just gotten worse and worse. Also, I think its easy enough to turn that my cat may have brushed it and I came home to the water running nonstop one day.

Hopefully my next filter will have a more solid housing/seal, and I hope to find one with a better flow rate as well. It took a bit too long to fill a glass with this model.

I just installed this system this week. I did some extensive research on several filters and decided that this was the one that would best suite my needs. The price was also very good. Other systems that I considered were the Kenmore 38461, the Culligan US-EZ-4, Pentek US-1000, and the Culligan Preferred 250. This one had the cheapest initial system cost, filter replacement cost, and additional parts cost.

After reading reviews of the US-EZ-4, I decided that with that system, I''d have to buy a different faucet than the one supplied, which would add to the already higher cost of that system. Plus, the replacement filter runs about $25 more for that model than the SY-1000 (look on E-Bay for some great deals).

After all those calculations, the SY-1000 had the lowest effective cost/gallon over a 5 year span (Under 4 cents/gallon) with the US-EZ-4 having the highest cost. Way to bring value to your newer product line, Culligan.

I was a bit worried about them possibly discontinuing the replacement filters for this, but it seems that Pentek is the actual manufacturer of the cartridges and they are continuing to make replacements (Pentek QC10-CBRR) as well as sell the filter system under their own brand name. I plan on stocking up on a few just in case.

Pros:

-Filters: Chlorine, Lindane, Atrazine, Lead, Cysts, particles > 0.5 micron

-Very Inexpensive relative to other systems

-Includes most necessary hardware

-Faucet is a good height, seems durable, don''t have to hold down a button to keep water flowing.

-Water tastes way better now, compared to untreated Austin city water. Better than bottled water.

-Cartridge easy to change single cartridge.

-Much more convenient than Pur/Brita water pitchers

Cons:

-Included T-fitting was wrong size (1/2"), where I needed 3/8" that goes to my sink. The included water fitting was also plastic and felt cheaply made. The correct fittings for my setup cost around $12 or so at Home Depot. Be sure to talk to somebody who knows plumbing and how to properly fit the plastic tubing.

-Faucet threading is not long enough for my granite countertop, which is slightly thicker than 1". My solution was to use a flat washer instead of the weird bracket one they provided.

-DOESN''T (claim to) filter chloroform, MTBE, VOC, Asbestos, Mercury. Austin claims these things are not in the water supply, so it seemed ok for my purposes. I was mostly concerned about taste, lead, and cysts.

It has only been a few days, but so far I''d recommend this product. I only give it 4 stars for the poor thread length on the faucet and lack of proper fittings. The filter is what really matters, though.

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First off I am amazed at how cheap this product is going for. I bought 2 of these for $80 a pop (with filter) about 2 years ago in my local hardware store.

As for installation, if you know what your doing it is a fairly easy job with the kit they give you, about 1/2 hour. If your not the handy man of woman it might take you a bit longer, just follow the instructions carefully and DO NOT over tighten the fittings. Myself I bypassed the t fitting and all the cheap tubing they give you, by buying some ice maker tubing with compression fitted ends and a couple of adapters. It cost me $20 but only took 5 minutes to hook up.

The taste difference between city water and filtered city water is a no brainer, the filter definitely does its job and removes that harsh taste. You honestly can''t tell the difference between water filtered through this system than from a newly opened bottle of Poland springs water.

I tested my water with a cheap test kit and it came out perfect, ironically the city tap water tested pretty well also.

For what the newer systems are going for and what they offer compared to this system and what it offers you can''t go wrong with this. There are no real benefits to go with the newer models that have the high price tag, they all offer the same protection, just a different set-up.

I would highly recommend this as it is a steal as well the replacement filters are pretty cheap compared to most others.

This product works and works well.

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The actual filter and holder work great. Easy to install and hook up. The fountain that comes with it is a cheap plastic piece of junk that would only look good in an old RV. The plastic T-fitting that comes with it is junk too in my opinion, the tubing is just press fit into it, not what I would call reliable. I bought a good brass one for less than 5 dollars. The filter kit doesn''t have enough tube end fittings for this switch however.

I would have been a lot happier if this kit was just the filter, holder and tubing. I bought the ''Water Filter Faucet Euro Design Brushed Nickel

by Crystal Clear'' for it. Looks great, works great and mates up perfectly with some extra tube end fittings (use only plastic ferrules, not the brass ones).

The replacement filter is the 1000R for the best filtration. For a 500 gallon capacity why skimp on the filter.