Culligan FM-15RA Replacement Filter Cartridge for Faucet Mount Filter FM-15A, White Finish

While it's been mentioned before that this filter meets or exceeds the filtering quality of Brita, I think it needs to be mentioned again just how amazing this product is. It is far superior in design from the Brita. Some background: I drink a lot of water; only water and green tea, frankly. I home-brew gallons of green tea a month, made with filtered faucet water, storing it in reusable glass bottles for personal use. I live in the desert where calcium and mineral deposits in the water are common and obvious if not filtered out. When the water is not filtered, it's obvious. I first used Brita's disposable faucet filters and liked those pretty well, and then when that was discontinued, I went to Brita's other faucet filters (On-Tap, 42633, FF something or other). While the water with Brita was good, the device was poorly made, and I was changing filters quite often. Everything was plastic, even the attachment to the faucet was plastic. And while it had an indicator light to let me know when I "needed" to change the filter, that burned out/stopped working after about six months, leaving me to rely on what is commonly referred to as "taste buds", which to the dismay of the doltish, does not come with an indicator light. (Who needs an indicator light to tell them there's a difference in the way their water tastes?) It bears repeating that both Brita and this Culligan filter receive high praise (top marks) from Consumer's Reports for filtering quality. But here's the selling point: Culligan is significantly cheaper and better made. Culligan's filters are each good for 200 gallons, Brita's filters are good for 100 gallons. Price one Culligan filter compared to two of the Brita and you'll see how much cheaper Culligan is. Plus, Culligan's faucet attachment is metal (stainless steel?), instead of cheap Brita plastic. (I've used mine on two different faucets, one with internal threads and one with external, the product comes with the attachments necessary to make it fit any faucet). And, to reiterate, Culligan's water tastes just as good (if not better) and filters just as effectively (if not more so) than Brita. PLUS, you can sign up for a subscription on these filters and get an additional 15% off, have them shipped to your door exactly when you need a new one and be done with it. If ever there were one, this is truly a no-brainer. Culligan is the hands-down winner. Pur need not even apply, Brita: go back to the drawing board. I love my water and Culligan is for real.

I never believed in water filtration. As a kid, I would always drink from the faucet without any consideration for "purity." As I grew older, I found that my taste buds developed and I was able to taste the difference between water. Now naturally, we only taste the impurities in water, but it was when I began to prefer room temperature water I noticed how the water in the container would taste after sitting for a while. And not from bacteria in my saliva, but from the metallic impurities within the water. So when looking for a quality water filtration system in an effort to save money and improve quality, I found that the Culligan Level 3 system was a cost-effective and high quality solution to both of these problems. The replacement cartridges last for quite some time. For example, I tend to fill my gallon of water within 1-2 days. That's at least 15 gallons a month, not including the other times my roommates or I fill smaller containers. And it still lasts about two months easy! The only "downside" is that as the cartridge gets older, it gets slower to fill a gallon (I've had it up to 15 minutes!). But I could hardly hold that against the filter or the cartridge because that was through my own fault of not replacing them in a timely manner. They even include a sticker to place on a calendar to remind you it's time to replace it. I've been using this system for almost two full years, and it is head and shoulders above the rest. All in all, Culligan makes a fine water filtration system that's super easy to install and replace regularly. I highly recommend it.

It does a good job of purifying the tap water. I have had this filter unit for about 6 months, and I used two filter cartridges during this time period. It seems to last me about 3 months per filter cartridge. The price for the cartridges seems to be a bit high. I would prefer to be able to buy 2 to 4 cartridges in a package, at a lower price than the $12 I paid for a single cartridge. I have had one problem with this unit, during the 6 months that I have owned it. The problem occurred about 10 weeks after I started using it. For some strange reason, the normal flow rate of the cartridge was reduced to a drip-drip-drip, so that filling a 1-quart bottle took more than 5 minutes, instead of the normal one minute or so. After I replaced the filter cartridge, the problem disappeared. My best guess is that some unusual particulate matter may have gotten into the water supply, and it may have clogged the filter. I am happy to say that this problem has not repeated itself with the second cartridge that I am still using. Otherwise, the unit is easy to use. You just pull the little valve at the side of the unit, turn the tap valve all the way on, put a bottle under the unit, and wait until the bottle fills. When you are finished filtering water, you just turn off the tap valve, and the little valve at the side of the unit automatically snaps back to its "off" position. The next time you turn on your cold water, it bypasses the filter, and water flows straight through the tap at the normal rate, for washing dishes, or whatever you want to use it for.

Hi, I'm a 16-year-old calico named Annie. My human companion, Stu, tells me this is the first product review by a cat. I don't know why; after all we cats have opinions on everything, mostly negative, the result of being perfect animals in an imperfect world. I have a pretty cushy setup for a cat. The bay window has a deep sill with cushions and there is a comfortable futon which I sometimes let him use. In one corner of the king size bed he put a covered, heated cat bed which he found online and which is why I let him spend there. But there was one major problem – the water. Each morning he would give me food, I would be ravenously hungry and dive in because I can't get him out of bed at a decent hour, like 4:30. While I'm busy eating, he would fetch a bowl of water then disappear without waiting for my opinion. One morning he gave me my chance by reversing the order. I put on an Oscar level performance, dour expression, wrinkled nose, head shaking, the whole nine yards. He asks “is there is a problem with the water?,” as if he thought it came from some holy spring. He gets down and sniffs. Few things look more ridiculous than people on all fours, which is why they walk upright. He proclaims “that's a bad smell.” Tell me something I don't know. If his nose worked, he would not need to half drown himself to find out. Now he tells me, with a straight face mind you, that the people with the big pipes have a machine that puts that smell in the water so that no one gets sick. You believe that? A cat could fall over with one whiff. Stu tells me he will get a machine called a filter to take away the bad smell. That is just like a human – first their machine causes an awful problem so they need another machine to fix it – these people with their machines, always with the machines. On the computer, he types Amazon, then faucet filter and picks the Culligan. A few days later, a box comes with a filter that looks just like the picture on the computer. He unscrews something called an aerator from the faucet, screws on the filter, puts a thing called a cartridge inside it and explains that the bad smell goes in the cartridge and when there is no room in it for more bad smell, one must replace it. He told me that Amazon has a very big computer that knows when each person needs a new cartridge and sends him one, since people cannot be trusted to remember. Now I drink the fresh water given me three times per day, Stu is happy and so is my doctor. Nirvana? Fat chance. Stu still makes me wait for my needs instead of responding immediately to my requests – err, demands – like an obedient slave.

We've been using these water filters for some time. Reading recent reviews here, I wondered how well it filters my water. It does flow pretty fast (suggesting that maybe the water flows around the filter and not through it). Well, I just did a little test. I filled two glasses, one after the other, one from the unfiltered tap, and one through this filter. The results: it actually took about twice as long to fill the glass using the filter than directly from the tap. (This suggests that the water flow is being slowed because it's being pushed through the filter.) But the real clincher was taste. I tried my unfiltered tap water for the first time in a long time just now, and it has a little bit of a weird taste. It's not horrible, but I wouldn't want to drink it every day. The filtered water does not have this weird taste. It always tastes like fresh clean water. This is in no way a scientific test but it seems to me that this filter is doing a pretty good job filtering my water--at least getting rid of the weird taste of my water. I checked this product out on a well-known independent consumer subscription website and this system leads the pack for this type of water filtration system. I do recommend making sure it says, "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com" for this product, just to be safe.

I've purchased this filter 6 times in the past 2 years. It does improve the tap water taste quality and you don't have to keep a pitcher in the fridge. I worried about real time filtration thinking the taste would suffer, but no. The taste doesn't suffer. I also like the mechanism itself automatically turns off when you shut off the water. I had a Pur filter for a long time and had the lever that if left on, meant next time you turn on the water, it is filtered, whether or not you wanted filtered water. Seemed like a waste and you are using the filter when you don't want to. This culligan automatically turns off the filtering when you shut off the water. Not a big deal, but seems like a better design.

The Brita faucet filter does an excellent job of filtering out impurities from tap water -- that is, when it manages to stay attached to the faucet. However, in my experience with it (two years and two different models), a tremendous amount of my valuable time was wasted trying to reattach the filter after it would repeatedly fall off. Although I have no direct experience with the Pur faucet filter, my understanding (drawn from other reviews) is that it suffers from the same problem. Happily, after purchasing the CULLIGAN Faucet Filter several months ago, I can now report with confidence that it is plagued by no such similar defect. In other words, once attached, it remains firmly in place, and works every bit as effectively as rival brands. So for anyone who has tried those other brands and encountered endless frustration in endeavoring to keep them attached to the faucet, my advice is: Don't give up just yet! Try the Culligan model. It's solidly built, competitively priced, and replacement cartridges are readily available from Amazon. For me, at least, the Culligan at last put an end to the gratuitous, time-wasting burden of having to continually reattach a recalcitrant water filter.

Excellent filter, easy and simple