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.

Culligan FM-15RA Level 3 Faucet Filter Replacement Cartridge I've been using this for a couple of months now and I'm very happy with it. I think the Culligan faucet filters are a better quality build than the Brita faucet filters I've had in the past. Also I think the Culligan water tastes a little better. If you're trying to decide between a faucet filter and a pitcher filter, the faucet filters take more out of the water. Some faucet filters, including this one, meet NSF/ANSI standards 42 and 53. Pitcher filters generally only meet NSF/ANSI 42. Quoting from the NSF dot ORG website: "NSF/ANSI 42 establishes the minimum requirements for the certification of POU/POE filtration systems designed to reduce specific aesthetic or non-health-related contaminants (chlorine, taste, odor and particulates) that may be present in public or private drinking water. The scope of NSF/ANSI 42 includes material safety, structural integrity and aesthetic, non-health-related contaminant reduction performance claims. The most common technology addressed by this standard is carbon filtration." "NSF/ANSI 53 establishes the minimum requirements for the certification of POU/POE filtration systems designed to reduce specific health-related contaminants, such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, lead, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether), that may be present in public or private drinking water. The scope of NSF/ANSI 53 includes material safety, structural integrity and health-related contaminant reduction performance claims. The most common technology addressed by this standard is carbon filtration." The NSF dot ORG website has the full details of the standard.

j,ai pas repondu toute suite raison invoquer pas recu le bloc de chez bic pas chere pas le cas de brita fait trop de publiciter en plus chez restaurant et cafer cette marque qui est pris

It is so expansive in UK, but it works the best if I compare it to any other brand.

Good product but very slow

Très très bien, Pratique à installer. Sain et propre . J'utilise ce système depuis plus de 5 ans. Vérifier les joints au robinet au changement de filtre