Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter
Product Description
This attractive system sits beside the sink and operates by use of a diverter valve attached to the main sink faucet. Filter will reduce chlorine taste and odor, sand, silt sediment and rust form the water. Will accept all standard 10-inch replacement filter elements.
Feature
- 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
CustomerReviews
easy to install
Our well has iron in it which isn’t removed completely by our reverse osmosis system. Water has a funny taste so we were still buying water for coffee, etc. Well, not anymore! This unit does the trick…and so easy to install. In less than 90 seconds we had great tasting water at our fingertips. Worth every penny………..
No wrench included
Unit does not come with wrench to open unit in order to change filter. Package is generic brown box with 1 pg Watts Premier instruction sheet inside. The instructions indicated that a wrench may be required to open the housing (to change the filter). Believe me, a wrench will be needed. If unit performs as advertised, i won’t need to worry about the wrench for 6-months, but I’m still disappointed that a basic tool which i will need down the road was not included in this purchase.
Very satisfied
Installation is very straightforward and simple. Although I was left wondering with what to do with the “spare parts”, those probably would be useful if my faucet’s mouth was of a different size.
Water tastes really good after passing through the filter, and it is very easy to switch between filtered and unfiltered water which I highly appreaciate.
A few suggestions: on your first use, let water run through the filter for a whole minute at least to clean it up. Also, if you are letting the filter stand idle for several hour, drain about one glass of water before getting some for drinking: because the water sitting in the filter for a few hour tastes like carbon. What I have done is that I bought a water dispenser separately, and fill that up with filtered water and thus reduce waste.
good, inexpensive filter
The water certainly tastes better than tap. It’s no ten-stage filter, but I’m not going to shell out the $130 for one of those. If I could, I probably would, but this one makes the water drinkable.
Also, the water diversion system is a little less than optimal, but it seems they all are.
Nice filter
I got this filter about 1 month ago. Construction: well made and finished. Diverting valve is made of metal, and pops itself back to off position when you turn off the water. This is a nice function, since you don’t have to pop the valve back manually when you stop filtering. I had a previous counter top filter Kenmore with a plastic valve, which broke, making that filter useless. The watts valve is metal and I suspect should last much longer. The filter casing is a standard size, and can use any brand that fits in it. The base has a extra height that makes fitting bottles underneath the spigot better than other filters.
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