Product review (5 stars): Genuine, grade A filter
If you google the product no, you can find a generic brand for half the cost but I figured if this thing will last me at-least 6 months as advertised, just go ahead and dish out the bucks for the genuine part.  Not worth cutting cost on an off brand when it comes to the most important stuff.  It is water after all, ya know, the molecule our bodies our mostly made up of.  Besides, I've been using the original lg filter for 2 years, way over the recommended  6 month replacement cycle and it still works fine.  Clean ice and water to date.  Just changing out of principle and because wife is making me.