Product review (5 stars): Highly recommend this filter
This filter is great.  My first time buying a non-GE authentic part, and I must say I had my reservations.  The filter came in a decent box, the seal was just so-so, but the actual filter looked and felt fine.

One of the things I did, that GE authentic filters have you do, is to fill the filter with tap water until bubble stop coming out of it.  Then I placed it in a glass and filled the glass with water until the filter was submerged.  I left it like this for about 15 minutes.  This took the air bubbles out of the filter ahead of time, plus water attracts water so I knew the flow would be fine.  I switched out the filter, then moved to run 2 gals through the filter.  It burbed a tiny bit of air in the beginning, then ran smoothly.

The water tastes great.  I would definitely buy this filter again.  I am very pleased - especially with the money I saved not buying a GE authentic part!!