Product review (5 stars): Second-time buyer, Second-time satisfied
This was my second time purchasing this water filter online via AMAZON and not at the department store. The first worked great and the water tasted fine. I'm pretty picky with the taste of my water, especially while I was pregnant. I came back to purchase another filter and stopped to read reviews again because as we all know products change over time. I was hesitant to purchase the filter again after reading some reviews and seeing pictures of blackish/grey colored water and people claiming the product was not OEM. I cannot say that this is an OEM product but I know it looks the same and it works the same. The water that came out of my fridge after installing this filter WAS grey however I remembered that carbon is used in a lot of filters to clean water and needs to be rinsed before use. I also remembered that when purchasing my fridge and using it for the very first time, it was recommended to dump out the first 2-gallons of water that came out of the dispenser so that you could not only rinse the water lines but also rinse the filter. And that's exactly what I did with this filter, dispensed water until it ran clear. Tasted it and there was no funny taste to it. I would purchase this filter again (after reading reviews again of course!)!