Product review (1 stars): Query the Seller:  Will I Receive a HOLMES Filter in its Original Box?
If the seller cannot guarantee that you will get actual HOLMES filters in their original boxes, then don't waste your money.  I did and the filters were terrible, lasting only a week or two before needing to be replaced (and I always add the bacteriostat water treatment to the water tank).  Then I went to the manufacturer's site and got the actual Holmes filters and they have been fine.  Product description and pic at Amazon led me to believe that's what I was getting in the first place, but not so.