Product review (5 stars): Finally a realistic alternative to OEM price gouging.
After trying an imported junk filter, and having to return it. And THEN in-a-pinch having to pay full-pop for the mega-profit gougy OEM, I decided to try this one.

This appears to be made by a REAL USA based filter company that has a real website. That was reassuring.

Commenters talk about leak fears. But my expectations were a bit higher than that. Not only did I of course want a filter that doesn't leak, but I ALSO wanted a really good water filter at a realistic price.

This Water Sentinel filter appears to be exactly that.

They also included a small tube of O-ring lubricant which I thought was a nice touch.

The water tasted pure and great after the initial "flush". And that has continued for the two weeks or so until now. But one thing that I also noticed a few days after installation and use: I looked into the ice cube storage, and the more recently produced cubes were noticeably clearer than the older cloudier ones below them, that had been produced with the barely-ready-to-be-replaced pricey OEM filter.

I'm not sure if the bad reviews of this product are from agents of Asian competitors, or if real people actually had less than positive experiences with these filters. All I can say is that I am a real reviewer and user of this filter. I really used this filter in our Kenmore Elite side-by-side. And it is our new go-to replacement filter.