Product review (5 stars): Easy install. Works well. No issues. A quarter the cost of the name brand.
Time for a new water filter. Never bought one for this fridge before. Samsung manual warned against using 3rd-party products but after pricing out the options, getting a filter for a quarter of the cost of the Samsung brand was too tempting.
I installed this filter in minutes (first time I've done it) and it worked fine. None of the doom Samsung warned me of came to pass. Filter fit perfectly and, near as I can tell, is working fine.
Admittedly, I haven't analyzed the effectiveness of one filter versus another. My decision was based solely on cost. I may be losing some measure of efficiency or not filtering all the bad stuff. Could be issues down stream. Guess I'll find out.
So, if your willing to go without food for a week in order to buy the over priced brand name product (I exaggerate a bit) then go for it. But, if you want to have some money left over so you can fill that fridge, then give this filter a try.