Product review (4 stars): Mo' betta' for less!?! YESSS!!!
Our water dispenser stopped working.  I thought it was the filter that I had not changed in years.  I did not bother, because all the GE filter did was enable the water and ice accessories to work.  East Orange, NJ, water is the nastiest I have tasted, short of well water with its attendant odors and flavorings from whatever contaminants some (s)elohssa dumped on the ground. At least my hosts were not paying for this experience.  We pay for this allegedly treated public water and gov't rated VERY HARD water. It is barely drinkable, even holding my nose, without a reaction literally just shy of the body's automatic wretch and hurl response.  I digress.

At the price of these filters, if they did no better than the OEM filters, it would not be such an offensive loss. However, these filters, at 1/6 the price?  In fact, this price makes them less expensive than a filter bypass pipe.  Thus, if they only did the work of a bypass valve, the way I have been using the OEM filters, I was still ahead of the game.

It turns out that the problem I thought was a clogged filter was a leaking line, which I replaced in all of an hour, counting the time to get a replacement line from the orange box place.  After some time for the system to purge came the moment of truth.  Were these filters any better or worse than the OEM filters?

I dispensed my first glass, nervously put it to my lips, expecting the just shy of gag and puke response to which I was accustomed for 10 years. I was pleasantly shocked!  The water was drinkable!  I did not get the near gag and puke feeling!  I could actually drink two to three glasses (I decided to not push it) without wanting to return it immediately to its source.  Hence, my title, translated, more in quantity, better quality at an 83% off the OEM filters I highly recommend this product.

Why do I give it only four stars?  The OEM impotence forced us to find an alternative.  COSTCO had a great deal a few years ago on the ZERO system.  This filtration system almost makes this nasty East Orange water sweet!  Thus, while these filters take the water past drinkable to almost desirable, they have only alleviated, not obviated, our use of the ZERO system.