Product review (3 stars): Sketchy Fit On My Whirlpool ED5VHEXVQ01
The last time I changed one of these filters was November 2016. It was one of the new "Drop" filters. At that time, the receptacle for the filter became damaged and caused a leak. I caught the leak before there were any serious problems. I thought that maybe the new filter had damaged the receptacle, but that was not the case. I replaced the receptacle and installed the filter that I was suspicious of and everything worked perfectly for several months. The latest filter that I received 7-8-17 didn't fit properly. The tab on the filter that locks it in place was just a bit longer than the one on the last filter. The filter couldn't physically go in far enough for the tab to clear the locking mechanism. I had to file a little material off of the new filter retainer so it could lock in place. Once installed, I flushed four gallons of water through it and all seems to be well so far, but I'm pretty disappointed that I had to do this to make it work. This process also artificially aged my draw cap, (the thing you swap out at the end of each filter when you change them). I swapped it between the old and new filter a dozen times to compare the fit of the old and new filters. This equals about 6 years of normal filter changes, and caused the cap to break the twelfth time. If the filter had fit the first time, I would have been able to use the cap 10 more times before it broke.