Product review (2 stars): Not for me
I did a comparison with this filter's water and water from my year old filter which wasn't even the Maytag brand, it was a really efficient replacement from the Swift Green company. I must say this filter's water wasn't as good tasting (and yes I ran it for 5 gallons and it didn't improve over time) so you could tell it wasn't doing the best job. For only a few bucks of savings, buying this wasn't worth it for us. So I went ahead and re-bought what we had before and got rid of this one. Money wasted but lesson learned. Of course if you're not as particular about your water, this is fine. But personally I like my water tasting as good as bottled, and this just won't cut it.