Product review (5 stars): Fix the pop up problem with the filter
IMPORTANT READ!!!!
I had the same problem as many of you with the filter protruding and catching on clothes, ruining them.  I went through 2 of these filters because the end would chip off.  The filter itself never would sit in the space properly, it always stuck up.  Well, I FOUND THE SOLUTION.  Don't laugh, but I bought one of the "lint lizard" things and used it, and there was lint underneath where the filter sits, causing it to not seat and protrude.  As soon as I removed that lint, the filter sat in exactly as it did when I bought the machine.

So think back - did the filter fit in exactly when you bought it? Yes, it did.

You need to remove that lint at the bottom of the filter....