Product review (3 stars): Going to stick to Official GE filter from now on. Not NSF 53 certified, doesn't filter well enough...
These are a bit hard to rate because I really have a hard time knowing if they're truly filtering anything. I decided to go the cheap route and get these instead of the GE ones that are $35-40 each (found it for $35 which is the least I have seen it for on here, through Sears I was paying $45 here's the link:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/General-Electric-MWF-Refrigerator-Water-Filter/dp/B000AST3AK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">General Electric MWF Refrigerator Water Filter</a>. In my research I saw this brand had the best ratings but did see that these do not clean out the same things that the GE official filter cleans out but I thought that as long as it filters the water of pesticides and some other major contaminates (as it says it does) then it would still be okay, but...you can tell, or at least we can tell a difference.

The water just doesn't taste as good as it does when the GE filter is in. I guess whatever extras the original filters out is something that we got used to and I will be going back to that now. In fact my husband won't drink the water at all and went and bought bottled water now and I didn't even tell him it wasn't the GE filter. After I got the new filter in (a few days later) he got a glass of water from our fridge, tasted it, spit it out and said he thought we got a defective filter (and yes we did as we always do and ran the water into a pitcher and dumped the first pitcher out into the garden). I  told him it's not the GE filter and that I went the cheap route and now he won't drink it until we get the GE filter back in. Picky, picky ha.

 I still gave it 3 stars though because it does fit and it isn't leaking as I saw some reviewers say happened to them. As for the "taste" that we think we notice is different this may be us and may not be due to the filter, it's just hard to say and that's why I don't want to take away too many stars. The price is great, it fits, just not totally sure it's actually cleaning the water at all.  I do know from my research though that this filter is not or does not have the same certifications as the official GE filter (it is not NSF 53 certified) nor does it clean out the same things so if that's an issue for you I'd pay the extra and stick to the GE filter. I hope this helps!

*I am thinking of trying to return it since I have 2 left that won't get used now but not sure if it's returnable. If I do try to return it I will update as to how that goes too.