Product review (1 stars): I placed the original plug back in to by pass the water filter and the water flow was fine.
We are forced to purchase GE brand filters since the refrigerator we have is a GE and uses the RID on the GE filters to identify GE vs non-GE filters.  Each filter costs about $50 and is supposed to last 6 months before replacing.  The latest one lasted 1 month and now the water flow is so low, the hot water feature on the refrigerator does not work and errors out 'due to low water flow'.  I placed the original plug back in to by pass the water filter and the water flow was fine.