Product review (2 stars): Mediocre Filters & Fishy Pricing
Ordered these for a couple of years for my Samsung fridge. As a filter, they're just ok. I'm comparing the water output to the water output from my PUR pitcher, and the PUR pitcher water tastes my cleaner than this. I'm not sure why, but this doesn't seem to do much filtering. The water in our area is hard, and the water output from the fridge isn't too far from the tap.

As if that alone, wasn't enough, the price on these is high. $49 for a filter isn't bad for 6 months, right? True, but here's the deal...they aren't always $49. I put this item on Subscribe & Save for every 6 months. Suspiciously, the item will fluctuate between $28 and $45 for most of the month, and then when Subscribe & Save time comes around? Boom. $49. I checked the day after it shipped, and guess what? $29. So the item apparently went back up to $49 - the highest price it's been all month - just long enough for the Subscribe & Save orders to be placed? I'm calling bull.

It sounds to me like Amazon's computers know when these fluctuations are most benifiicial to Amazon. Maybe counting on Subscribe & Save customers not to check the price of these items during the month and only be happy that the item price is the same as the previous month or order date. I got on the phone with Amazon to bring it to their attention. God bless the guy who got my call, because he wasn't the culprit here, but he caught all of my wrath that day. A $20 price fluctuation just around S&S time? No way, not happening. They refunded me the difference between what I paid and what I would have paid if the price had stayed the same. For that reason I'm giving them a 2/5.

2 stars deducted because they aren't that great of a filter to begin with.
1 star deducted because Amazon's Subscribe & Save practice are looking fishy.

For both of those reasons, I'm trying an off brand filter that I've seen recommend for Samsung fridges. It's gotten rave reviews so far, and you get 2 filters for less than the lowest price that 1 Samsung brand filter sells for (currently at $29). Maybe those will work out better.