Product review (3 stars): Noisy but the water comes out quickly and the price is low enough to deal with the noise.
I purchased these because the price difference between these and the "name brand" ones were worlds apart. I read reviews that said that these filters are LOUD and I really didn't know if that would be the case for us, but it is true. Our old filters didn't make much noise when the water ran through them- barely even noticeable. These filters are very loud though. It actually sounds like you're running the sink because it's so loud. (Besides the affordable cost) The benefit of these filters is the water flow. We have a Whirlpool Fridge that measures the water output. The filter that came with the fridge never put out the amount the digital reader said it would (and filling up our cups took a long time), but these filters do. So the noise is a downside but the water output is a plus.