Product review (5 stars): True contaminant filtering with NSF/ANSI 53 in addition to neutral taste with NSF/ANSI 42
Searching through dozens of Amazon reviews to find the right filter and the right price? Discontent with the dozens of off brands and wonder if they are a better value?  That was me too. To sum up my experience, the off brand and less expensive filters offer NSF/ANSI 42 standards which makes the water taste more neutral. This filter offers NSF/ANSI standards 42 and 53 which provides a level of purification that lower cost filters do not. NSF/ANSI 53 is neither easy nor cheap to meet, so we essentially have to pay for that higher performance. I have been purchasing this product for the last 18 months for my LG refrigerator and have been pleased with the neutral taste of the water, peace of mind that there is additional filtering, and filters having lasted about 6 months on average. So now you have to make the decision for either a right turn or left turneither save money and get better taste or spend more for better taste and contaminant filtering.