Product review (1 stars): Water tastes like it came from the polluted rivers in China.
Decided to purchase this instead of the OEM water filter from GE. First item of concern was that is was made in China. I followed the directions in the manual and flushed the filter for 8 minutes with water. My first sample of the water tasted foul. As best as I could describe, it tasted like "pool water". I flushed it for another 8 minutes and let it sit for a while.

After owning it for about a week and no change in the quality of my water, I bit the bullet and purchased the OEM GE one (which is twice the price of this one) and noticed a HUGE improvement. My water now tastes like "nothing" which is just the way I like it.

Do yourself a favor on this one an splurge for the official water filter which can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/General-Electric-MWF-Refrigerator-Filter/dp/B000AST3AK?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00