Product review (5 stars): Fit Perfect, Works Perfect!
First let me start out by saying I was going to give this filter a 4 star rating until I received a email from the manufacturer asking me to rate the filter and if I was not satisfied with it and was not going to rate it 5 stars please contact them and let them know of the problem I had, well I did just that.
I told them it took about 15 gallons to flush the new filter that it seemed to have what I called cooked "Asian glass noodles" in it at first, ugh.  After the long flushing they were gone.  To me this wasn't typical, maybe some dark discoloration from carbon was all I was use too.
I received a email back and this is what I was told:
"Thank you for the order and I appreciate your feedback on the filter. Let me address the issue you experienced with the filter, as I have seen this before. Often times if a filter has not been changed for a long period of time, or if the tap water just happens to have a lot of contaminants, these white little strands will appear at first. The pieces are usually actually there and in the line when you take your previous filter off, and many shake loose with the change of filters, and these should not be happening from the new filter. Next time you change your filter you can see if you notice this by unscrewing and then re screwing the filter in place and pour some water."
Well I hate to admit it but I didn't realize that it had been over a year since I had changed the filter, my bad, so this now makes sense to me and was happy with the explanation that I was given!
I now happily give the Refresh Filter a 5 star rating as it works perfect and fit my GE refrigerator like a glove!  No leaks, no problems, so why spend almost twice as much for a filter when you can get a quality filter like the Refresh for less.
I hope this review helps.