Product review (5 stars): Filter met expectations as it was a direct replacement for ...
Filter met expectations as it was a direct replacement for the filter element for the refrigerator......What I can't understand since we have had the refrigerator is the cost of this filter element...........$40+ per filter that needs to be changed ideally several times a year.  I don't understand why GE did not make the filter element contain a filter cartridge that would be replaced with out having to replace the entire container and internally integral filter.  Seems very wasteful and more costly than necessary.  Further, their seems to be no after-market alternative that is cheaper........$40+ for the filter seems rediculous...........