Culligan FM-15A Level 3 Faucet Filter
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Culligan FM-15A Level 3 Faucet Filter
Customer Review: Wish I could tell you more!
Summary: 1 Stars
No problem with the order or delivery, but it doesn't fit my faucet. Home depot doesn't sell an adapter that works. I'm going to have to go to a pluming supply store to try and find a solution. This is a real pain in the butt for a simple water filter!Customer Review: Great filter
Summary: 5 Stars
This filter is the best I've ever owned. I've wasted so much money buying the other brands over and over. So far this one is holding up great. Great price and the water tastes great too and that is what I wanted.Customer Review: very nice
Summary: 5 Stars
bought this item after reading everyone else's review of it. when i finally received the item, it was just a matter of minutes before i got my item hooked up to the kitchen faucet and i mean like 5-10 mins. and as for the design, i really like the way this filter is in front of the faucet making it easier to move the faucet around.. i would buy another item like this if i had another faucet to use it on. good item, very nice indeed.Customer Review: Blood, Sweat & Tears So Far! Now Let's See...
Summary: 4 Stars
I have high hopes for this Culligan Faucet-Filter; it had BETTER deliver - it's taken lotsa sweat even to get it installed! [Okay, I exaggerated in my caption, talking of blood and tears. Sue me.]
I earlier bought a Pur Faucet-Filter, but returned it to the store unopened, scared off by the multiple reviews claiming that its plastic components cracked with little use. Passed on getting a Brita for the same reason. The glowing reviews of this Culligan model, many emphasizing its robust metal fittings, sold me on it. So, via Amazon, made the purchase.
The Filter arrived with Amazon's usual shipping speed; then trouble began. Turns out the faucet in my apartment is from an older era, with a smaller diameter than today's standard fittings. So its external threads couldn't begin to mate with the corresponding internal threads of the Culligan's built-in sleeve. The Culligan came with two different male/male couplers, but both of those were designed to allow its sleeve to mate with internally threaded faucets. I needed a true male/female adapter, externally threaded on one end to mate with the Culligan's sleeve and internally threaded on the other end to mate with my faucet. Trips to Lowe's and Home Depot were fruitless. One of them actually had the right type of adapter, but in much too large a size.
A desperate call to Culligan gave me the verdict from their technician that the two couplers as packaged with their Filter were all they could provide; I was on my own. Drats.
Cutting to the chase, salvation came with a trip to this local specialty plumbing supplier which everyone kept telling me about. After describing to them what I needed, we started exploring their bins where such adapters and couplers were stored; most of these bins were empty and it looked like a losing cause... until one bin had exactly two of the little baby I needed, at $2.40. Sold!
I've rated this Culligan Filter less than a full Five Stars because the aggravation and turmoil of seeking out that extra accessory to make it work has to detract from the product, even if it is not their fault that my faucet doesn't meet the latest standards. Several reviewers here have reported the identical problem, and most assigned this Filter One Star as a result.
So far, I've noticed that the water-flow through the filter is half of what the bare faucet allows, but this is to be expected and will be tolerable as long as it doesn't lessen significantly. As to the taste test, that is yet to come.
A follow-up review will appear from me in due course.
Customer Review: good filter but....
Summary: 4 Stars
This filter seems much better than other faucet filters I've used in the past. Totally takes out any chlorine odor. However, it is supposed to be changed every two months where my other one was three months plus sometimes the little pull out valve stem sticks so the filter stays on all the time instead of popping back in for non filter use. Still, I would buy this over the less expensive products because I do think it works better.