Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Watts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter
Customer Review: Still attempting to correct problem!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I received this item and connected to faucet....water is coming out all around connection...not where it is suppose to come out!!!!! I called the company to see what to do, the woman I spoke with was trying to help me but when she realized this was an item from Amazon.com she couldn't help me!! She transferred me to someone else, I just got a voicemail....I left a long detailed message but have yet to hear back from anyone, this was 5 days ago! I will try again next week to see if I can get this resolved before returning this item. Hopefully I will have better info next week and will write another review.
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Tried several more times to call Watts (they never returned my call). Each time I called I would get put on hold for 15-20 minutes and was never able to talk to anyone about problem with unit..so I have returned item. Really was hoping to resolve this, I live in the country and on well water....guess I will continue to purchase bottled water!
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Best tasting water out of my tap yet!
Summary: 4 Stars I've tried a couple other filtration systems, a pitcher filter and a Berkey filter, but neither got my water tasting drinkable so I went back to bottled. Until this little unit got my water tasting, well, not quite like the best bottled water I've had, but much better than some of them.
And it's more convenient than those other filters I've tried, I don't have to wait for gravity to feed water through the filter or deal with another pitcher in the fridge or a bucket sized container in the kitchen, that you'd have to clean out regularly(Yes, I'm lazy :p ).
I haven't had to change the filter out on this unit so can't comment on that yet.
Aesthetically, it's white like all the other devices/appliances on my counter, it doesn't really stand out imo. And I've got it placed in a way that it's not in the way. Though it's more important to me that the product work than look pretty, so even if it was the most hideous thing I'd ever seen(It's not) but worked, I'd use it.
Overall I'm happy with it.
Customer Review: "20 Years of Drinking Water Supply.....In Your Kitchen....a Simple Installation!"
Summary: 5 Stars
After several weeks of temperatures in the 80s, with humidity on the menu, and the kids running in for something cool to drink, this "appliance" has proved to be one of the biggest assets in the kitchen. Now, surely, it will be useful on days with lower temperatures; make no mistake, this Drinking Water Filter will serve everyone. They just have to stand in line at the sink.
Installation was quick, and just to make sure there was no leakage, we wrapped Teflon tape around the connector; it worked like a charm. The product is said to last for twenty years. We will look forward to that.
While it may not be attractive, it is functional and you don't have to refrigerate the bottles of water to keep them cool. Wait a minute, you don't have to buy the bottled water and then recycle the empty bottles. All in all, the family of 5 can easily handle using this Drinking Water Filter. Get this for you family, now.
Try It, don't miss it!!
Customer Review: Easy to install but useless after 6 months
Summary: 1 Stars
I read all the wonderful reviews and for its price it was a terrific choice ...at first. It's very easy to install but after 6 months of use the water diverter valve no longer snaps back into place. But that's minor.
Now after 6 months is time for the replacement filter. The wrench that's needed to open the canister was not provided. Based on other recent reviews there's no way to get it from Watts either. We don't have a monkey wrench at home that's large enough to fit around the entire canister.
I gave it a one-star because a good water filter shouldn't be this difficult to replace a simple filter.
Either way I'm very disappointed that I now have to replace the entire unit after just 6 months of use.
Sidenote: I looked on the Watts website in Nov. 2009 and they still offered support for this unit. I looked in Jan. 2010 they no longer list this unit on their website. I wonder why?
Customer Review: Great until you want to replace the filter
Summary: 3 Stars
Had a miserable time trying to get access to the filter for replacement. The manufacturer's instructions had made it sound so easy. They read, "Remove filter housing from lid by turning it to the left." I didn't have the strength to open it, but then neither did my adult sons. I tried using a screwdriver and holding the housing up against the cabinets with my feet. No luck. I had thought maybe our hard water had caused the housing to become stuck so I soaked it in CLR for a few days. When that didn't help, I went online and found several others were having the same problem. Sounds like some went out and bought a special plumbing wrench. That seemed to me to be defeating one of the purposes of a water filter - save money.
My ultimate solution? A hammer! I didn't mind a little scuffing of the plastic. That could have been avoided if I had placed a cloth over it. At any rate, I got it open and got the filter replaced.