Waterdrop Sink Filter Water Faucet for Skin Care, Bathroom Faucet Filter, 320 Gallons, NSF Certified Water Purifier, 0.01μm Ultra-Filtration System, Reduces Chlorine Lead-Free Material, 1 Filter White

I was tired of lugging water jugs from the supermarket to the house and paying a $1.00 a gallon so I decided to try one of these. I chose the Waterdrop over others for the following reasons: 1. Uses activated carbon made from coconuts. This type is more porous so it has more surface area to remove contaminants and allows for better water flow. Primarily for chlorine. 2. Filters last for 3 months or approximately 320 gallons. 3. Micron filter for biologics, sand, iron, sulfur, etc. 4. Price Took about 15 minutes to install. Tips: Make sure you choose the right adaptor and washer. The washer should be tight against the sides of the adaptor and seat it fully in the bottom of the adaptor. Use the provided Teflon tape. 3 wraps counter clockwise should suffice. Threads are fine and can be stripped if cross threaded. This will cause a leak and is not correctable. Hand tighten the adaptor. Use the provided tool to for an extra 1/8 to 1/4 turn. The rest is simple. Taste: Drank a glass of water unfiltered, filtered, and store bought. Filtered tasted great. No chlorine smell and fresh tasting. Actually better than store bought. TDS is a poor measure for drinking water. Good tasting water needs to be free of chlorine, iron, sulfur, lead, and biologics ( bacteria). If water doesn't have some salts, minerals, etc. in it the taste is bad. For example, distilled water has a TDS of 0. Not only does distilled water taste flat, it is also not recommended for normal consumption.

Easy to install, not too bulky. Needed it for brushing my teeth and washing my face. Works well.

Good product with badly "constructed" component. I love the filter quality and ease of installing. However, the water seal is VERY VERY VERY DIFFICULT ACHIEVE. I purchased this in May and one-or-more of the following happened over the past 2 months: 1) water began to increasingly leak at the faucet's connection point; 2) filter fell off the faucet when water began to leak a lot; 3) had to repeatedly remove the plastic coupling and add layers of latex tape to stop the leak and try to create another seal; 4) many times the water still came through, and I had to repeat #1-3 again and again--sometimes several times daily. This went on for about 6 weeks. I am keeping my fingers crossed because the last "seal" has lasted almost 2 weeks. This company was accommodating in that they sent some replacement parts--I expect that the threading from the PLASTIC component will wear off in time. I wish I could buy this connector in metal--the little detail that could cure this headache.

The item just arrived last night, and I installed it right away. It's not as easy to install as you would think. You would need a wrench to loosen the aerator from your original faucet, THEN you can install this by hand. It comes with pipe tape (aka plumber's tape or PTFE thread seal tape), which was a nice touch. For the longest time, I couldn't get the little leak on the side to stop, and used a lot of that tape...to no avail. I gave up and just put a food plastic thing on the faucet so the leak doesn't spray onto the counter. (You can see my plastic makeshift cover on the faucet in two pictures. LOL) I did a blind taste test and was able to significantly tell the difference between straight tap water and filtered tap water, so this product does filter like it advertises...how well it filters? I'm not sure since I can't test it in a lab. For the money, and the better tap water flavor, I would have given this 5-star IF the leak didn't exist. The little leaking is an inconvenience for me, not a deal breaker since it's not a big issue. So I will keep this product and see how it fares at the 6-month filter change and 1-year filter change. I will update my review later at those milestones.

TASTE QUALITY-I Love having fresh water! This is my first actual faucet filter I've purchased and I'm absolutely thrilled to have it in my home! THERE IS NO TASTE OR SMELL TO MY WATER and actually I prefer this water to bottle water. Unfortunately I don't have anyway of measuring the filtration quality so I'm waiting to see if someone else will do it and post results. WATER FLOW/PRESSURE- I've had plenty of Brita pitchers and I was expecting the slow filter/dripping. You'll have none of that with this bad boy. You get a full stream of water on both sides (filtered or non-filtered). And its super easy to turn the filter on and off. So cooking with filtered water is just as easy as cooking without it which is great! INSTALLATION - I absolutely appreciated all the extra parts provided to ensure it'll fit your faucet. I had difficulty getting the mounting nut flushed with my faucet so the Teflon tape provided came in handy. I believe not getting the nut flushed was more my issue and not the design. I did use a wrench to take off the aerator, other than that everything I needed was provided within the box. The installation directions were easy to follow. Just don't forget TO TAKE OFF THE PLASTIC COVERING ON THE ACTUAL FILTER. APPEARANCE- For the price, so far I'm super pleased with the product. It doesn't feel like cheap plastic and it looks super nice. I won't know the durability at this point so I rated high and will change it if something happens to the product within the next month. REMINDERS - They also provide 3 different options of being reminded to change out the filter. I don't know why anyone would rate this filter on the low end. I did look at several other filters before choosing this one.

Broke exactly one yr from purchase all i did was twist it to replace filter and it broke now i need to replace it