Shopping CartWatts 500315 Counter-Top Drinking Water Filter
date : January 27th, 2012Aquasana
Review : 3 Reviews
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Tags : 500315, Countertop, Drinking, Filter, Water, Watts
- Reduces chlorine taste and odor, sand, silt, sediment, and rust
- Portable; operates by use of a diverter valve attached to the main sink faucet
- Fits on to small areas on the counter top
- Meets all plumbing codes
- Accepts all standard 10-inch replacement filter elements
This attractive system sits beside the sink and operates by use of a diverter valve attached to the main sink faucet. Filter will reduce chlorine taste and odor, sand, silt sediment and rust form the water. Will accept all standard 10-inch replacement filter elements.Thanks to a certified coconut-shell carbon block, the Watts Premier CT-1 Counter Top Water Filtration Device turns tap water into cleaner, healthier drinking water. The Watts CT-1 is perfect for campers, RVs, apartments, and houses,
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The good, the bad and the Ugly!!!,
THE GOOD
Just moved to a new town. Anywhere else around the area, my Britta would clean up the taste of bad water, but not here. Here it’s SO chlorinated, I needed something better.
After a lot of reading and research I was down to the Filtrete Under-the-counter unit and this unit. The Filtrete pro sounded like it had a strong flow and filtered down to .5, but after looking at it closer, it would be just my luck to have a connector pop out and cause water damage without me around. So, I decided on this.
I had it connected in under 5 minutes. I just needed a pair of pliers to loosen the faucet part which needed to be removed. The unit came with a needed adapter which worked perfect. I turned it on and after letting it run for a few minutes, I tried the water. AWESOME!!! Clorine smell and taste was GONE!
This thing works, and works well and I don’t have to worry about broken lines under the sink. The water flow remains good through the unit as well. I can also find many options in replacement filters because of its standard size. I love the quality and functionality of this unit.
THE BAD.
The problem was, upon closer inspection, there was a small bead of water coming from the units water output. At the bottom of the metal output piece (Which you can just pull out) there are 2 small, round O-rings, and one was pertruding. It was cracked, so only one O-ring was ok, and when I moved the water output, it beaded up.
I called the “Manufacturer”, which sounds like it isn’t REALLY the manufacture, but a distributor, and was told they don’t have any parts, they get the unit assembled. The parts they DO carry they said, are all given to Amazon. SO…. they told me I should pack it back up, and send it back to Amazon.
What?!? I am suppose to ship the whole unit back, at MY expense, and have another unit sent, when a 5 cent part could be mailed out to me for the cost of a stamp. RIDICULOUS!!! Not too bright, or environmentally friendly. This is the problem with buying some things over the internet, from a place without a local retail outlet, but to save, we gamble…
Now I either ship it back, hunt online or drive to local hardware stores and look for something that COULD work as a replacement. Grrrrr…..
I finally went to Home Depot and found that they carried a package of #47 O-rings for a couple bucks that fit fine. All better now.
THE UGLY
This Item is Ugly as sin. It reminds me of my pool filter. I am going to make or find something to cover it.
OVERALL
For this price, it’s an AWESOME deal!!!
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|Good quality at a good price,
This unit is just what one would expect. There’s nothing fancy here, just a good solid unit. Installation was easy. The unit came with a couple adapters so that it should fit most faucets. No tools were required to hook it up. The diverter valve is a little nicer than I’ve seen on some units.
The only downside is a trait which is shared with all counter-top filters and that is that it takes countertop space and can be knocked over if one is careless.
For the price and Amazon free shipping, I’d be hard-presed to find a better unit.
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|Still attempting to correct problem!!!,
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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