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- Faucet-mounted water filter Culligan Faucet Filter FM-15A *Est. $20
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Faucet-mounted water filter
- Price
- Effective at improving taste and odor
- Filters last for 200 gallons
- Two-year warranty
- Filters out six contaminants
- No filter-change indicator
- Only available in white
- Installation may require purchasing an adapter
If the quality of your tap water is bad enough that you want to filter it for cooking and other tasks, mounting a water filter on your faucet may be a better solution to purifying water in batches with a pitcher. Experts and owners recommend the Culligan Faucet Filter FM-15A over other models. It's NSF International-certified to improve the odor and taste of tap water as well as filter out chlorine, lead and other contaminants. Filters last for 200 gallons, without the clogging problems seen in many other faucet filters, and cost about $11 to replace. The Culligan lacks a filter-change indicator light, but this feature is inaccurate on other models, according to users. Installation takes just minutes, as long as you don't have to run to the hardware store for a special adapter. If a water filter can't be attached to your faucet, experts recommend the Clear2O Water Filtration Pitcher (*Est. $25) for filtering water in batches.
A side-by-side comparison of faucet-mounted water filters by editors at ConsumerReports.org helps us gauge the effectiveness of the Culligan Faucet Filter FM-15A. We also rely on hundreds of owner-written reviews for this model at Amazon.com.
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| Culligan FM-15A Level 3 Faucet Filter | |
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Our Sources
1. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
ConsumerReports.org editors test the Culligan Faucet Filter FM-15A and five other faucet-mounted systems. The filters are ranked by how well they improve the bad taste of cabbage water and remove lead and chloroform (as an indicator of ability to remove organic compounds and disinfectant byproducts). Separate ratings are given for flow rate and clogging.
Review: Water Filters, Editors of ConsumerReports.org
2. Amazon.com
No other faucet filter comes close to the positive feedback on the Culligan Faucet Filter FM-15A from owners at Amazon.com. More than 350 owners give it an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 5. Reviewers say the water tastes good and the system is durable. However, a number of owners say it didn't fit their faucet, and it was time-consuming to locate the right adapter at a hardware store. Others say it leaked at the adapter.
Review: Culligan FM-15A Level 3 Faucet Filter, Contributors to Amazon.com
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