General Electric MWF Refrigerator Water Filter
- GE guaranteed fit: Compatible with select GE side-by-side and bottom-freezer refrigerators
- Premium filtration: Certified to reduce chlorine-resistant cysts, lead, select pharmaceuticals and 15 other contaminants
- Twist and lock design: Simple design provides easy, tool-free, no-mess filter replacement.Max. Filtered Water Flow (gpm):0.5
- Six-month filter life: For best filtration results, filter cartridge should be replaced every six months or 300 gallons
- GE's most advanced filtration Tested and verified to filter five trace pharmaceuticals, including ibuprofen, progesterone and others
- Replaces GWF, GWFA, GWF01, GWF06, MWFA
Sudeep Yadav
I've bought OEM and off brands before but have stayed true to the OEM for the sheer fact that they work the best (in my opinion)
Review Time - If you have a fridge with a water dispenser and an ice maker these filters are a must have. I've bought OEM and off brands before but have stayed true to the OEM for the sheer fact that they work the best (in my opinion). The installation is easy, just take the old one out and put the new one in. Dispense several glasses of water to filter out all the gross stuff... and I mean gross. This will also reduce the sputtering when you first install the filter and start using it to dispense water. Always remember to reset the filter light indicator. As a secondary measure I like to write the date I install the new filter right on the filter so I can keep tabs on how I do (should) replace the filter. And like GE claims this filter should take out most everything that is in our water (lead, pesticides, herbicides, VOC, etc...). For me it's just a simple peace of mind to know that I'm using the right filter.
Sonja Kovacevic
TIP: Get a report from your water supplier FIRST before buying any water filtration system.
Hate the price, but love the quality and flavor improvement. Been using the brand since 2003. To do water filtering right, you first should get a report from your water supplier. It will list the allowed contaminants [some benign, like naturally occurring minerals, some not -- like benzine leaking from local gas stations.] From there, assess your filter to see if it removes the not-so benign stuff. When I compared this to some third party clones (from local chain hardware store), this removed (to me) major contaminants the clones did not. GE says it will remove lead, cysts, and mercury and five trace pharmaceuticals. Subjectively speaking, I can tell the improvement over tap water. We refill disposable water bottles with this filtered water to take with us, saving even more. I don't know about you, but knowing I'm not drinking someone else's excreted pharmaceuticals makes water more enjoyable.
Donna Getty
Only filter I could find that is NSF Certified for both 42 AND 53 Standards
While there are many competing filters out there that meet NSF standard 42, the genuine GE is the only filter I could find that is NSF Certified for both 42 AND 53 Standards. The NSF 53 standard covers a whole different class of nasty contaminates that you really don't want in your water. They are also more difficult to filter out and require more advanced filtration which is probably why others can't meet that certification, and the ones that do, like this one, cost more. Search the web for understanding NSF standards and compare the two standards to see why you want your filter to have both. If you want your water to not only taste good, but be safe as well, this is the best I can find so far.
Malcolm Glover
Inexpensive way to buy a water filter for your fridge, if it has a water and/or ice dispenser. Change it regularly.
We have a General Electric ESS25 fridge that has a water and ice dispenser. This is the filter for the water/ice dispenser. We change it every six months. Our house has a water softening system, and also a reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink. So, our water is pretty good. We use the R.O. water for cooking and drinking, and thus rarely dispense cold water from the fridge. Still, we use the fridge's ice often, and the filter keeps the ice tasty (don't want it ruining the drinks) and also keeps the ice-making mechanism clean. These filters are a fortune to buy retail. We buy them in three-packs from Amazon for a lot less. HINT 1: Newer fridges tell you when it's time to change the filter. Ours doesn't. We settled on every six months because we only use it for ice, not for water. However, I'm told that if you notice that your fridge water has a smell or doesn't taste good, that indicates that it's time to change the filter. It all depends on how much water/ice you use, and how clean your home water supply is. HINT 2: When you change the filter, write the date of the change on the filter with a sharpie. Otherwise you'll have no idea how old it is!
Kim Blair-King
Don't wait as long as I did to buy one
I am embarrassed to say I purchased this filter in May 2010 and it is still in use. Why? I forgot about it until today; I took out the filter and saw the date I wrote on it when I installed it. I tested filling a large glass and it took 25 seconds. The house has a whole-water filter, plus a water softening system. The whole-house filter gets changed annually. So I guess all that has allowed the filter to work with no loss of flow and no odor or bad taste in the water from the refrigerator. I just ordered another filter today. I have to say the filter is great considering what I have put it through and the service it still give me. Eight years in use in three more months' time. Wow!
Darla Davis
Use these top quality cartridges BUT you may not need to replace as often as recommended
You just can't go wrong buying original manufacturer GE refrigerator water purification cartridges actually made by GE. Since they're fully enclosed (and consequently you will never know exactly what's inside) you should be able to trust the original manufacturer, who has a reason to make high quality replacement parts so that you don't think your fridge is defective. On the other hand, refrigerator owners need to know that your GE fridge is programmed to notify you to replace the cartridges every six months WHETHER OR NOT you need to do so. We've easily gotten more than a year out of each cartridge; you can tell it needs replacement when the water doesn't taste quite as fresh as it should. I like to keep an extra cartridge on hand in case I need one quickly, but so far that has never happened. Happy Hint: Write the date you replace the cartridge on the cartridge itself with a black sharpie pen, and that way you will know exactly how long your cartridge lasts (which can vary according to the water supply you are using).
Jennifer Rouse Wilkinson
Works great for 6 - 9 months.
Great for 6 - 9 months. In a GE profile side by side. My water has quite a bit of chlorine smell to it, and my township adds chlorine/chloramines depending on storm conditions, well/aquifer vs river, etc. This filter takes out the chlorine for better than 6 - 9 months. I have occasionally forgotten to change it after resetting the filter reminder LED, and let it go for 9 months, but never noticed a reduction in flow or chlorine. Ice comes out perfect, no smell, taste, just great. I don't think my fridge measures water volume, only time, but not sure. GE recommend 6 months or 300 gallons, but I did not use 300 gallons of water. (Would need to pull 1.6 gallons a day for 6 months, so no way I hit the 300 gal mark!) Installation is trivial...align arrow, push up, turn. Get a permanent marker and write the installation date on it!
Charles Massey
Worth every penny
This filter is so much better than the generic one I got before. The water tastes so much better. I just moved to a new house and I had no idea how bad the other filter was because I just thought our water tasted bad and I was going to have to buy bottled water. I decided to try this filter out even thought it was almost double the price because if it worked better than I wouldn't have to buy any more bottled water or have to put up the the aweful taste of our water when I ran out of bottled water. It is amazing the difference in taste. There is no chlorine taste anymore and no other bad taste or smell. It just taste like nothing, just the way I like my water to taste. I used to excuse my water when I gave a glass to someone but now I don't have to, I can serve water with pride. I will never buy a cheap filter again. This is worth the money.
Shannon Jamarcus Riminton
Such a world of a difference!
The water in our refridgerator started to have a funky taste to it and also was not coming out of the fridge very fast, so I ordered a new filter hoping that would help. IT DID! We received this the other day and I put it in right away. I love how easy this is to install a simple twist in and all is ready to go. After installing the new filter, I did run about two pitchers full it through it first and dump it out. Of course while it filtered through it did gurgle and splunter working out all the air bubbles in the system. Then I tested it by filling my glass up with water. The water tasted so good again! We also noticed that it comes out a lot faster now than it did before. After we did a water test to test the water compared to the water that comes out of the faucet. The water out of the fridge was much cleaner and didn't have any Iron like the water from our faucet did. We were so thrilled! Our filter before hadn't been changed in over a year. So that explains why we were having problems. We do plan now to replace the filter every year. Get this filter! you won't be mad you did!
Rosa Murphy
Amazon sells genuine ones, Appliance Cove sells bootleg ones
Six months ago I ordered one sold by Amazon and it worked great with my fridge. A week ago I ordered another one and did not notice that is not sold by Amazon. At first I thought there is no big deal, it was prime eligible so it arrived on time. I received the package and I noticed something is not right when I tried to replace it. The two filters do not look the same. So I immediately went to Home Depot to buy another one to see which of them is bootleg. I have three photos here: Photo 1 - the boxes: Left - from Appliance Cove, Right - from Home Depot. Left one is a bit smaller. An extra label is there hiding the original barcode. The barcode on top does not match anything from Google search. Right one is a bit bigger. Search the barcode on Google will return you it is GE MWF water filter. Photo 2 - the filter: From left to right: from Amazon, from Appliance Cove, from Home Depot. You can notice that the print of the center one is worse than the others. Photo 3 - the filter again: From left to right: from Amazon, from Appliance Cove, from Home Depot. Again the center one does not look same as the others. The align arrow does not align and it is shorter than the others. Clearly the one from Appliance Cove is a bootleg product.