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Review on 🚰 Culligan FM 25 Advanced Faucet Filtration System by Joseph Marshall

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Underrated, undeservedly forgotten design with retractable pin, convenience outweighs cheap adapters

The feature I liked most about this filter and which I have not seen anywhere else is the mechanism that lets you from a change conventional faucet. Stream into a filtered stream of water. It's a rod that you pull out, similar to the mechanisms sometimes used to switch the flow of water from a bathtub faucet to a showerhead. As with bathtubs, when you turn off the faucet after using this water filter, the stem will pop out again, ensuring that the next time you turn on the faucet, the water will flow out of the regular stream and not the filtered stream . The other filters I had always stayed in the last used position. So if the last person using the faucet poured filtered drinking water into a glass when you turned on the faucet, it would flow through the filter first and you would have to flip the switch to return to normal faucet flow. It doesn't seem like a problem until you have to do it hundreds and hundreds of times. Who wants to focus on what "mode" your faucet is in when you're using the sink? The design of this filter ensures that it will automatically return to normal faucet flow, regardless of how the faucet was last used. In terms of water quality, like its competitors, this filter does not remove some of the mineral deposits found in hard water. I know they can be good for your health, but using a water filter is partly an attempt to remove the hard water taste in my home. In this regard, it's no better or worse than other filters (including two of the most well-known in the business) that I've used. Eventually I had to buy a more powerful adapter to hold the filter on the faucet. I removed one star from my rating because the kit used a better quality zinc or similar adapter (e.g. the best faucet filter I've had to date.

Pros
  • tools and housewares
Cons
  • very expensive