DOULTON-w9123053 10-Inch UltraCarb Ceramic Filter Candle

Five stars becasue of the good product and the even better service.Ordered this unit back in May of 2012 to supplement my emergency prep (EP) equipment. At an emergency prep class they showed us that this unit attached through a drilled hole inside a clean 5 gallon bucket with the spout protruding from the bottom, filling up the bucket with suspect water and allowing it to drain into another 5 gallon bucket sitting below, would clean 5 gallons of water overnight by it merely draining and filtering through the filter. Tasted the water and it worked.A problem arose that I was unaware until October. I never received the product. It had been scheduled to be a late delivery, a week or two beyond the order date, which was fine but it never arrived and I forgot about it until I was planning on gong to another class on EP. I only then realized that it had not come in. I wrote a quick email to the seller, Linipurewater, through the Amazon site and the next day I got a response. Three days later I had the filter. I figured that it would be a big hassle because it was nearly 5 months after the order. There are some good sellers out there and as for me and my house, this is one.

We use it in a Doulton stainless countertop model, and it works great, lasting a long time. Though we're on city water supply, periodic cleaning is still needed. A relatively easy scrubbing with a non-abrasive scrub pad works perfectly. You know it needs cleaning when outflow is noticeably reduced.

The local water is heavily chlorinated and tastes yucky. This ceramic and carbon filter cleans up that chlorine and the water tastes great. Be aware that the flow rate is significantly reduced but, for me, the clean taste is a game winner. Doulton is the best.👍👍👍

I am using this kind of filter since 2009. We have a house in the Dominican Republic.The water we drink comes from an river, gets pumped up to the roof imto a tank and then we have a doulton countertop filter that uses this cartridge. We clean the cartrige every 5 weeks and change it more or less every 8 months. The manufacturer recommends every 6 months but that depends on the amount of filtering you do.Here some suggestions after almost 15 years with this system:1. when you change the cartridge, put some chlorine into the hole where you screw this cartridge in, and let it in there for about 2 minutes. so you are sure you have a clean system from the cartridge to where the filtered water comes out.2. you can clean the outside of this ceramic cartridge with a soft brush or dish sponge. but when you do it, either you keep it screwed in, so no bacteria gets from the cartridge into the hole where the cartridge was stewed in, or you do the same steps as described in point one. Be very careful with that cleaning step. wear gloves because wha is on the filter is not only particles but also bacteria.3. Very important: when you cleaned or replaced the cartridge, you have to fill the covering that goes over the cartridge with water, otherwise the air will impede filtering. so you have to hold the whole system upside down and screw the covering filled with water over the cartridge.I hope that helps ;-)

This is a good filter for NYC water. My concerns are removing sediment and chlorine and any potential lead that might come from the pipes in my house, and possible bacteria, although that is rare in NYC tap water. The filter removes a lot of other stuff too - it is described on the company website. It is easy to clean the sediment from the white ceramic outer filter and the activated charcoal part is inside. The flow rate is pretty good. I am not aware of a better countertop system. If you have a seriously contaminated water supply or a high level of water paranoia (like General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Stragelove) you should study different filter options carefully. For me, this filter returns NYC tap water to the sweet mountain spring water that, without the chlorine and sediment, it actually is.

I have been using these filters for about 15 years and they make a big difference in improving the quality of the water that comes from my tap at home. Water tastes so much better and smoother with this filter and there is absolutely no chlorine odor or any odor of any kind. I check the filter once a month because they do get brown with time from collecting impurities. All you have to do is clean it off under running water with a textured sponge and reuse it until it's time to replace. When hurricane Sandy hit my area the water supply was affected and this filter literally turned black from all the garbage that was in the water supply. I didn't even bother cleaning it, I always keep spare filters and I just replaced it with a fresh one. I'm sure that this filter prevented me and my family from getting sick.

It was terrible. Came all busted up and totally unusable