Wait a second here?????

You take out the filter and leave the housing completely open and it still
works fine ?

Or you pull out the filter media, put it back together without it and it
still works ?


AMUN


I can take the filter completely out of the housing and the water
dispenser works like filter was in there. The flow rate out of the
dispenser is the same with or without the filter in. So, something
molded on the end of the filter appearently engages the bypass valve
when you put the filter in the housing. Water comes out of the filter
when I have it in my hand. My whole point about this was this light
that comes on every six months telling you to chnage the filter. If
you do not notice any reduction in flow or how the water taste. then
there is no need to change this filter, no matter what that light
says. Thats what the scam is. That is not some hi-tech filter thats
going to remove every contaminant there is. When the filter starts
going bad you will notice it. After 3 and 1/2 years mine appearently
has not reached this point. good day.

WRONG! After a while the filter builds up contaminants. All that bad
stuff that you are getting rid of in the water ends up stuck in the
filter and all the water you drink is then being filtered not only by
the filter, but all those contaminants. They can also start to be a
nice bacteria / scum pool after awhile. But, if you want to drink
through a used sweat sock because you are too cheap to replace the
filter now and then then go ahead.