Whirlpool WHELJ1 Central Water Filtration System, White

No leaks. Great filter, just set it and it flushes itself. easy to install, one person can install it. love the small design. it catches very small materials. My water isn't murky anymore. well worth the money. I have well water

I had this model for 10 years worked great so I bought another one.

Glad I purchased this it installed just as the original. The old unit lasted 14 years and apparently they quit making it, so I was glad to find this one.

First, I do want to emphasize that this Whirlpool Central Filtration System works great. However, the first one I purchased lasted just over 4 years and the second one I purchased lasted almost exactly 4 years to the day. I just ordered my third one. We are on well water, so it is a hard working filtration system. Just be prepared, if you are on well water, that the useful life may be only about 4 years.

This is the second of these I have purchased, this one to replace the older one which had been in use for about 15 years. I tried other filters before but have quite a lot of sediment from my well which can block other "whole house" filters in as little as 4 hours. Not using a filter causes dripping faucets, clogged sprinklers etc so is not an option.To be clear, there is no lifetime product, eventually the "self cleaning" system, which uses valves, will fail, and the filter will eventually become clogged. I was able to deep clean the filter by dismantling it twice, but the leaking valves caused me to eventually replace the filter. If you have less sediment that could be decades away.As a replacement incredible easy to install, although the new unit looked identical it was 1/2 inch taller so I did have to move the bracket up, but the whole install was less than 15 minutes. If this is a new installation you will need a plumber unless you are comfortable with plumbing in 3/4 or 1 inch pipes.The control unit simply plugs in and in 15+ years no issues with it. You can control how often it self cleans, the default is 7 days and for me I had to slowly increase the frequency as the years went by ending up with a daily clean. The new unit is back to 7 days, so yes they eventually will clog up. I also noticed an immediate improvement in water taste with the new unit.Overall I would highly recommend this filter. 5 stars!

This is a terrible product. We installed it in our vacation home working perfectly. When we returned 8 weeks later it was leaking all over. We had the plumber who installed it at a cost of $500 and he showed me where the leak was internal at a cost of $300. Of course Amazon said tough you are past your 30 day return limit, cont Whirlpool. So I will now have to have a plumber come out to remove it than package it and send back to Whirlpool.

This a replacement for the same model I've had for 10 years. It finally started to lose a little bit of flow. I live in a place where we have heavy iron in our water and it can smell like rotten eggs / sulfur. This thing takes care of it all. And for the price versus having to deal with the salt and a water softener. Which is bad for you and makes you swell up it's amazing.

It was shipped without markings to show how it should be set. A simple arrow saying this end up would have helped. The delivery driver was very careful with it, but he didn't know which end should be up. So it sat upside down for a week waiting for the installer arrived. There were no instructions in the box either. Should have been something describing how it worked.