Undersink Water Filter Triple - Undersink W14 PLUS
From Crystal Quest
Filters 10,000 gallons
Amazon Sales Rank: #468710 in Kitchen & Housewares Brand: Crystal Quest Model: CQE-US-00309
Crystal Quest Filter System Seems Durable The Crystal Quest under-sink triple filter The pros are: (1)Seems durable (2)Fairly simple to install. (3)Inexpensive, industry standard filters can be used. (4)Three filter housings gives you the ability to use a variety of filters such as for removing minerals, removing fluoride, removing nitrates, etc. The cons are: (1) It comes with a saddle tap which punctures a copper line. This doesn't work on stainless steel or flexible lines. Other brands come with a screw-in Tee fitting. I needed to separately buy the tee (with shutoff) from another company for $8. (2) Not possible to know if filter is in place inside the housing. (3)I have run 10 gallons through the system and the filtered water tastes worse than the untreated water. If it doesn't get better I will swap out filters to see which one is the problem. To install the spigot I had to drill through a porcelain-covered cast iron sink. While the internet is full of horror stories, this was not that difficult. I completed the hole in under 20 minutes using carbide-tipped masonry drill bits. Very Good Product The Crystal Quest 8 performs very well. The water tastes great and the flow rate is very good. It mounted easily under the sink; however, the linkage on the outflow side (inflow side as well) are poor quality and leaked repeatedly until I purchased a replacement at the local hardware store for $5.00. Since that time it has performed very well with no leaks or other problems. It is frustrating that this otherwise high quality product skimped on two very inexpensive parts. However, I still strongly recommend this water filter.
