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By al stone
Date: August 11, 2023
Good sturdy design
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Ron T.
Date: January 17, 2023
I've been using this system for 5yrs. During this last deep freeze, it busted, thus I replaced it. I was not impressed with the O-ring as it seemed just a bit too large. (Possibly stretched out). It took me 7 tryst before it seated properly with no leaks.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By gene kubecka
Date: December 26, 2022
Pool filter
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Sparky07
Date: February 27, 2022
Great flavor, I believe it's industrial blue lake 5. It is what it is. Fit and finish is great, huge filters capacity with many options. Plastic inlet/outlet has bleeder, BUT it's all plastic. No stainless inserts. It's plastic on metal pipe or male adapter.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Martin J Saxton
Date: December 10, 2021
no wrench
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By ktwer
Date: February 03, 2020
I like these housing units and have two of them, but it can be a bit tricky to re-assemble after replacing the cartidge. I have found that it is essential to completely lubricate the o-ring and the threads, otherwise the seal is poor and there is a lot of leaking after the water is turned back on. I think in our case we have a lot of iron in the water, which adheres to the o-ring and makes it bind when screwing the blue housing back into the top part of the filter. If the o-ring becomes distorted, it does not seal well. The recommended silicone lubricant is expensive and hard to find. I have been using petroleum jelly (less than $2 for a big jar at any drug store) with no issues. For me at least, there was no need to lubricate on first use, as the o-ring was new and clean. But on two subsequent occasions when I tried to replace the filter cartridge and didn't bother to lubricate, I had a very difficult time getting it to re-seal. Lubrication resolves this difficulty completely.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By George Riedmuller
Date: January 11, 2018
Product did not come with mounting bolts to attach to filter bracket. No instructions as to what to use. I'm at a stand still.<br />That's the only reason for a 4 star rating.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By primecarv
Date: October 11, 2017
Update 10/12/2017:<br />I figured out what was wrong. There was a UPC barcode label stuck under the threads. My only issue with the unit is that the threaded in/out fittings aren't uniform. I was able to screw the fitting further into one side than the other.<br /><br />Update 10/12/2017:<br />Something odd is going on. Doing some research, the filter for this housing should be 9 3/4&#34; long. But my measuring tape is showing 10&#34; long. How is this possible? This is probably why my housing is leaking! The filter I bought from Pentek is TOO LONG!<br /><br />Small leaks around threaded in/out fittings. I'm working to fix the leaks. In order to stop major leaking from where the blue housing threads into the black top, I had to use a TON of silicone. Applying a 'small amount' on the o-ring' created a flood. I had to fill the trough where the o-ring sits with silicone and push the o-ring down into the bed of silicone. Im still trying to figure out if this is normal from other buyers.<br />I tried several different methods. 1) small amount of silicone, 2) hand tightened, 3) used wrench to tighten... all led to major leaks. The only way to stop it from leaking was to apply a TON of silicone.<br /><br />I have no clue how other buyers were able to get a tight seal by only using 'small amounts' of silicone.<br /><br />See attached image for the directional spray of water on the wall prior to using more silicone. Ill update this review if I can get all leaks to stop.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Karen W.
Date: September 27, 2017
Good filter, volume is excellent, but I'm giving only 4 stars as this needs the wrench to keep it from leaking at the seal.... it should be included!<br /><br />Add a wrench for a few dollars more.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Jim Savoy
Date: August 16, 2017
Did the job
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Victor Manuel Suarez
Date: June 14, 2017
good product
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By RASCORP
Date: March 10, 2017
Great product, as advertised.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Carol Surprennat
Date: February 16, 2017
worked perfect.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By GregC
Date: October 08, 2016
Must use Pentek filters for Big Blue. The GE and some other filters will not work.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Eldonsdad
Date: September 18, 2016
Already had 20 inch big blue so this one was as expected. Would it have hurt to include the screws however? Luckily some other reviewer included info on size of lag screws needed,
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By AHOTM
Date: February 05, 2016
WORKED
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Earl Kastning
Date: November 04, 2015
Had one filter retainer clip broken off on inside top.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Scottie
Date: May 24, 2015
I thought it would come with the wrench….my mistake.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Andrew
Date: February 25, 2015
Works as expected. make sure you don't exceed the water pressure. they will burst .
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
By Dan
Date: February 20, 2015
So far I like it. I really haven't put it through it's paces yet as I haven't finished the plumbing in my guest cabin yet.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
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