Culligan HF-360 Whole House Sediment Filter Clear Housing
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Culligan HF-360 Whole House Sediment Filter Clear Housing
Customer Review: Did yours leak?
Summary: 4 Stars
Just installed this yesterday to replace a 15 year old Omni filter. Purchased it locally (not on sale) for $23 and change. No the filter itself does not leak. The leak came from where the copper pipe fittings screw into the plastic housing. I had the same problem with the Omni 15 years ago. You tighten them just so far in fear on cracking the plastic if you go to far. You get it installed then turn on the water only to find a very slow leak coming out between the pipe fitting and filter housing. So you drain the whole house again tighten them a little more, refill the pipes and it still leaks. I finally gave up and let it leak just a little. The same thing I did with the Omni where it eventually sealed itself probably with tiny little minerals from the water. I'm sure the filter will work fine for many years.Customer Review: Good and Inexpensive water filtering
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this 6 years ago. It's a standard design that has been used for maybe 40 years in labs to filter tap water for purity reasons. The new shut off valve in the top is a good idea. I use it under the sink instead of whole-house. The $5 carbon filter has to be changed about once every 6 months before the bad taste of tap water starts to come through again. If you haven't installed a faucet before, think twice before installing this under the sink. Even with experience it took me all day finding parts, going back to the store to get a flaring tool, cutting pipe, and fixing leaks. Open end wrenches for each nut was much better than my best adjustable wrench which was too thick to get in place.
The water goes in at the top from the side and down the walls of the heavy duty clear plastic (marked PPT on mine). Water pressure forces it through the filter which fits in the middle. The water returns back up in the middle to exit on the opposite side of the cap where it came in. The design allows for a large surface area (which does not reduce water pressure) and about 1 inch of filtration thickness. It's a heavy duty plastic.
I don't have it whole-house because because I want the chlorine to remain in the pipes as long as possible, so it's under the kitchen sink. Reducing the 3/4 fitting down to 1/2" under the sink was a pain with my copper tubing. It required carefully selected parts including 3/4 to 1/2 reducer (male on both ends), two 1/2" nuts, 4 sleeves, extra pipe, and a miniature pipe cutter. I could only find the "flared" reducer (a pointy end on the 1/2" side) so i didn't need the sleeves, but I had to go get a flaring tool. For whole house use, installation is probably easier, but the $5 carbon filters don't last as long.
Customer Review: Good product, but misleading description
Summary: 3 Stars
I would rate the product itself with 5 stars. Unfortunately, all I was looking for was the filter "insert" and opened the box to find that I'd bought the entire water filter housing unit, the wrench and the insert. So... a note of caution to anyone else who doesnt know the difference. Other than that, it is a great product, good instructions.Customer Review: Great product for your $$
Summary: 4 Stars
I just bought a house that is on well and septic. We had no water softener or filter system. I first installed a water softener in hopes that would take care of most of the hard water issues. After a few weeks of the water softener being in I was still getting a rust ring forming on the bottom of our brand new toilet. After installing this product it has eliminated all signs of rust and other contaminants in our water. My water now feels and tasted great, all off a $40 filter system. Cant go wrong with that. My only tip would be to go out and buy some plumbers pipe compound to use to seal the connections rather than the plumbers tape provided. Had a issue with a small drip from the end of the filter that the water exits from at first. just removed the connection and added pipe compounded and fixed the problem All in all a fantastic productCustomer Review: Inexpensive filter, works great
Summary: 5 Stars
Our home water is supplied by a personal well that unfortunately comes with some brownish sediment that discolors the water and makes it taste a little too much like minerals. Completely harmless, but not very pretty, especially for company. Previously I had been looking into expensive water softeners or whole house filters in the $200+ range. Thankfully I found this little guy for $32 and a two pack of 20 micron filters for another $7 (so cheap!).
It took about 5 minutes to install and only required two $0.50 threaded adapters to hook the filter into my main CPVC line from the pump. I also put two $0.15 pipe clamps on either side of the filter to keep the pipe from wobbling too much when changing the filter, although I probably could have left them off and still been fine, the filter is pretty light weight even when filled. I didn't need to run additional electrical lines, drain hoses, shutoff valves or any of the other stuff required by the more expensive filtering systems, which made me happy.
It's been a week now, water is crystal clear. I like that I can see the filter through the casing, currently it has a light brown tinge so I know it's working. Since the water has been so clear I think I'll be sticking with the cheaper and longer lasting 20 micron filters, they're supposed to last 4 months or 16,000 gallons, putting my total filtration costs at a cool ~$12 a year.
I couldn't be happier!