Water as clean as before but miss monitor feature
595197
Me and my family have been using Pur filters for over five years and we love them. Leave it to NSF to see what they do filter out and what they don't, but Pur makes water taste clean and refreshing. We've been using them in Chicago, Los Angeles, Ann Arbor and Baton Rouge, and in all these places water from Pur filter would taste better then almost any brand of bottled water we tried.
Fortunately, we've stocked up on "old-fashioned" filters with freshness monitors right before Costco stopped selling them and switched to Brita. When our stockpile ran out we had no choice but to get "new and improved" kind. While there is no discernible difference in either speed of filtration, or quality of the outcome, we really miss the monitor feature.
Well, the box says that each filter may be used for about 40 gallons of water, and that seems to be in line with our usage of old filters. So now we going to guesstimate how much water we use each week, and change the filters accordingly.
2601137
I would easily give this five stars as color, aesthetics, and OSD are great, but the monitor skips every 4th to 5th frame when run at 144Hz.

This problem is common when trying to overclock your pixel clock and you push it past the panel's limits, which is how I'm familiar with the problem. But this monitor is frame skipping by default at 144Hz. On the VG248QE I'm trying to upgrade from, the 144Hz is consistent and smooth using identical connections, so I know this is a problem with the monitor itself. I've returned one of these units already, and the second has the same exact problem, roughly skipping the same amount of frames.

It seems that ASUS is using a 120Hz panel and pushing it past it's capabilities just to market it as 144Hz, though I do hope that this isn't the case and perhaps something can be done via a firmware fix, but this seems most likely. To be clear this is on a fresh install of Windows 10 where I have not touched the pixel clock. I've tried every setting in the OSD hoping something enabled there was causing the stuttering, to no avail. I've also tried different cables and connections, again, to no avail.

If not for that one glaring flaw this is a great monitor for the price. That's why I'll be still using this as my main driver, even if I have to settle for 120Hz. The size is perfect for the depth of my desk, the contrast and color is much improved and the panel is much easier on my eyes than the VG248QE it's replacing. Still disappointing to not get what was advertised and I was paying money for.

As for ASUS, please fix your monitor or your marketing...
1247623
Everything worked fine out of the box except for the wind monitor. After several emails to customer service, I returned the sensor and all is fine now. It has been easy to set up and read, and the service has been good. If I had it to do over again I would
2634720
Works fine,  however should put water reading chart for city water and RO. When I need to change my filters. Had to Google to get some information.  Would appreciate if you can intercede get me the information.  Thanks
2148578
Had to replace the filter with a PUR filter. I think the 50 gallons label is not a misprint. Hardly any water came out after 50 gallons.
1719104
I got this filter for a 15 gallon tank after the two noisy underwater filters I had wore out. I have no complaints about the filtration, however the waterfall effect of the water dispenser is not quiet, and gets louder as the filter becomes dirty. I would say the waterfall is silent for about a week, and then begins to get clogged and you get a continuous rushing water noise that is definitely noticeable (and in my opinion, annoying). I came back today to get a new, underwater, and hopefully silent replacement.
2968066
Did not catch anything visible in the filter, while the fan in the room gets dirty after running,does that mean maybe it was not collecting as much, or anything?
326372
More of an issue with the tank design, but I was hoping new filters would help with the way the tank tends to leak.. the filters clog enough that the water level in the filter area rises, then flows over the edge and down the tank outside.
1003653
The water flow rate is slow unless you remove the plastic filter inside the running nose. It should in the documentation. And it spent us some time to know the reason.
2248308
EDIT: After a few days, the water pressure came back to normal, and now I am enjoying perfectly clean and good tasting water. Increased the rating to 4-star

Original Review:
I own a DuPure 2-stage water filter that I reheaded from -60 threads to standard Omnipure threads to save money on  filter replacement (you can buy the reheading kit online, just not in Amazon). For the filter replacement, I bought the Q5605 (standard sediment filter, first stage) and the Q5640 (<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Omnipure-Q5640-Replacement-Filter-Cartridge/dp/B00BA9DFN4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Omnipure Q5640 Replacement Filter Cartridge</a>, post filter). Note that you can use the Q5633 (<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Omnipure-Q5633-Replacement-Filter-Cartridge/dp/B00BA9DEK8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Omnipure Q5633 Replacement Filter Cartridge</a>) instead of the Q5640 if you do not care about the "coconut shell".

The filters arrived in good condition and were easy to thread in. The water has good taste, and overall it works ok. However, I cannot give a good rating because of two reasons:
- Upon turning the water on, some black water came out for a few seconds. That made me feel a little uneasy about the cleanliness of the filter. Also, the first 10-20 glasses of water had some white cloud coming out of them. By now, after flowing several gallons, it seems to be ok, but it was not an encouraging start
- The water flow has considerably reduced compared to the previous filters (that I bought in a different shop). It is slowly increasing, but it has been a week and it still takes forever to fill a glass

Note that since I replaced both the Q5605 and Q5640 at once, I am not sure which one is the main cause for these problems.
522185
This is a good monitor, however I own 2 of the previous generation and they are much better. The last gen has deeper blacks and the colors are more accurate. It results in everything looking very washed out compared to the older monitor despite hours spent trying to calibrate it. It has 2 hdmi ports and a vga vs the last gens dvi-d and vga which is nice. I would trade this monitor in a heart beat for the older model.
1028681
I finally took mine out and put my old one back in. Between it coming on when it was raining, the three times a week climate skip notices, not watering when it was dry (saying the yard was drying out), just too much. I'm sorry, I can just do a better job at monitoring it myself without the notices.
3544842
This filter came with a 3.5 gallon tank which I purchased about 2 months ago.  It worked wonderfully for a few weeks,but recently it started making sounds, going quiet and making (gurgling) sounds again.  I considered purchasing a replacement pump, but decided to try to fix it first.  After taking it apart I found it was clogged with algae and cleaned it out. I plugged it in again (testing in a sink with a bucket of water) and found it still was not priming as it should. I took it apart further (removing both side panels to reveal the impeller) and found the impeller also clogged.  I cleaned it out with a q-tip and then applied a small bit of valeline on the peg the impeller sits on & around the impeller chamber.  It's now running perfectly again!  I wanted to share this tip in hopes of saving others the frustration I first felt.  It's running just fine now & I've vowed to clean the pump housing more often.  :-) Cheers.
483477
water doesnt taste clean after passing through this filter
391113
I bought this item 11 months ago for my reverse osmosis water purification system.  The unit worked fine as advertised when first installed, but after 10 months I experienced problems with the LCD display with many segments not functioning properly therefore the display is difficult to read.  It is now impossible for me to program.  It is currently operational but if the power is interrupted I know it will be totally useless because it cannot be reprogrammed without a properly working display.  If not for the display issue I would have rated this item 5 stars.
2488839
Better than my old HP Universal Dock, but not enough USB ports and no Display Port.
The connection/disconnection integration with the monitor has been glitchy.
1250202
We've had this unit for a few years, and it's performance has been fine, in fact but for this one issue, I would give it 4 or 5 stars. The issue is that you can not open the reservoir and clean it. I can see that it is growing some sort of mildew in it, and simply can not clean it. There is a 1 in diameter hole to fill it with water, and that's it.  We get our water from the county, and it's never occurred to me to fill it with bottled water, and frankly that seems ridiculous. I have tried to be conscious of not putting it away when it is wet, and avoid this issue in the first place. Regardless, I can't recommend this unit due to this design issue. I'm on Amazon looking for a replacement, because even though this one works fine, it's dirty and I can't clean it.