AQ-5300.56 3-Stage Under Sink Water System-Kitchen Counter Claryum Filtration-Filters 99% of Chlorine Chloramine, Chrome

Pros: easy to install, water quality is fine to drink. Before Aquasana I was using Brita over the counter filter and I was getting 160-170 TDS. With Aquasana I am getting almost similar TDS (around 160-170) which is still good. But keep in mind that this filter is not built only to reduce TDS. This filter does what it is designed for. My Tap water was little heavier (230-250 TDS). Probably, just a carbon filter would have been sufficient. But Aquasana 5300.56 is a good affordable filter and two additional filters along with carbon filter won’t do any harm. I, therefore, decided to get this filter. I have read reviews that connections leak after couple of years. I will have to wait and see (I will update if it leaks). So far it is good. Cons: nothing much. Flow rate is a bit low but this is not a kitchen faucet. I found the flow ok for a drinking water faucet. Only challenge for me was to drill a hole in my steel sink and tightening the faucet nut under the sink because it was hard to reach. For drilling I used step drill bit and it was quick. For tightening the nut, I tried basin wrench and needle plier. The plier worked in my case.

Bueno y fácil de instalar, pero el agua sigue siendo muy dura. La dureza del agua y la falta de un filtro qué reduzca la dureza del agua se nota al hervir agua o hacer hielos.

No issues with the installation; very easy and the instructions easy to follow. Wife is happy with the flow and the taste of water (That is all that matters). The only thing I found is that the ends of the lines were not cut square; the cut was in an angle and bit wiggly. If they are not square they can leak in quick connect fittings (Working as a handy man in the past taught me that the hard way). I easily corrected that with my utility knife, but something so simple should be corrected from the assembly line before packaging.

Super equipo AQ-5300 (filtros cortos), facil de instalar, funcionamiento muy bien, pero.... Amazon MX vende el equipo, pero no los filtros, solamente venden los filtros largos para AQ-5300 +. Los filtros cortos solamente ofrecen en Amazon USA, pero no mandan a Mexico, muy mal, muy mal No compran!!!

I purchased this AQ-5300 a few days ago. The unit was quite easy to connect all the hoses. However, after installing the unit, I noticed that there was a leak at the "black' labelled housing and it is still leaking at the time I am writing this review. I took the filter out hoping that I would find some loosened connections. There was none. I put everything back inside the housing and re-installed the unit again. The leaking was still there! It is bad. I believe the unit is defective. Although the leak is not severe, but it rendered the whole filter system useless. Unless Aquasana is going to do something, or perhaps replacing the "black" labelled housing or the whole system soon, otherwise I have no choice but returning the whole system to Amazon. It is a very frustrating experience! I have wasted too much of my time with this defective thing. I am disappointed. Thanks to the poor quality control on Aquasana's part. Raymond