Water filter works as intended, however the instructional video provided on the Samsung product page has left out a very important detail. To avoid damaging the fridge and to make the replacement smoother, remember to shut off the water line to you fridge.

We feel great about this purchase. Buying the 4 pack has us covered for a couple years, and it saved a lot of money. We ordered the filters on Tuesday and they arrived on Wednesday! The package comes with a method to verify that the filters are genuine, which I appreciate. Changing the filter was relatively painless. Taking the old one out was a little difficult but the new one went in no problem and i haven't noticed and leaking or other issues.

i seem to disagree with the other reviewers. i followed the instructions, but the filer was very difficult to remove, so the first time i called samsung's help line to see if it was ok to remove with a pliers. they said "yes". i removed and reinstalled with no problem. we drink a lot of water, so i knew the filer wasn't going to last 6 months; it lasted about 3-3 1/2. our house has a whole house filter on it anyway, but this filter seems to make the water taste cleaner. even the cats prefer water from the refrigerator than the tap! i usually order two filters at a time, in case they are on back order. this will be my third filter. i have no complaints!

I’ve tried two new filters and like many others have said it does not fit properly. The new filters do not fully lock like the original filter and will leak if you leave it in. **I have watched the YouTube videos and gone through the Samsung support pages so please do not respond with those weak answers**

I changed the filter and the leaked all over the kitchen floor for couple of hours before i found out. It flooded the kitcen floor. i am afrad to insert back the filter so i shut the fridge water off. now my expensive fancy fridge doesnot have water or ice

i love my refrigerator. great design and function. the old design of water filter worked very well. i purchased a new one and installed it. it had a different fit and was hard to get in. the carafe would fill an inch at a time and the dispenser would stop and not work. i went to the trouble shooting samsung site and figured out it was the filter. i removed the filter and everything is working. i check the filter area for leakage but have not found anything. is the old filter coming back? i give 5 stars to my fridge and 0 stars for the new filter.

When the filter light came on for the first time, I took the existing filter out to get the correct number. At the time it seemed faster than hunting down the manual. The filter was very difficult to take out, and put back in. We finally managed to muscle it back in. This should have been our first clue we had not done something correctly. Within a few minutes of walking away, and thinking the filter was properly re-installed, water was running onto the floor. Thank goodness we were home to pull the filter back out, which stopped the leak. What a mess! The two bins beside the filter and the flex bin in the middle drawer had to come out so we could reach to remove all the water pooled inside. OUR RESOLUTION TO STOP THE LEAK? Turn the water off and drain the line to release pressure. Filter went back in without any problems and no leaking when water was turned back on. I wish I had taken the time to READ THE MANUAL BEFORE CHANGING THE FILTER. It would have saved me a lot of time and frustration had I done it correctly to begin with.

The filter is very hard to unscrew from the refrigerator. There is no way to unscrew it with your hand. The small handle slipped out of my hand. I had to get a 12 inch pair of pliers to grip it tight enough to remove and just as bad to reinstall. The water was off and the pressure released. I believe the refrigerator has a defective receptacle for the filter. I even coated the o-rings with rubber lube.

i’ve already replaced the water filter. but for some reason the refrigerator is not recognizing the new filter. and i’m unable to turn off the filter code inside the refrigerator. i love sampson products. however with the difficulty of turning off the filter sensor after replacing filter i would not recommend

i purchased the exact genuine samsung water filter, haf-qin/exp, for my 3-month old refrigerator. new filter does not fit. with calipers, i measured the dimensions of the plastic catch (showing mechanical conflict) and catch is thicker on the new filter (batch code a8441) than the original filter (batch code b0431). very disappointing quality issue for an expensive new refrigerator. from other comments, i see this is a known issue to samsung. the link i see on some comments, which is supposed to help you install new filter does not work either. why hasn't this issue been resolved by recalling defective filters?