Sprite Showers HO2-CM High Output 2 Universal Shower Filter, Chrome

This Sprite showers HO2-CM high output shower filter is useless. The picture is shown is of two parts, one is filter and the other is shower head. The item sent was only the first part, the filter. I had to buy the shower head. The filter is not at all working. I don't want anyone to think of buying the product.

I bought two of these filters one for each bathroom shower. One is about 9 months old, and the other 8 months. I checked the filter cartridge on the older filter at 6 months and it still looked good. I reversed it and reinstalled and saw no change in the water pressure. The filters are working great in removing the Chlorine from the municipal water supply.

The head seems to spray out to the sides a bit but overall a good deal for cost and utility

This is the second time I bought it to replace the old. It is easy to install. Feel better than without it. I hope it can allow us to easily check the filter situation to decide if it is time to replace. I have no idea about how much water used; I just replace it every 12 months currently, but sometimes I would worry if it should be replaced earlier.

I purchased this because I had a smaller version of this brand before that had an estimate of 6 months before the need to change, during the change I broke the housing so I had to replace it and decided to upgrade to this larger one that is meant to last 12 months. Installation is easy. Just disconnected it from the spout, applied Teflon tape by wrapping it around 4 times on the pipe itself, screwed this onto the pipe, then applied Teflon tape to the spout then finally screwed the shower head mount onto the filter. The key thing to be aware of is that you want to rotate the Teflon tape to the right (clockwise) and go around 3 to 4 times so it's snug. Then hand tightening it so you don't crack the housing of it. The water flow is rated at 2.5 gallons a minute and it's the same as my shower head. So unless you have a shower head that reduces the pressure and flow you shouldn't have any issues with this reducing the flow. After installing it you want to run hot as can be water through it for a couple minutes before taking an actual shower. Up here in the NE water is hard and dries out the skin and hair. My gf colours her hair bright colours and these types of filters help our skin and hair from being really dry after, plus it helps preserve her hair colouring. The functionality of it works as intended and helps with our showers. Definitely worth getting if your water is hard and dries your skin and hair out. PSA I used a Teflon tape called blue monster. You can find it on Amazon or home Depot for about $3.