Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Normally, these filters work fine but I got TWO bad ones in the same order. When I inserted them and went through the purge routine, there were black bits of something that showed up in the initial water stream. I ran the normal 10-15 pitchers of water to get rid of that "baking soda" aftertaste that is present with new filters. Even after the taste was OK, the water remained cloudy - Really unappealing. The photo shows tap water on the left and the "filtered" water on the right. Ugh!