Waterdrop XWF Replacement for GE® XWF Refrigerator, GE® XWF Water Filter, WR17X30702, 3 Filters（Not XWFE®)

I kept putting off replacing the water filter on my fridge until it would hardly put out water and ice anymore. I see no difference between these and buying a water filter from my fridge manufacturer for 3x the price for a single filter. Water taste is the same. Great value

These filters WILL work as an XWFE water filter replacement, you just have to do an easy DIY workaround.According to the manual, if your fridge did not come with a water filter bypass, GE will mail you one for free. I called GE with my fridge model and serial number, and ~2 weeks later my Water filter bypass had arrived for free just as they said. You can install this in place of a water filter and never worry about them again, but since I still wanted filtered water I had to do a bit of a work around. Using a hair dryer, I heated up the sticker on the bypass part and carefully removed it. Took a couple of minutes and I was very careful as underneath is an RFID chip which tells the fridge a filter (or in this case a bypass) is present and allows it to dispense water. The sticker actually came off in 2 forms. The first was the top sticker and then I was able to remove the bottom sticker with the RFID chip. Again, be careful since you an easily rip the metal and destroy the chip, rendering the bypass component entirely.One I removed the sticker, I stuck it to a piece of heavy duty plastic the bypass plug came in and then stuck it to the top sticker I peeled off. Then I stuck the piece to the fridge where it would line up when installed properly. Next, I installed these XWF water filters and just like magic, I had myself filtered water at a fraction of the price of GEs filters.The filters themselves appear to work great! Water tastes good (can taste the difference) and the flow rate is good. Considering I bought this 3 pack for less than 1 GE rip off filter, I am thrilled!I will note that you can take the RFID sticker off any GE filter. The problem with this is after so many gallons or 6 months the filter will read as bad and your light will come on. There is no way to turn it off unless you get a new RFID filter/sticker. The bypass plug doesn’t have this issue as it disables this filter light/alarm. This product comes with stickers saying the month of install, so I put one on the filter and plan to change it out once it starts to clog and flow rate decreases or after ~6 months which is recommended by GE.

These Waterdrop XWF filters fit perfectly on my GE Refrigerator. I have used them for a few years and have never had a problem. They are very easy to install and work exactly like the name-brand filters but much less expensive. I highly recommend the Waterdrop XWF filters and will continue to order them when my filter-replacement light indicates a time for change.

We keep ordering these as they work well with the GE refrigerators, and the water tastes great! Highly recommend these. Our usage of water means we replace one very 4 to 6 months. Would be MUCH more expensive with GE brands, and the GE brand actually didn't seem to do as good of a job as these.

Seems to fit

They are easy to put in and work well.

Great product for the money

So far so good. Easy to install works just like the GE brand. The fridge responded the same as when I Kat used the model brand.