Welcome to our Culligan shower filter review. In this article, we’ll focus on the popular Culligan wall-mounted shower head filter, since we already covered the Culligan inline shower filter in a separate review. This month, we’ve reviewed and investigated every popular shower filter and shower filter brand on the market. It’s been an interesting ride, and it’s not over yet.
When choosing a shower filter for your home, it’s important to consider what contaminants you want to remove before you buy. Aside from contaminants, you may have hard water, soft water, well water, or municipal water to filter. Every type requires a different type of filter.
In this article, you’ll learn if the Culligan wall-mounted shower filter will get the job done in your home or if there are better options out there.
Let’s start by going over the core features of the Culligan WSH-C125 filter.
Culligan Shower Head Filter Overview
| Model | Features & Highlights |
| Culligan Wall-Mounted Filtered Shower Head w/ Massage (WSH-C125)
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What to expect?
For each product we review, we analyze current info to identify positive and negative trends. We then pass along our findings to you to give you the best idea of the pros and cons of owning a product.
Here’s what we gathered:
- Good for people with hard water
- Showerhead filters are even easier to install than inline filters. You should have no problem installing the Culligan WSH-C125 with the included Teflon tape.
- If you’re suffering from dry or itchy skin due to showering in chlorinated municipal water, the Culligan may be your answer.
- Softer hair and skin after showering with the Culligan filter.
- There’s a water restrictor in the showerhead that we’ll show you how to remove in the next section to help fix this problem (click here to see now).
- If you’re suffering from an itchy scalp and/or dandruff, this shower filter may help remedy your problem.
- If you have that foul rotten egg smell in your shower (hydrogen sulfide), the filtration media in this showerhead filter does an excellent job of removing it. Rotten egg or hydrogen sulfide odor is most common in iron-rich well water because the iron bacteria and sulfur bacteria live in harmony. We also recommend our list of best shower filters for iron and sulfur if you’re dealing with this problem.
- The filter does a superb job of eliminating chlorine odor during a steamy shower.
- There’s a slight issue with the spray nozzle settings and replacement filter ring. Be careful when adjusting the spray nozzle settings not to loosen the replacement filter ring or the head will leak.
- Leak issues are rare with this filter.
- If you suffer from eczema, you may find relief for your symptoms with this filter.
If you have low water pressure to start, you may want to remove the restrictor from your Culligan WSH-C125 filter to increase water flow.
The video below demonstrates how to remove the restrictor with a pair of tweezers:
Once you remove the restrictor, you should notice an increase in water pressure.
Another advantage of the Culligan WSH-C125 is the 5 water settings give you the ability to increase/decrease pressure by rolling through the settings to find your sweet spot.
Our Culligan Shower Filter Review
The first thing we want to note is that the Culligan WSH-C125 Shower Filter is undoubtedly better than the Culligan ISH-100 Inline Shower Filter that we previously compared to Sprite and Aquasana. I split our review into two parts: our likes and our dislikes.
Dislikes
- This isn’t necessarily a con to owning the Culligan WSH-C125, but it does lack power compared to other shower filters on the market. The reason is that it contains KDF filtration media only. KDF is the preferred filtration media for shower filters because it effectively removes chlorine from hot water at high flow rates. Its antibacterial properties are also great for shower filters to remain sterile over the long life of the filter. The reason we like the Sprite shower filter or Berkey shower filter better is the addition of calcium sulfite. The Aquasana AQ-4100 filter adds activated carbon along with KDF-55 for enhanced odor and contaminant removal.
- It would be nice if Culligran labeled the water settings on the showerhead, although we’re not too concerned about it.
- Be aware, this filter does not remove chloramines. We recommend our guide on choosing the best shower filter for chloramine removal if you have chloramine-treated water.
- Overall, there’s not a whole lot not to like about the wall-mounted Culligan WSH-C125 shower filter, especially at this price point.
Likes
- We like to see that Culligan independently tested the WHR 140 Replacement Shower Filter Cartridge to meet NSF/ANSI Standard 177 for chlorine reduction. This is the NSF Standard that shower filters meet through the use of KDF filtration media.
- If you want to filter chlorinated municipal water or stinky well water that’s not too hard, the Culligan WSH-C125 is a worthy option for an affordable price.
- We like the water settings and the ease of installation compared to other shower filters on the market.
- Minimal leak issues
- People are experiencing the hair, skin, and nail benefits that should come with a quality shower filter. Most of these benefits stem from chlorine removal. Chlorine wreaks havoc on hair and skin health due to its drying effect.
- Reliable chlorine and sulfur odor removal
- For the price, the Culligan WSH-C125 is a great basic shower filter.
Final Score: 7.5/10
Bottom Line
After investigating the current Culligan shower head filter info and conducting our own analysis, we’re confident that the Culligan WSH-C125 is a quality budget chlorine shower filter. It’s easy to install, the flow rate is good, the filter media technology is sound, and the filter life is more than adequate in this price range.
If you’re battling a heavy chlorine problem and want guaranteed reduction rates of 90%+, we recommend our list of best shower filters for chlorine. If your water isn’t all that bad, the Culligan WSH-C125 will get the job done.
Bottom line, we give the Culligan Wall-Mounted Shower Head Water Filter a thumbs up and recommend it as a top budget option currently on the market.
