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About the quality of the fridge. I have not had it long enough to comment on that. But what I will say is that the 5 year coverage by Geek Squad is well worth the 199.00 for piece of mind. And you can extend that for another 5 for the same price when the coverage is about to expire. 199.00 is a small price to pay for something so expensive.
I bought my water filters from eBay and got 4 of them for 56.99. That's about a 2 year supply.
4 Pack Genuine Every Drop EDR2RXD1 Whirlpool W10413645A FILTER 2 Water Filter
Also don't forget to order the clean air filters for the back of the fridge. These are cheap and I ordered them from Amazon.