Cartridge code · Samsung
HAF-CIN: a medium named, a standard not
Carbon block is a construction fact, not a reduction claim.
What the listing names
No standard number is named on the listing. Not named: 42, 53, 401.Three empty cells. The listing names a filter medium and a replacement interval and no certification of any kind.
Genuine listings
Sold as original parts by the appliance manufacturer or under its brand.
Only listing here naming a carbon blockCarbon block appears on one filter listing in this category. The others name coconut shell carbon or name no medium.
Samsung HAF-CIN Refrigerator Filter
6 month life statedThe listing states a genuine Samsung carbon block filter with a 6-month life.
No standard number is named on the listing. Not named: 42, 53, 401.The listing names no certification, so no cell is filled here.
View the listing on AmazonThe other genuine Samsung cartridge, differing from its sibling by naming a carbon block medium. Like the HAF-QIN listing, it names no certification, so the chip shows three empty cells and says why.
Suits A Samsung fridge that takes the HAF-CIN cartridge.
Aftermarket listings
No aftermarket listing in this catalog states HAF-CIN compatibility. One cartridge on this page and nothing to compare it against.
No aftermarket listing in this catalog states compatibility with HAF-CIN. This site will not extend a compatibility statement from one cartridge code to another because the codes look similar.
Side by side
Only one listing in this catalog covers HAF-CIN, so there is nothing to compare it against. A table of one row is a table pretending to be an argument.
Claims beyond the certification
- A carbon block medium, which describes construction and not performance
- A genuine Samsung part, a provenance statement
- A six month life with no gallon capacity stated
Codes the listings name
No listing here names a refrigerator model or an alternative cartridge code for HAF-CIN.
How to check yours
- Pull the cartridge currently in the refrigerator and read the code molded or printed on its body, not the code on the box it came in.
- Find the same code in the refrigerator documentation, which lists the cartridge the appliance was designed for.
- Compare that code against the code on the listing you are about to buy, character for character, including any suffix.
- If a listing states it replaces your code, treat that as the seller's statement about their own product and check it against your documentation rather than instead of it.
- Keep the old cartridge until the new one is installed and running, so there is something to compare against if the fit is wrong.
Notes
Carbon is the medium in most of these cartridges, named or not. The two Samsung listings differ only in whether they mention it, which tells you something about listing copy and nothing about the cartridges.
A medium and a standard answer different questions. What is it made of, versus what has it been certified to reduce.