Description
High-capacity Big Blue coconut carbon block that reduces chlorine, bad taste, and odor at whole-house flow rates — the polishing carbon stage that makes water from every tap taste better.
What it does
The CTO (Chlorine, Taste & Odor) carbon block is the carbon polishing stage of a whole-house system. Water passes through a solid block of compressed coconut-shell activated carbon, which adsorbs chlorine and the compounds behind bad taste and odor — so the improvement reaches every tap, shower, and appliance in the house.
Carbon block beats loose carbon for fine filtration. Because the media is a sintered solid block rather than loose granules, water can’t channel around it — every gallon gets full contact with the carbon. The 10-micron nominal structure also captures fine particles that pass a coarser sediment stage, improving water clarity along with taste.
The 10″ × 4.5″ Big Blue format carries several times the carbon of a slim 10″ × 2.5″ cartridge, which is what makes carbon treatment practical at whole-house flow: more contact area, longer life, and less pressure drop. It also protects plumbing and any downstream filters from carbon fines and residual particulate.
Key benefits
- ✓ Reduces chlorine, bad taste & odor house-wide
- ✓ Solid coconut carbon block — no channeling, full carbon contact
- ✓ 10-micron fine filtration improves water clarity
- ✓ Big Blue capacity — high flow, long life, low pressure drop
- ✓ Protects plumbing & downstream filters
- ✓ Better-tasting water at every tap — not just the kitchen
Specifications
Helps reduce
What this cartridge targets — and what it isn’t built for.
Bad taste
Odor
Fine sediment
Chloramine
Iron / H₂S
Scale / hardness
Dissolved solids (TDS)
Which 10″×4.5″ cartridge do I need?
The MyWaterClub Big Blue 10″×4.5″ range by stage. Your current filter is highlighted.
Good to know before you buy
Always run sediment first. A carbon block clogged with grit dies early. Put a sediment cartridge (SED5-10BB) ahead of this one and the carbon spends its life on chlorine, not on dirt.
Chlorine, not chloramine. Standard carbon block handles chlorine well; chloramine-treated water needs catalytic carbon for effective reduction. Check your utility’s water report if you’re not sure which your city uses.
Life varies widely (3–12 months). Chlorine level and household water use drive it. Returning chlorine taste or smell is your replace-now signal — earlier than the calendar if needed.



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