Description
The workhorse carbon stage — reduces chlorine, chloramine, and VOCs and clears unwanted taste and odor, at a budget-friendly price for everyday municipal water.
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Stage
Stage 2 · Carbon
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Size
10″ × 2.5″
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Media
GAC carbon
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Life
3–12 months
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Fits
Standard 10″ housings
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What it does
Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is the standard second-stage carbon filter. As water flows through the loose carbon bed, it adsorbs chlorine, chloramine, and VOCs, and strips out the unwanted tastes and odors that make tap water unpleasant.
GAC is the budget-friendly choice for everyday municipal water where the main goal is better-tasting, better-smelling water. Its loose granular form gives excellent contact for taste-and-odor work, which is exactly what most city-water homes need.
Built to standard 10″ × 2.5″ (9⅞″ × 2.5″) dimensions, it drops into common standard-size housings. If your water also has chloramine to tackle aggressively, iron, or a sulfur (rotten-egg) smell, step up to a catalytic carbon stage — see the comparison below.
Key benefits
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Reduces chlorine, chloramine & VOCs
Clears unwanted taste and odor
Loose granular bed — excellent carbon contact
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Budget-friendly Stage 2 for city water
Fits most standard 10″ filter housings
Works in whole-house & under-sink RO systems
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Specifications
Helps reduce
What this cartridge targets — and what it isn’t built for.
Chloramine
VOCs
Taste & odor
Iron / sulfur (H₂S)
Sediment
Scale / hardness
Which 10″×2.5″ cartridge do I need?
The full MyWaterClub 10″×2.5″ range by stage. Your current filter is highlighted.
Good to know before you buy
No iron or sulfur removal. GAC is a taste-and-odor carbon. If your water has iron, or a rotten-egg (H₂S) smell, use the catalytic CAT-10 or CATKDF85-10 as your carbon stage instead.
Put a sediment filter first. A SED5 pre-filter keeps grit out of the carbon bed and protects the whole system.
Tackling chloramine seriously? Standard GAC helps, but catalytic carbon (CAT-10) is more effective for chloramine-heavy municipal water.
Building a full stack?
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Premium 3-stage
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Chloramine-heavy city water
Use CAT-10 as Stage 2 instead of GAC
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Iron + sulfur (well water)
Use CATKDF85-10 as Stage 2 instead of GAC
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