Filter Verdicts

Samsung HAF-QIN Refrigerator Water Filter (HAF-QIN/EXP)

Certification answer: the genuine HAF-QIN is named in the certifier's live listing for NSF/ANSI 42, NSF/ANSI 53. Rated 300 gallons over 6 months; priced $44.99 on 2026-11-05, about $0.15 per gallon and $7.50 per month. Checked 2026-11-06 against the sources linked on this page.

Codes on the box and cartridgeHAF-QIN, HAF-QIN/EXP — cartridge code, DA97-17376B — replacement element code, DA97-08006C — system code
Fits — how to tellSamsung French-door and side-by-side refrigerators whose old cartridge or filter-compartment label reads HAF-QIN or HAF-QIN/EXP (system DA97-08006C, replacement element DA97-17376B)
Capacity300 gallons (source)
Rated life6 months (source)
Price $44.99USD — checked 2026-11-05 at Samsung US. Cost per gallon: $0.15; cost per month: $7.50. Prices change; the date is part of the fact.

Don't know your code? It is printed on the old cartridge and usually on a label inside the filter compartment. Match that code to the codes above — this page covers only the cartridge named in its title.

Remind me in 6 months — a calendar file for the replacement date; no email address is collected.

Is HAF-QIN NSF/ANSI 42 certified?

Certification answer: the genuine HAF-QIN is named in the certifier's live listing for NSF/ANSI 42, NSF/ANSI 53. The full certification record, with each claim labeled by the strength of its evidence, follows.

Certifications — certifier listings

A certification counts as listed here only when a certifier's listing names this cartridge or its system. Anything else is labeled above as what it is — a manufacturer's statement or a reproduction. See how to check a cartridge in the NSF listing.

What does HAF-QIN fit?

Samsung French-door and side-by-side refrigerators whose old cartridge or filter-compartment label reads HAF-QIN or HAF-QIN/EXP (system DA97-08006C, replacement element DA97-17376B). Match the code on your old cartridge or the label inside the filter compartment — this page covers only the cartridge named in its title.

Verdict

Bottom line: The genuine HAF-QIN is certified in NSF International's own listing for both its taste-and-odor (42) and health-effects (53) claims — system DA97-08006C, element DA97-17376B — and no third-party substitute has been checked on this site yet, so check any cheaper cartridge in the listing under its own code before you buy it.

The NSF International listing names it directly under both standards: for NSF/ANSI 42 and NSF/ANSI 53, system DA97-08006C HAF-QIN/EXP, replacement element DA97-17376B, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. — chlorine, Class I particulate, and taste and odor claims under 42; lead, cyst, mercury, asbestos and the other health-effects claims under 53 — at a 316-gallon service cycle and 0.4 gpm in the listing.

What's wrong with HAF-QIN?

The drawback: Slow flow: the manufacturer's specification rates the HAF-QIN at 0.4 gpm — the slowest rated flow among the seed cartridges that publish a flow figure (the GE and LG cartridges are rated 0.5 gpm; EveryDrop publishes none) — so a glass fills noticeably slower than with a 0.5 gpm cartridge, and flow only drops further as the cartridge loads up over its 6 months.

Genuine vs third-party notes

Samsung's cartridge code is DA97-17376B and the system code is DA97-08006C; both appear in the NSF listing, so a listing check takes under a minute. Samsung warns to purchase only genuine Samsung cartridges for guaranteed fit and performance — treat any third-party claim against the listing for its own element, not against Samsung's.

No specific third-party cartridge has been checked for this page yet. When one is, it will be named here with its own listing check and a dated price.

History

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