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Kenmore Elite 9490 Refrigerator Water Filter

Checked against its certification listings: what they cover, what the maker claims, and what it costs over five years.
Refrigerator filterOriginal

Listings checked Oct. 10, 2026

Certified to

Certified for: Lead, Chlorine

Part numbers
9490, 46-9490, ADQ73613402

List price, one filter

$100

as of Oct. 10, 2026

Five years of filters

$997

10 filters, one every 6 months

The maker’s page

List price from the maker’s site, checked Oct. 10, 2026. Prices change; the maker’s page is the final word.

What the listings say

StandardCertifierClaimsListing
NSF/ANSI 42NSFChlorine Reduction; Nominal Particulate Reduction, Class I; Taste and Odor ReductionRead the listing checked Oct. 10, 2026
NSF/ANSI 53NSFBenzene Reduction; Atrazine Reduction; 2,4-D Reduction; Carbofuran Reduction; Cyst Reduction; Lead Reduction; Lindane Reduction; Mercury Reduction; P-Dichlorobenzene Reduction; Toxaphene Reduction; Asbestos ReductionRead the listing checked Oct. 10, 2026

Certified for, and claimed

Certified, by a listing

Claimed by the maker only

None recorded.

What it costs over five years

Replaced on the maker’s interval, the schedule the fridge’s own filter light keeps, at list price. Every filter is counted: the one that came with the fridge is long gone. It is rated for 200 gallons, so a household drawing more than about 1.1 gallons a day through the fridge runs it out sooner.

ItemReplacedCountAmount
Kenmore Elite 9490 Refrigerator Water FilterEvery 6 monthsmonth rating10$997

Five-year total$997

Which refrigerators it fits

10 models on the fridge makers’ own lists for this filter. Find yours by the number on the label inside the fridge.

Kenmore5 models

  • 79551812410
  • 79551813410
  • 79551733811
  • 79551839414
  • 79551832413

Kenmore Elite5 models

  • 79551853611
  • 79551863611
  • 79551867612
  • 79551857611
  • 79551862611

Where these lists come from

Certified copies

Third-party filters whose makers say they replace this one, each with a certifier’s listing, ranked by the health contaminants their listings cover, then five years of filters at list price.

  • Instapure REF-IPL-4

    Copy · replaces LT800P, ADQ73613401, 46-9490

    • NSF/ANSI 42
    • NSF/ANSI 53
    • NSF/ANSI 401
    • NSF P473
    • NSF/ANSI/CAN 372

    Certified for: Lead, Chlorine, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

    Replaced
    Every 6 months10 filters
    Five years
    $390

  • Glacier Fresh GF-800P

    Copy · replaces LT-800P, LT800P, LT800PC

    • NSF/ANSI 42
    • NSF/ANSI/CAN 372

    Certified for: Chlorine

    Replaced
    Every 12 months5 replacements
    Five years
    $125

  • Mist CWMF042

    Copy · replaces LT800P, ADQ73613401, 9490

    • NSF/ANSI 42

    Certified for: Chlorine

    Replaced
    Every 6 months10 filters
    Five years
    $160

  • ICEPURE RWF3500A

    Copy · replaces LT800P, LT800PC, ADQ73613401

    • NSF/ANSI 42
    • NSF/ANSI/CAN 372

    Certified for: Chlorine

    Replaced
    No rating published
    Five years
    No price

Worth knowing

Kenmore sells its filters through Sears PartsDirect, which belongs to the same company; Kenmore’s own site sends buyers there, so the price here is Sears PartsDirect’s. Its online price was $90.89 on Oct. 10, 2026; the list price is used here. Sears PartsDirect names only the most common models that take it, so many Kenmore refrigerators that use it aren’t listed: the number on your old filter, or your fridge’s manual, is the surest match. Kenmore says 9490 substitutes for part ADQ73613402, the number NSF lists it under.

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