Water Filter for the Samsung RFG296HDRS (DA29-00020B)

RFG296HDRS specifics — where the filter actually lives

The RFG296HDRS carries its water filter high on the fresh-food side in most French-door layouts — upper back or left wall — usually a kneeling-height or shoulder-height swap, not a teardown. It is a push-lock bay — seat the cartridge square to the header until it clicks, and the retention clips do the rest.

The small print owners learn the hard way: the change light ignores the new cartridge until you reset it, and the first removal always takes more muscle than the manual implies. Read the prefix and the maintenance writes itself: when Samsung stamps RF on the plate it is sorting the machine into the French-door multi-door class — same water path, same cartridge, different cabinet. That RS suffix is trim-level shorthand. Samsung kept the DA2900020B bay common to every finish in the line.

RF vs RS — what the prefix tells you

The RF prefix sits next to RS in the catalog and the split is cabinet mission: Ordering by prefix works because RF means French-door multi-door and RS means side-by-side in this catalog — and the cartridge pool overlaps both. call it a 29 cu ft box — which is why this cartridge works for a living rather than sitting decorative.

Swap it in 5 minutes

• Pull the old cartridge straight out of the header — expect a small spill, not a flood.
• Align the new cartridge with the keyed slot; it only goes in one orientation.
• Push the cartridge home until the retention latch clicks.
• Run two gallons through the dispenser to flush carbon fines, then hold the filter-reset control until the status light clears.

What this filter takes out of your water

Coverage above lists what the standard addresses, not a performance claim for any specific cartridge — removal claims vary by certificate, so check the NSF listing for the exact part number you are buying.

RFG296HDRS filter questions