Water + Air Together: Why Frigidaire Combo Kits (FPPWFU01 + FRGPAAF2) Save Money
Your Frigidaire fridge runs two filters, not one. The water filter (FPPWFU01, also called PurePour PWF-1) cleans everything you drink. The air filter (FRGPAAF2, also called PureAir RAF-2) is a carbon cartridge that scrubs odours and slows down the smell-transfer that turns Monday’s onions into Tuesday’s cheesecake. Both are rated for about six months. And yet almost everyone changes the water filter, sees the light go green, and forgets the air filter exists — because the air filter has no light, no reminder, and no drama. It just slowly stops working.
A combo kit fixes that forgetfulness and saves money while doing it. Here is the honest maths.
The maths: kit vs buying the pair separately
| What you buy | Price here |
|---|---|
| FPPWFU01 water filter, single | $36.99 |
| FRGPAAF2 air filter, single | $15.99 |
| Bought separately | $52.98 |
| FRIGCOMBO6 combo kit (both, one box) | $45.99 |
| You save | $6.99 per change — about 13% |
That is $6.99 saved every six months, $13.98 a year, for buying the exact same two genuine filters in one box instead of two. (Prices checked against our catalogue — the live kit page is here if you want to confirm today’s number before you order.) Shipping is free either way on our store, so this is a real product saving, not a threshold game.
The bigger saving: both filters actually get changed
The money is the smaller win. The bigger one is sync:
- One date for both. Water and air filters share a six-month cycle. Change them together and there is only one date to remember — our 6-month reminder system shows how to set it up in five minutes.
- The air filter stops being invisible. A spent air filter does not make water taste bad; it makes the fridge smell stale and lets flavours wander between foods. Most owners only notice months later. In the kit, the new air cartridge is already in your hands on water-filter day.
- One order, one box, one delivery. Two separate orders means two chances to forget the second one. The kit arrives as a pair, and the pair goes in as a pair.
Which combo fits your fridge?
Frigidaire uses two naming generations for the same pair, and our store carries the kit under both:
- FRIGCOMBO6 — the FPPWFU01 + FRGPAAF2 kit, listed under the full part numbers. If your fridge manual or your current water filter says FPPWFU01 or PWF-1, this is your kit.
- PWF-1 + RAF-2 combo — the same pairing listed under the short names (PWF-1 is the FPPWFU01; RAF-2 is the FRGPAAF2). Same job, same six-month cycle.
Not sure which water filter your fridge takes in the first place? Our FPPWFU01 vs ULTRAWF guide settles the two Frigidaire generations in one table — the ULTRAWF generation has its own water + air combo (ULTRAWF + PAULTRA), so do not order the PWF-1 kit for an older PureSource Ultra fridge.
When the kit is NOT the right buy
Honesty section, as always: if you already buy FPPWFU01 multi-packs (the 3- and 4-packs bring the per-filter water price down further), price the kit against your multi-pack per-filter cost plus a single air filter before switching — heavy multi-pack buyers can occasionally beat the kit maths on the water side. And if your fridge model only uses the water filter with no air-filter slot (some compact models), the kit buys you a cartridge you cannot fit. Check your current air filter’s part number — if it says RAF-2 or FRGPAAF2, the kit fits.
The bottom line
The FRIGCOMBO6 kit is $45.99 here — both genuine filters, one box, free US shipping, and a $6.99 saving every single change against buying the pair separately. Set one reminder date, change both, and your fridge’s water and air stay as fresh as the day it arrived.