Carbon Cabin Filter

This is a review of easily accessible carbon cabin filters for Civic.

Do you know how carbon filter works and why are they better?

Honda tell us to replace filters every 30K. That's too much.
After 15,000 kilometers your original (factory filter) that is of course not any carbon will looks like below. I'm a normal regular driver as most of you, mostly city traffic.

Dust, insects, grass, leaves and more

I guess, they not offer replacement because of overpriced service.

If below carbon filters cost around $10, in Honda it can be all $50.

Open eBay or find somewhere cheap carbon filter and replace it every 15K - that's super easy.
If you lazy, go pay Honda and stop reading this blog :-) Kidding, please continue...

Lynx LAC-517C - Cabin filter (with carbon) - $12.2

Great quality, well made.

Company profile: A registered trademark of Akita Kaihatsu Japan Co. Ltd., LYNXauto manufactures specialized automotive products in Japan. Producing a comprehensive range of auto spare parts, LYNXauto spares are best suited for Japanese, Korean, American and European marques. Launched in 2008, the brand soon earned a trusted reputation in the international automotive industry.

Mitwell MA2764 - Cabin filter carbon - $7.2

Good quality, less carbon than in others.

Company profile: Belgium trademark, mostly doing filters.

Sakura CAC-1610 - Cabin filter (with carbon) - $9.4

Great quality.

UPDATE (2016-04-18)
Recently, I went to replace old used filter to Sakura's and found that Sakura not fit properly.
Don't buy it for Civics!

See below compare with Lynx (bottom) that perfectly fits Civic.

For the reference, I found following filter dimensions:
honda     234 x 225 x 30 mm
sakura    236 x 218 x 29
jakoparts 235 x 224 x 30
bosch     235 x 225 x 30
mann      234 x 224 x 30

Company profile: Sakura filters are manufactured by the ADR Group of Companies, a group that has been providing automotive and industrial parts solution, for the OEM/OES customers, for more than 40 years.

Extra

Another theory of carbon filters work, in Russian - http://bmwservice.livejournal.com/129805.html?thread=7293197#t7293197.
In short... From air friction coal receives a charge. This charge leads to the fact that the carbon particles are attracted to some of the particles. Not all, but those who are ready to react to anyone. Such molecules stimulate mucosa, they cause poisoning and stuff like that.

22,800 km | 1Y 4M