Water softener types - preference?
 

I searched first but found not much on this subject.

I am looking for opinions and advice. I need to add a water softener to my residence as I have very hard water (about 15-20 grains per gallon). I'm most familiar with the ion exchange process which uses salt for regeneration. But lately I've noticed some other type which uses a catalytic non sacrifical anode which doesn't require salt to regenerate (preferable from a cost to operate point of view). I've also read about magnetic water systems.

So does anyone have a salt free system? If so, which one and do you like it? Thanks.

Re: Water softener types - preference?
 

I'm bumping this thread hoping for some decent alternatives , my water is so hard it would take 15,000 lbs a year to soften it.....that's out of the question.

Kinetico is an excellent WS.

This is an excellent thread BTW.....standard water softeners should be eliminated it's a shame to introduce the millions of gallons of brine back into the water table daily .

Re: Water softener types - preference?
 

Check out a Rainsoft system.

Re: Water softener types - preference?
 

JP....you better take a look at complaints.com.....jus sayin.

Re: Water softener types - preference?
 

Not recommending one...just saying you should check it out. Sounds like you already did.

Re: Water softener types - preference?
 

I am on city water, although 95% of our water comes from artesian wells and 5% is blended in from another town's reservoir system. So it's plenty "hard".


I found these systems. What's nice is that neither unit has to be regenerated.

http://www.e-watertreatmentchemicals...rsoftener.html

The AWS-8 system is a bit pricy at almost $2000.


http://www.no-salt.com/index.htm

This one seems to be more reasonable at only $900.




This article is slanted towards salt systems, but is rather informative.

http://www.advancedwaterfilters.com/...php?subject=90

edit: Another excellent site. Written with a bit of a cynical spin, but quite informative too.

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/gallery.html