Posts tagged 'No salt water softener'

If you are buying any water treatment equipment, make sure you are buying it from a member of the Water Quality Association (WQA) as they are bound by a Code of Ethics.  Don't settle for anything less...

Recently, we had a customer who bought what he thought was a "salt-free water softener" and in fact, his invoice also said that it was a "salt-free water softener." The problem was that it did not soften his water, so he called the company who sold it and they said "Well, it doesn't ACTUALLY "Soften" the water!" So, it's called a water softener, but it doesn't actually soften the water? Would y...

UNDERSTANDING MY WATER TEST RESULTS Q. My wife and I are struggling to understand our recent water test and determine what water treatment we need if any. I'm wondering if you can help us? We are considering the limeblaster. We are in northern Minnesota and have well water. We have a white chalky film in our shower. We have rust stains in our toilet. Since we have had soft water in the past...

Go on the Internet and you can find just about anything about everything.  Alien abductions, cures for cancer,  herbs that make you live forever, how to not pay taxes (good luck with that one), and salt-free water softeners.  Sorry folks, but that is all fiction.  Well, maybe there have been some alien abductions… I’ve seen their spaceship, they are not taking me back�...

There are several companies on the internet selling what they say are "Salt-Free Water Softeners." I get calls and e-mails everyday from people who have been duped into buying these systems. When I say "duped" I mean that these people bought what they thought to be and were told was a "salt-free water softener" and it, in fact, did not soften the water. One customer who bought a salt-free s...

That's the question you need to ask if you are considering the purchase of a "salt-free water softener." Don't beat around the bush, pick up the phone and call whatever company is saying that they sell a salt-free water softener and just ask them: "But does it really soften the water?" If they say yes, then I will call them and buy it for you.  I'll pay for it! It's on me!  I guess you mus...

Question #1: I need a recommendation for a "water softener" that uses neither salt of potassium? I have kidney disease and my doctor says I need one that does not contain either of these. Pelican tells me what they have PSE1800 is the answer. Is this correct? R.W. Answer: The PSE1800 does not soften the water.  Oh, I know they call it a “water softener” but ask them if the water will te...

Actually, before you ask that question, you really should ask "Is there really such a thing as a salt free water softener?" You see, some companies are selling what they call "salt free water softeners" as well as "salt water softeners."  That begs the question:  If salt free water softeners worked, why on God's Green Earth would they sell salt water softeners?  No one would buy them. Salt wat...

I received this question today: Hi Mark, What is your take on Magnetic Water Softening Systems? https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sustainable-water-softener#/ They claim that no salt, no backwashing is needed for life. "Fix it once and you are done".  I'm sure you must have heard of Magnetic Water Softening, and I wanted to know your take on it, since you are an expert. Personall...

Q.  [Can you compare] prices for a whole home carbon filter and water softer and the specs? We are about to buy the AquaSauna 1,000,000 gal carbon filter and their saltless softer but I want to compare it to others and their prices too. Thanks -- Deanna A.  It's impossible for me to compare our systems to Aquasana salt-free water softeners and their carbon filters for a few reasons: We d...

Recently, a prospective customer walked into our US WATER SYSTEMS World Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana and said that they had some horrible water problems that they were not able to solve. They proceeded to explain that about six months earlier they had installed the Aquasana Rhino Well Water System and that it seemed to work well for a few months, but then the water comning out of it was w...

If you Google "Hard Water" you will find that it is "water that contains an appreciable quantity of dissolved minerals (like calcium and magnesium). Soft water... is treated water in which the only ion is sodium."  One dictionary says that soft water is "Water containing little or no dissolved salts of calcium or magnesium, especially water containing less than about 85 parts per million of c...