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Saltless Water Softener? (lemmy.ninja)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/homeimprovement

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Has anyone had good experiences with a saltless water softener/conditioner in their home?

I live in an area with hard water, at about 400ppm. I have a salt water softener already, but am tired of having to fill it with salt that just ends up in my septic system, and ultimately into the ground water.

Most advice says you can’t soften water without salt. But I’ve had good experience with ProOne’s gravity water filter, and noticed they also have a water softener/conditioner. Unfortunately I can’t find much info or reviews on their saltless softener: https://prooneusa.com/product/prosoft-saltless-water-softener-conditioner/

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I understand it, there is a difference between "softening" and "conditioning", and almost all the saltless systems are "conditioners",but for most people it doesn't matter.

I've been intrigued by the magnetic ones, just because they sound and look like the snake oil things that are sold to increase gas mileage in cars, but actually seem to work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To be honest, as long as my appliances don't have a shorter life, I don't have to use extra soap everywhere, and I don't have scale build up or hard water stains, that's all that really matters.