Comments on: Update On No-Salt Water Softeners

By: Edith

Edith — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:19:04 +0000

Please warn people about the Excalibur water softener from Barrie Ontario. Brian Nogler of PURE WATER AND AIR SOLUTIONS sold me one with a guarantee that if it did not work according to manufacturers specifications he would refund my money and remove the softener. The softener does not work nor does the word of Brian Nogler. He has not come to refund my money or remove the system. I have contacted Excalibur of Barrie Ontario because on their web site it states there is no water problem they cannot fix. I assume that constitutes false advertising. If you cannot print this email the way I have sent it please modify it so people can be fore warned of these companies.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:31:13 +0000

As long as you adequately size the pipe it should not present a problem. Do you have any iron or manganese in the water? Does it stain?

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:58:53 +0000

We live in a 1890′s farmhouse with very hard water from a well. We want to put in a Watts system or similar. Ideally we’d put the tank next to the water heater, but the cold water lines to the laundry, downstairs bath, and kitchen branch off before the water heater. The entry point of the water line is through a cement slab and up into the wall space behind the kitchen cabinets, next to a shallow crawl space below the family room! To install an upright water conditioner would mean sending a pipe through the crawl space to the cellar 15 ft away and back again. Will this distance affect the water pressure to the rest of the house?
Any thoughts/comments would be great!

By: mark

mark — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:26:40 +0000

Mr. D,

Why don’t I discuss Easy Water? I guess it falls back to the fact that we have tested it. I have one in my office and we have had lots of customers who we have interacted with about this product. I am not impressed with it and I am even less impressed with their unethical marketing methods.

By: Paula Richardson

Paula Richardson — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:19:27 +0000

We had a Rainsoft salt water softner that quit working about a year ago. The Rainsoft system was here when we moved in. We had already had some bad experiences with Rainsoft in the past. But when the unit broke down, we called to see what they would charge to come look at it. They wanted $125 an hour just to tell us what was wrong with it, so we are looking to replace it. However, since we were considering a replacement we wanted to go with a salt free unit. As our house was built in the mid-seventies and has mostly copper water pipes and we also have a septic system. We have municiple water which is supplied by the Floridan Aquifer in North Florida. Below is the latest water quality report provded by the Town of Havana and Florida DEP:

Chlorine .6-1.15 ppm
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) .5-4.64 ppb

The Water Doctor replied:

The GreenWave Cascade will absolutely work here.
TTHM (Total trihalomethanes) 22.2-27.2 ppb
Alpha emitters (pCi/L) 1.9-3.6
Radium 226+228 or combined radium (pCi/L) 1.06-1.81
Antimony .2 ppb
Arsenic .1-2.5 ppb
Barium .028-.032 ppm
Chromium .3-.8 ppb
Cyanide 5 ppb
Floride .26-.47 ppm
Lead (point of entry) .2-.7 ppb
Mercury (inorganic) .1 ppb
Nickel .1-.3 ppb
Nitrate (as Nitrogen) .008-.093 ppm
Selenium .1-.8 ppb
Sodium 14-39 ppm
Thallium .1 ppb

Copper (tap water) .175 ppm
Lead (tap water) 2 ppb

Total Dissolved Solids 370-590 ppm

We see quite a bit of scaling, but not any rust, discolered or smells to our water. Will the Greenwave Cascade System work for our water? What type of system would you recommend for our water, pipes and septic system?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Paula – Havana, Florida

By: mr. D.

mr. D. — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:28:42 +0000

WHy do you never discuss EasyWater? Its always Greenwave. These guys have been doing this since 1986.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:02:03 +0000

Boh Szagala,

Good Luck! If we can help, please let us know.

http://www.uswatersystems.com

By: boh szagala

boh szagala — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:16:49 +0000

i recently purchased a Pelican salt free “water softener” for our newer (3 year old) home.. We live in the country and have very hard water. I switched from a Potasium based softener to Pelican, believing their statements. WHAT A MISTAKE!! . We have white scale everywhere and I’m very concerned about my new Marathon water heater… I’m within the 90 day waranty and will be returning this Pelican crap ASAP.. If anyone is considering Pelican, think twice.. I’ll gladly share my experience…

boh Ontario- CANADA

By: mark

mark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:01:12 +0000

David,

How do you sugar-coat a lie? I can tell you that what you published above is FALSE. NOT TRUE! It will prevent scale (in most cases), but the soap aspect of it is TOTALL UNTRUE!

Don’t get me started!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:48:46 +0000

Water Doctor, I just moved into a house in which there is VERY hard water. A plumber came to the house and talked to me about the Watts One Flow (OF844-12) system and said it would help with the hard water. The house is brand new so I would like to do something before my Hot Water Heater and everything begin getting caked with the hard water minerals. THe chlorine level of my water is .1 to 2.0 mg/L, Floride is .67 to 1.8 mg/L, Nitrates is .2 to 1.98 mg/L, Lead is 5 to 6.37 mg/L, and Copper is .67 to .886 mg/L. I was looking into the US Water Systems GREENWAVE as well as the OneFlow by Watts. Which would you recommend. I was quoted around $1700 for the OneFlow for the parts and installation and I have yet to get quotes for the GreenWave systems. Any recommendations?

The Water Doctor Replied:

Watts One Flow is a commercial system. It is my understanding that there is no warranty on it for residential applications.

With your level of chlorine I would recommend the GreenWave Ultra. Here’s the link:

http://www.uswatersystems.com/shop/products/GreenWave–Ultra-No%252dSalt%2C-Scale-Prevention-%26-Chlorine%7B47%7DChemical-Removal-System.html