Saltless water softeners are devices that don’t remove the calcium (limescale), instead they just treat the calcium, so that it will not damage your system.
The advantages with saltless water softeners is that they don’t remove the calcium! I know this sounds crazy, but hard water is good for you! The lime scale that you so much hate, might well have saved your life!
The other main benefit with saltless hard water softeners is that they treat the whole house. There are studies that show drinking water from a salt-based water softener would introduce too much sodium in your diet (for those suffering from various heart conditions). So if you go down the salt based water softener route you will need to have a separate tap for drinking water.
Saltless water softeners have none of the drawback of salt based water softeners, main ones being the risk of premature, wearing out of pipe work and appliances (when the water is too soft), and break downs.
The disadvantages are that the treated calcium can still dry on surfaces, though it should just wipe of if the saltless water softener is working. Unfortunately the main drawback is most (we haven’t been able to find any, apart from ourselves) have any independent test reports for you to read! Aquabion is different, we have the lab reports, we have the reputation.
Saltless water softener checklist:
- It must be proven to work! You need to be able to read the whole independent report.
- It should be maintenance free.
- It should not need too much work to install. If you go for an electronic one keep the electricity away from plumbing. If there is a slight leak, you could lose power to your whole house.