I just bought a house with extremely hard water, never having a well before I've been doing a lot of research.
Looking for the best quality for health & my home, the question I'm struggling with is . Salt or salt free softener....



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Before you begin the process, have your water tested (usually free) to determine its actual hardness and free floating radicals. You county head, can also test it for potable or non potable (safe to consume) Once you know exactly what you need you can begin to compare the process. For example you can use a non-sodium product in your salt process water conditioner. Ask your neighbors, what they use and if they are satisfied with their processors.

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Softeners use salt to regenerate (ion exchange). Appliances that do not use salt do not soften. They may do something else without the need for salt, but do not expect to get soft (absence of hardness) water from them. 'Saltless' is a marketing ploy when used with 'softener'.

quote; 'Saltless' is a marketing ploy when used with 'softener'.

Usually when they use "saltless" with softener, they mean they do NOT use NaCl "salt", but rather pottasium chloride. Other "saltless" devices claim to soften the water, but since they CANNOT physically remove the calcium, since they do not have provision for "backwashing" it, the hardness remains in the water.