We have a Rainsoft whole house water conditioner. It seems to do the job but sometimes I see some pink around the filter faucet and around the drain in the sink where the water can sit. A neighbor said that reverse osmosis is better because you don't use salt but I thought that they all used salt. Can anyone enlighten me about both systems.. pros and cons?
Thanks for you help.

Syl

We have a Rainsoft whole house water conditioner. It seems to do the job but sometimes I see some pink around the filter faucet and around the drain in the sink where the water can sit. A neighbor said that reverse osmosis is better because you don't use salt but I thought that they all used salt. Can anyone enlighten me about both systems.. pros and cons?
Thanks for you help.

Syl reverse osmosis is the best, the whole house reverse osmosis system cost an arm and a leg to buy and install plus it also cost arm to operate and maintenance

We had already gotten the Rainsoft conditioner several years ago and a neighbor was talking about the salt that we are getting in our water. From what I read the sodium is almost negligible. For folks on a salt restricted diet, I wonder how bad this is. Does the reverse osmosis system also have sodium in the tap water?

Thank you for taking time to answer my posts.

Regards,

Sylvia

We had already gotten the Rainsoft conditioner several years ago and a neighbor was talking about the salt that we are getting in our water. From what I read the sodium is almost negligible. For folks on a salt restricted diet, I wonder how bad this is. Does the reverse osmosis system also have sodium in the tap water?

Thank you for taking time to answer my posts.

Regards,

Sylvia
There is no salt in reverse osmosis, it just filter the water ( and kill the bacterials with UV lite)... just buy a small system for cooking and drinking, it cost a lot less than the whole house system... try this site ampac1, you could talk to a live person

Thank you for all your informaiton.
Regards, Sylvia

You can buy a 5 stage filtration system that fits under the kitchen sink. It has two granular activated carbon filters, to remove chlorine, bad taste & odors, a 5 micron sediment filter to remove solids, an R/O filter and a 10" GAC filter to enhance clarity and taste. It puts out great water, but is a bit slow in recovery if you need large amounts of water at one time. Costco and Sam's sell them for under $160; Home Depot a bit more. Also the directions recommend a water softener upstream to keep the R/O membrane from getting crudded up.

You can buy a 5 stage filtration system that fits under the kitchen sink. It has two granular activated carbon filters, to remove chlorine, bad taste & odors, a 5 micron sediment filter to remove solids, an R/O filter and a 10" GAC filter to enhance clarity and taste. It puts out great water, but is a bit slow in recovery if you need large amounts of water at one time. Costco and Sam's sell them for under $160; Home Depot a bit more. Also the directions recomend a water softener upstream to keep the R/O membrane from getting crudded up. install a larger holding tank if the recovery time is too slow for your usage, but the system also have its limit