Be Careful! A Salt-Free Water Softener May Not Be as Effective as You Think.

A salt-free water softener certainly sounds like a great deal, doesn’t it? After all, if you’re like most people, you hate lugging around heavy bags of salt!

Unfortunately, a salt-free softener leaves a lot to be desired.

At Angel Water, we believe in educating our customers to help them make smart purchases. So, read on to discover the truth about salt-free water softeners.

Salt-free softeners aren’t as fancy as they look.

Many people purchase salt-free systems because they think they’re luxurious. They marvel at the softener’s shiny chrome exterior and assume it’s a complex piece of machinery.

The truth is salt-free water softeners are much less sophisticated than their salt-based counterparts. For one thing, their robust chrome shells are just thin jackets designed to make them look like they’re worth the $2,000 price.

Beneath the deceptively shiny exterior is a rather modest contraption. It consists of a distributor topped with a simple in-and-out head. Water goes in one side, flows down through the distributor, and up through filter material. The water then exits through the other side of the head.

Truly, it’s a very straightforward machine. But what can it do for you?

The benefits of salt-free softeners are limited.

Most people assume a salt-free water softener will perform like its salt-based counterpart. However, water softener manufacturers make no such promise.

If you look at the fine print on any salt-free softener, you will find that it only prevents scale on the inside of your plumbing. That’s all it does.

As a result, these are the only benefits people experience from salt-free softeners:

• Water tastes better
• Water smells better
• Prevents scale in plumbing

While these are appealing benefits, they fall short of those offered by salt-based systems.

There’s a lot a salt-free water softener won’t do.

Regular water softeners provide a multitude of benefits, most of which a salt-free system cannot deliver. Here are a few examples:

• Make hair soft and supple
• Prevent dry and itchy skin
• Keep laundry colors bright and clear
• Stop white film from forming on dishes and appliances

Let us be perfectly clear. If you want these benefits, then you need to get a salt-based water softener. It’s the only way to get the perfectly soft water you deserve.

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