"Steve B" wrote in message
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We are looking at one of these for our new house with reverse osmosis
under the sink filters. The water hardness there is like near 12. Anyone
have one of these spendy things? Like it? Hate it?

They don't matter a lot to me. I can shower in any old water, but the
wife insists it makes a big difference in bathing, dishwashing, and
clothes washing.

(I made her a deal. She gets this, I get a boat, so it ain't so bad.)

Steve
The Kinetico I bought in 1985 cost $1,500 and only lasted 10 years. When I
called the service company, they wanted over $1,200 to repair it and over
$3,000 to replace it. Yeah, right. It worked just fine, but only for 10
years. I replaced it with something from the big box store in 1995, and that
one's still working fine. It only cost $800. I would NEVER buy Kinetico
again. I only got it for softening, since our water is off-the-chart hard.
Without a softener the water pipes would get so blocked up with crud the
water pressure would be zero.