Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

"Bill" wrote in message
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Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?

Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

They are both salt units.
The Hague requires 110vac, the Kinetico does not.


Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?

Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

on 6/11/2009 4:08 AM (ET) Matt Barrow wrote the following:
"Bill" wrote in message
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Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?


Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.

I don't know how, or if, the Hague is better than a regular water
softener, and at prices in the thousands of $, it better be far more
efficient than the ones that sell in the hundreds of $. The below links
are about false claims and poor, or no service, which just may originate
from the sales people, distributors, or installers, but I would be leery
about spending an exhorbitant amount of money for an appliance that can
be bought from an appliance store or even online.
This sounds like the sales pitches the Kirby and Rainbow vacuum cleaner
salesmen used to sell their overpriced cleaners.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/mo_water.html
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fair...NMS8K38AIJCOS8
http://jameytucker.wordpress.com/200...-water-system/
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeo...gue_water.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...r-c186893.html

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

On Jun 10, 4:53*am, "Bill" wrote:
Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?

I owned a Kinetico when I lived in Michigan, worked well. My parents
have owned one since 1989 and the only issue was soilder joint that
leaked on the drain. This was done by and installer. The company
sent a repair person ASAP and fixed it. We like the idea of no
electricity to run it. I've not looked at athe newer systems so I do
not know what their features are.

Andy

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

Thanks, some good info.


Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?


Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.

I don't know how, or if, the Hague is better than a regular water
softener, and at prices in the thousands of $, it better be far more
efficient than the ones that sell in the hundreds of $. The below links
are about false claims and poor, or no service, which just may originate
from the sales people, distributors, or installers, but I would be leery
about spending an exhorbitant amount of money for an appliance that can be
bought from an appliance store or even online.
This sounds like the sales pitches the Kirby and Rainbow vacuum cleaner
salesmen used to sell their overpriced cleaners.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/mo_water.html
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fair...NMS8K38AIJCOS8
http://jameytucker.wordpress.com/200...-water-system/
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeo...gue_water.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...r-c186893.html

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Water softners, Apples to Oranges?
 

"willshak" wrote in message
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on 6/11/2009 4:08 AM (ET) Matt Barrow wrote the following:
"Bill" wrote in message
...

Looking at two different water softener systems.
Hague, or Kinetico.

Anybody have any good info on them?

I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.

Anybody?


Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.

I don't know how, or if, the Hague is better than a regular water softener,
and at prices in the thousands of $, it better be far more efficient than the
ones that sell in the hundreds of $.

The one's they sell, for example, in Home Depot, are nothing more than water
filters you attach to your refrigerator, but for more volume.

The below links are about false claims and poor, or no service, which just may
originate from the sales people, distributors, or installers, but I would be
leery about spending an exhorbitant amount of money for an appliance that can
be bought from an appliance store or even online.
This sounds like the sales pitches the Kirby and Rainbow vacuum cleaner
salesmen used to sell their overpriced cleaners.

Caveat emptor.


http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/mo_water.html
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fair...NMS8K38AIJCOS8
http://jameytucker.wordpress.com/200...-water-system/
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeo...gue_water.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...r-c186893.html

For about ten years, I had a Kinetico Quad system, but we had to get a water
cooler since the unit added so much salt to the water. We could not use our ice
maker in the 'fridge. Also, some jurisdictions are banning salt units since they
contaminate ground water by salinization. Also, some RO units are banned since
they use so much more water for flushing the system.

I got a good deal, on a Hague, back in 2005, and my unit has worked flawlessly.
So far.

I can imagine, though, how they do generate so many complaints.

Go with a Hague especially if KINETICO is a SALT unit. ??? They are both salt UNITS.

I sell both and I prefer Kinetico.

Andy Christensen, CWS-II