No-Salt Softeners Versus Salt Water Softeners – Pros and Cons Clean Water Made Easy Podcast

In this Episode 9 of Clean Water Made Easy Podcast, our host and resource person, Gerry Bulfin, a water treatment contractor and WQA Certified Master Water Specialist explains the differences between traditional salt-based water softeners and no-salt water conditioners or softeners.

 You will hear and learn about:



* What is a water softener and how are they used?

* About hard city water due to calcium carbonate and magnesium

* How traditional water softeners work.

* What is a no-salt water conditioners and how does it work?

* Under what water conditions do you not use a no-salt water conditioner?

*  Signs that your water is already soft.

*  Definition of hard water

*  Advantages of having soft water

*  What is a Template Assisted Crystallization (TAC)?

*  What is a scale stopper?

*  What is the role of the German Society of Gas & Water on the study of no-salt softeners?

*  Why is the no-salt softener controversial?

*  Does the no-salt conditioner actually remove the excess calcium in your water?

*  Which one has a limited application, the salt or no-salt softener?

*  Which of the 2 softeners has lower maintenance cost?

*  What is capacitive deionization?

*  Which type of softener does our host/resource person recommend?



After finding the explanation to the above questions, we hope that you will now consider the enigma of the salt and no-salt water softeners as solved. For further questions, our host can be reached at gerrybulfin@cleanwaterstore.

Related readings on no-salt water softeners.

Hard Truths About Soft Water

FULL TRANSCRIPT

Episode 9: No Salt Versus Salt Water Softener Pros and Cons

You’re listening to the Clean Water Made Easy Podcast episode 9.

Hello, welcome back to the Clean Water Made Easy Podcast. My name is Gerry Bulfin, I’m a water treatment contractor and WQA certified Master Water Specialist here in Santa Cruz, California. It’s a beautiful day and hope it’s going good wherever you are. Thanks for tuning in again or if it’s your first-time, thanks for tuning in at all.

In this episode, I’m going to talk all about differences between water softeners and no salt water conditioners. Something we get a lot of questions about. Mainly I talk about well water & well water treatment systems on these episodes but today, this covers folks on city water as well. There is a lot of city water that’s hard because it’s high in calcium, magnesium and creates scale.

So we’re going to cover how traditional water softeners work and the types of no-salt water conditioners. Some people call them no- salt water softeners but we prefer to call them conditioners. We’re going to talk about when to use them, and more importantly under what conditions not to use a no salt water conditioner. There are some conditions where you would prefer a standard softener if you have hard water.

And if you want to go to the website it’s CleanWaterStore.com/blog/podcast and you can get more information about some links to one of the studies I talk about in this episode and you can see pictures and stuff so, if you want to check it out, go there and you will get more information.

Okay so, what about water softeners?

When would you use a water softener?

Well, really if you don’t need a water softener, you’ll probably know it. Your water is soft, meaning it’s not leaving white spots and stains on your shower heads, your dishes come out clean, and the water feels soft, which means that soap easily dissolves in it.

What is hard water?

If your water is hard, we consider water that’s hard over about 5 to 7 grains per gallon.