My water tested at 244ppm before I got my water softener. Tests at 238ppm now. Softener is working, but why so little change?
1312634
Because your water softener is simply replacing calcium ions with sodium ions, so it's normal for the reading to be about the same. Water softeners don't filter, they substitute a "softer" ion for calcium.
123510
do you happen to know what your water pressure is?clean water should be coming out at a very slow stream. how fast is the water coming out of the waste side?
769493
The bottle says that the color code is light bluish for 8.5 and higer, so you probably wont be able to accuratly tell what the ph is if it higher. If your just testing regular things like your gardens water you will almost never get any reading that are higher than 8 or lower than 4 (or atleast i would hope so). Hope it helps a little!
1313350
Advertised 10ppm, but I tested myself with HM TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)Tester Meter and shows 17ppm.
1208172
Hello! Well I will tell you. I ordered two replacement filters about three weeks ago and I have that same issue. It seems to filter the water and then it does come out slower. I don't know if its a real issue but I know exactly what you are saying. I am going to call culigan and find out for sure. Thanks
1469383
It's been 4 months and my water filter still seems to be working great (2 person household.) Would be great if someone could post a link to a consumer reports type article about this subject. Of course the mnfctr is going to recommend faster changes than are necessary to get you to buy more. I just set up 3 month regular shipment from Amazon, to be safe.
135462
this is what I am using one for. my filter backwashes at 10GPM and seems to work without backing up. depends on the size of your softener and what type of soil you have.
131767
have very hard water here.......its works to me I can tell a big different in the taste ....but with anything I can not tell you how much of a different it make since I'm not having it tested....water out of my tap w/ the little meter that came w/ pitcher avg 425-475...filter water 1st test was 0...and then it slowy move up as u filter water...got about 3 months off the first filter......hope this helps
157710
I did not notice any drop in water pressure at all, but I'm on a city system and my water pressure is actually to high! But I thing it all comes down to the filter cartridge, you use, the more they filter out the more restrictive, lowering your water pressure. Some filter cartridges filter out down to one micron and need changed monthly, may lower your water pressure. I use the ones that need changed every three months, and when they flushed our water lines, I had a lot of junk trapped by my filter. I also ran 3/4" pipe from the pipe interring the house to the filter before I tied it into my house system, which is using 1/2" pipe. No problems so far, I would recommend the Watts filter to anyone. I did not notice any drop in water pressure at all, but I'm on a city system and my water pressure is actually to high! But I thing it all comes down to the filter cartridge, you use, the more they filter out the more restrictive, lowering your water pressure. Some filter cartridges filter out down to one micron and need changed monthly, may lower your water pressure. I use the ones that need changed every three months, and when they flushed our water lines, I had a lot of junk trapped by my filter. I also ran 3/4" pipe from the pipe interring the house to the filter before I tied it... » Read More I did not notice any drop in water pressure at all, but I'm on a city system and my water pressure is actually to high! But I thing it all comes down to the filter cartridge, you use, the more they filter out the more restrictive, lowering your water pressure. Some filter cartridges filter out down to one micron and need changed monthly, may lower your water pressure. I use the ones that need changed every three months, and when they flushed our water lines, I had a lot of junk trapped by my filter. I also ran 3/4" pipe from the pipe interring the house to the filter before I tied it into my house system, which is using 1/2" pipe. No problems so far, I would recommend the Watts filter to anyone. « Show Less
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We have a Kinetico water softener system. We have a LOT of iron in our well water. We must use the Iron Out salts. The 5 micron filter works well for us. We used to use a 50 or 30 micron. If anything the 5 micron just filters better, finer particles. We change it every 6 months or so. It gets red with the iron, unless you are losing water pressure it is OK to use continue to use, we have gone 9 months without changing it before. I don't know what kind of sediment your trying to filter or how much is in your well water so I can't say how it would work in your system. I would recommend trying one of the filters for six months and see how it goes. If no problems then I'd buy the bulk package. We own our system so we can do as we like with it. I don't know what Kinetico would say about it. Good luck. Let us know if it works out for you OK. We were paying much more for our filters before we found this steal of a deal.
1133488
Total disssolved solids increasing after using the same water both times makes no sense. Have you used other waters before and got same results an increase after the purifier? Have you contacted the manufactuer with questions? You have to eliminate the distilled water first off as the problem and see if it does it with all waters. Surely you are not consuming distilled water on a regular basis?
358436
I only drink distilled water, so I do not know how it would effect your soft water. Sorry.
1219872
Make sure that you are usig seachem prime as your water conditioner. Prime and purigen are designed to work together. Any other water conditioner will render the purigen useless.
367516
I measured 1.64 gpm, plus or minus about 0.03. That's 9% above spec. I've had the showerhead for several months, so any adjustment within the showerhead should have happened long ago.
466802
If you haven't already, I would call the company. They are very informative and easy to talk to. They recommend the straightest shot from the meter to the pump to get the most pressure. Mine goes to my basepump after many branches and it works fine. If you pass the 5 gal bucket test, you are probably fine. Another point - Everyone I know with a water softener has a well. You need city water for the basepump. No power would equal no well water.
1250017
it must have something to do with your water .. mine doesnt change at all except to be lighter blue .. could be the chlorine or fuoride in your water.or you have hard water... i dont believe it will inhibit the action of the chlorhexidrine
2003474
I have had this 10 months and filtered water is still registering at 000ppm for filtered water still just using the first filter. I also live in California, and this is used at work.