Hassle-Free Water Softeners for Your Home

Every home will be different depending on how much water you use and how hard the water is. An average family of four with a standard hardness level for Salt Lake City will use about a half of a bag of salt or less per month. Your Kinetico representative can go over your specific needs and salt usage. Keep in mind that a Kinetico Water Softener uses a lot less salt than a traditional electronic water softener on the average of 70% less salt; meaning less trips to the store, less trips hauling salt down the stairs and more money in your pocket.

No. Kinetico’s completely mechanical system has revolutionized the water softening industry. The name Kinetico comes from the process of using “kinetic” energy from your water to operate the system. The fact that it is completely mechanical means no finicky buttons to push, less service calls, no resetting for power surges or time changes and no reprogramming. It is by far the longest lasting, easiest system to use.

Yes and no.

Yes, in that all water softeners soften water using the same process, running water across tiny polymer beads, called resin where the hard minerals, calcium and magnesium, are removed and replaced with a little bit of sodium. This process is called ion exchange.

A Kinetico water softener uses the same process, but much more efficiently. Almost all other water softeners run by a computer that controls the operation of the water softener. Additionally, they only have one resin tank for softening the water.

Kinetico is revolutionary, it operates using kinetic energy, or the flow of water, so it’s completely non electric and has two resin tanks. Therefore, it never requires programing or setting and uses an average of 70% less salt. A Kinetico water softener also ensures you have an unlimited supply of soft water for laundry day or when you have company, and they last much longer.

A water softener removes hard minerals, namely calcium and magnesium, from water as it flows
through a tank containing tiny polymer beads called resin. The resin beads remove the hard minerals and replace them with a very small amount of sodium. Once the minerals are removed you now have soft water, this process is called ion exchange.

The resin beads can only remove a finite amount of mineral before they are no longer able to soften
water. Every few days, the water softener will go through a cleaning process known as regeneration. A
salt brine is washed across the beads which removes the calcium and magnesium, replacing it with
sodium and flushes it down the drain. The water softener is then able to soften water once again.

A water softener is designed to remove minerals, like calcium, magnesium, iron and manganese. Depending on where you live you may have other things in your water. Those “other things” can be determined by testing your water. Your city water department is required to do regular testing and may provide you with those results. You can also visit ewg.org for additional information on your water quality. Kinetico offers a full range of water filtration solutions to meet your specific needs.

A Kinetico water softener will give you a couple decades or more of beautiful soft water, compared to a traditional water softener which will last about half that. Click on the link to see our google reviews and learn what other Kinetico owners say about their experience.