1Wifey

Anyone actually own a Pelican water softener? Seems like it gets bashed from people who dont really own one.

HWConstruction

I don't own a Yugo, but I can tell you not to buy one.

1Wifey

lol....point taken

Gary Slusser

I own and use a piece of equipment that has the same mineral in it that is used in the Pelican.

I live full time in my motor home and travel around the country using many different waters every 100 gallons when we "dry camp", we are totally off grid with solar panels etc., which since last June 30th, we have been in a campground all of 6 nights; so we get more water every 100 gals used quite frequently. And much of it is very hard at 13 to 30 gpg.

Since 10/01/2006 when we moved into the motor home we have missed our softener very much. In Aug of 2007, at great expense for the small amount of mineral in it, at my whole sale cost (I am a water treatment equipment dealer), I bought this "no salt" softener that is supposed to make water act as if it is softened.

I also bought it so I could test the 'process' and possibly sell it to those people that constantly contact me as an online dealer about buying a "no salt" SOFTENER.

IT DOES NOT SOFTENER WATER or remove iron or manganese BUT it does make my Irish Spring soap and her dish detergent suds a bit better and it reduces some of the hard water spotting on fixtures and shower walls and the door.

But I refuse to sell them.

They are way over priced because of the cost of the mineral and it needs to be replaced every 5 years! My unit has about 3 lbs of mineral in a 6" x 18" tank an I paid $400+ for it. The wholesale cost is just barely under $8,000 per cubic foot of the mineral!! There is only one manufacturer.

Depending on the size of the tank of the Pelican, you won't have more than a few lbs of the mineral in it. A cuft of softener resin is less than $100 retail!! And the mineral in the Pelican etc. can not be used if the water has iron or manganese in it.

So you may think that because I sell water treatment equipment and compete with the "no salt" softeners, that I am biased. But you're making a mistake discounting my opinion or other competitors' or logical thinker's opinions. You don't soften water unless you remove the hardness, that's guaranteed.

1Wifey

Well i def. believe that you know your softeners, so in that case any recommondations? Should i go all the way with culligan or can i get away with a smaller brand from Lowes or Home Depot?

Happy Motoring

Gary Slusser

As I said in your other thread. I suggest a correctly sized softener with a Clack WS-1 control valve on it.

You can buy online and install it yourself or hire a plumber with your substantial savings and still save hundreds to a grand or more if compared to the same thing and same size bought from a local dealer.

Do not buy anything that is proprietary, like Kinetico, Culligan, Rainsoft etc. etc. or a big box brand. If you do you are locked into the one and only local dealer and whatever they want to charge you for service and parts because only they can get parts for it. You should learn to repair your softener yourself, and there is none easier or quicker to program or repair than the Clack WS-1 because it was designed to be the easiest and fastest. Anyone with a pair of channel lock type pliers and a small common screw driver can replace all of its 5 parts and have the water back on in under 30 minutes. And usually you'd only replace one part.

Installing a softener is simple plumbing and anyone can learn how to solder in a half hour if needed. Which usually it isn't needed because you can use compression fittings.

wd40

Don't waste your money-way over prices and the performance of the unit is minimal. They made all kinds of promises and they try to pressure you about how salt harms the envornment. Well, I guess mankind harms the environment-the bottom line is that the units do not work as claimed. Customer service is a joke. I put a new soft water unit in my old house and it is very efficient and uses little salt. I guess the downside is carrying the 40 lb bags every couple of months.