Should I go with a 13 year old Kinetico Model 60 for $1,000 or a New Fleck 5600 for $500? I have just purchased a home and the seller was planning on taking his Kinetico (Model 60) with him. For $1,000 he is willing to leave it with the house when he moves in a couple weeks. The Kinetico is 13...

Hi! I have a Fleck 2510 64k grain water softener. I just got it installed maybe two or so months ago. So far, things have been working great with it, but I wonder how many gallons of water are wasted through the regeneration cycle? Another question is what happens during the regeneration...