Way OT: whole house water filter & softener, Any hands-on experience? Options

[draganc]

I know this topic is way off, but I have always been impressed about the input of the forum's members.

Alright, here is the scenario:

I have a water-well, salt based softener and an As filter (the level is just over the NJ limits).

The problem:

Instead on working on my 914, I'm schlepping salt bags into the basement and water jugs into the garage.

What I want:

A whole house water filter system, a salt-free softener and a revers-osmosis filter in the kitchen only.

I searched the internet high and low but would like to hear some real experience from the members here.

At the moment I have the Aquasana Rhino, Pelican and NuvoH2O on the radar.

Thanks for your input
DC

PS: I already tried to switch from water to beer. However, that didn't work out to well with the rest of the family :-(.

[timothy_nd28]

I have heard nothing good about the saltless systems. Keep your current softener, but change out the resin bed to the high quality micro resin beads. You can also move the salt tank away from the softener, up to 30 feet if I remember right. So, if you have an attached garage, you could put the salt tank in there. This would keep you from dragging salt bags into the basement.

A RO system is a good idea for the kitchen. Good ones can be had off of eBay for under 300.