Aquios Full House Water Conditioning/Filtration Replacement Cartridge Save 13% Off

• All-in-one full house water conditioning / water filtration system with VOC reduction
• Commercial grade, eco-friendly descaler that conditions hard water deposits and conditions water
• 1 Micron carbon block filtration eliminates chlorine taste, odor, and most VOCs
• Salt-free, requires no maintenance, no electricity, no backflush
• Compatible with most 20" filter housings

I have owned the Aquios system for almost a year and I am delighted by the performance of this product. My wife had been bugging me for years to install a water softener, but seeing the hassle that family members and friends that have conventional salt-based systems left me less than enthusiastic.

After doing extensive research I decided to give the Aquios unit a try and haven''t looked back since. All the benefits of a traditional water softener plus whole-house filtration and zero maintenance. I just installed my second replacement cartridge (the first one lasted just over 7 months). Replacing the cartridge is as simple as turning the locking ring at the top of the unit to "off", opening some faucets to relieve back pressure, unscrewing the housing and swap the cartridge. Whole process takes less than two minutes.

My water is clear, no lime or scale buildup, clothes are cleaner and the water simply tastes better. Highly recommended.

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Update 2/16/2013... the item is listed as "currently unavailable" and Amazon states they don''t know if, or when, that might change. Hope it''s not that because they don''t want you to purchase the filter and use it in a much less expensive housing as mentioned below...

I know this is a product review section but here''s why I didn''t purchase it. I have very hard city water in a rural high desert area where the supply is a 450'' deep aquifer so I wanted to soften the water for all the usual reasons... but especially to save my hot water heater. I didn''t want the salt based units because there''s too much wasted water when they purge; too much salt added to the drinking water; the discharged water isn''t good for my garden, or anything else green, if drained outdoors; and I don''t want to add to the problems with our sewer line by discharging into the city system. That made this type of system sound great... until I did some research. I noticed the replacement filter costs about 70 bucks (plus another 11 for shipping) so that makes the housing for this filter system price out at about 390 bucks (459 minus 69). I don''t see anything here except the housing and a filter and that''s pretty much what all filter systems include. The housing holds the filter and diverts the water either through, or around it when changing the filter, so there''s nothing it does in the actual filtration and/or softening process.

The Product Features for the replacement filter states "Compatible with most 20" filter housings" so I believe it will fit the Pentek 150166 Pentek 20-ST Whole House Water Filter System 150166 which holds a standard 20" x 2.5" filter... which is exactly the filter size for this unit... for about 45 bucks and it has a valve built into it. I''m no scientist but filters pretty much remove particles from the water (which reduces the scaling in pipes and appliances) so I went with the Culligan HF360-A Culligan HF-360A Whole House Sediment Filter Clear Housing with P5, 5 Micron Poly Spun Sediment Filter Cartridge Included and the P5-D Culligan P5-D Level 4 5 Micron Sediment Filtration 2 Pack Replacement Cartridges 5-micron filters and I''m at about 50 bucks total if I replace a filter every month. The P5-D''s are 10" x 4.5" wide so they have about the same surface area as a 20" x 2.5" wide filter. I can''t comment on what the Aquios is able to accomplish but if it''s a cartridge holder (also with a built in valve) and a filter what could possibly make the housing alone worth nearly 400 bucks? Even if my Culligan (and there are many choices for a housing that start at around 15 bucks) doesn''t do as much as it should I can go with another type of filter or put two in tandem.

Again, I''m not scientist, but based on what I have read the process of softening water is done by bonding ions (such as exchanging hardness ions for sodium) like in a salt based system or just filtering as much out as possible. If you use a filter then you are removing particulates from the water and storing them in the filter membrane for disposal and without ionization it seems to "soften" the water by removing the minerals. That said, the Aquios filter may be great but at 1-micron isn''t it also removing very fine particles and, if so, why wouldn''t another filter much less in price do the same in a housing that costs much less? Also, at 1-micron it seems that it would clog fast in very hard water... but that''s just my opinion based on what happens with my Reverse Osmosis system. Anyway, I couldn''t justify the price of a water system with such a price disparity between the housing and the filter. Since I can''t accurately rate the item that I never purchased I''ll give it 4 stars (minus 1 for price) because I believe what others have said about it and the Aquios Full House Water Softener and Filter System Aquios Full House Water Softener and Filter System but before you buy either ask yourself if the hunk of plastic that holds these filters is really worth the price. I only posted this because of the questions it raised for me. If my choice doesn''t work I''ll buy the Aquios filter & Pentek housing for a total of about 125 bucks at the pricing this date.