New (to me) house has well water with a pH of 5.5 so I will add a calcite/corosex neutralizer. Studying the options for a couple of hours I am curious why there are so many recommendations to NOT use an upflow type system. From what little I know the upflow requires no power because it doesn't have a timer valve and only needs to be flushed at some high flow rate once a year to maintain it. It doesn't work as effectively at neutralizing at high flow rates but it works well at low flow rates, like when getting a glass of water or filling the ice maker which is what my main concerns are.
I had a water softener at my last house and was constantly annoyed when the thing would backflush. It would wake me up in the middle of the night because it was loud, or after a power outage the clock would be off and it would backflush when I was in the shower and suddenly the pressure would go way down. I'm not excited to add a device to my house that requires I add an electrical outlet, makes noise, and requires me to reset the clock several times a year when the power goes out or Daylight Savings Time comes and goes.
Granted I can only find information on acid neutralizers from the people that sell them so the information is biased. What am I missing that makes upflow systems so bad?
I had a water softener at my last house and was constantly annoyed when the thing would backflush. It would wake me up in the middle of the night because it was loud, or after a power outage the clock would be off and it would backflush when I was in the shower and suddenly the pressure would go way down. I'm not excited to add a device to my house that requires I add an electrical outlet, makes noise, and requires me to reset the clock several times a year when the power goes out or Daylight Savings Time comes and goes.
Granted I can only find information on acid neutralizers from the people that sell them so the information is biased. What am I missing that makes upflow systems so bad?