darrylb
New Member
Hello everyone,
I am struggling on picking/committing to a system, as no matter what I research, I jump around. Right now, in my focus is the Genesis Duo, which at 40k grains and is reasonably priced. But upon researching Genesis vs Fleck, I stumbled upon this forum and questioned what I truly needed. In my old home I had a Fleck 5600, and found it met our requirements, but as I moved to the suburbs, I found our water quality was not as good--and therefore needed something to help with cleaning the water not only softening. My wife, myself, and toddler have varying skin issues with our water that we didn't have in our old home. Itchy eyes, scratching hot spots in parts of my toddlers back and my wife legs, and I think its the contaminates in our water--though they are all safe, I think they may be high.
I did a simple water hardness check, and found my hardness is about a 7-8 (edited after checking picture I took of test). Additionally, this link provides our cities most recent water test, and this is a summary of some of the higher chemical items.
My interest in the Genesis Duo was it was a complete setup, that looked easy to setup, had upflow, but I am not sure how much of the marketing has caught me in all honesty.
I was eyeing Springwell, as they have an 'equivalent' which Bluetooth configuration (as an IT techy that appealed to me) and two of my coworkers have and love it, but its a bit more pricey than the Genesis, and uses some kind of Nelson valve I've never seen or heard of. I saw the Pelican setup, but that seems to get a bit pricier as well for debatable value (isnt it basically a Fleck/Pentair?)
About our house:
- New construction PEX
- 4.5 Bath
- 3 Adults, 1 Toddler
- When guests come its about 2 people for a few weeks at a time.
- With 3 showers running concurrently, my water heater shows about 4.3GPM, my guess we only need 12GPM.
Things I am specifically looking for:
- Cleaner Water
- Softer water for our skin and glass/cleaning/etc.
- I like low maintenance
- Upflow appeals to me, based on the "promise" of reduced water usage during recharge
- Metered in some form or fashion (Regenerate because its needed, not because its a schedule).
- Preferably bought/shipped within US
- DIY install (already plumbed with a hookup for water softener and drain, 1 inch hookup).
- Going for significant improvement, not perfection, no appeal in having reverse osmosis--looking for whole home setup.
- Good vendor support/help if needed.
Anyone have a suggestion? Hope I provided adequate information!
Thank you.
I am struggling on picking/committing to a system, as no matter what I research, I jump around. Right now, in my focus is the Genesis Duo, which at 40k grains and is reasonably priced. But upon researching Genesis vs Fleck, I stumbled upon this forum and questioned what I truly needed. In my old home I had a Fleck 5600, and found it met our requirements, but as I moved to the suburbs, I found our water quality was not as good--and therefore needed something to help with cleaning the water not only softening. My wife, myself, and toddler have varying skin issues with our water that we didn't have in our old home. Itchy eyes, scratching hot spots in parts of my toddlers back and my wife legs, and I think its the contaminates in our water--though they are all safe, I think they may be high.
I did a simple water hardness check, and found my hardness is about a 7-8 (edited after checking picture I took of test). Additionally, this link provides our cities most recent water test, and this is a summary of some of the higher chemical items.
My interest in the Genesis Duo was it was a complete setup, that looked easy to setup, had upflow, but I am not sure how much of the marketing has caught me in all honesty.
I was eyeing Springwell, as they have an 'equivalent' which Bluetooth configuration (as an IT techy that appealed to me) and two of my coworkers have and love it, but its a bit more pricey than the Genesis, and uses some kind of Nelson valve I've never seen or heard of. I saw the Pelican setup, but that seems to get a bit pricier as well for debatable value (isnt it basically a Fleck/Pentair?)
About our house:
- New construction PEX
- 4.5 Bath
- 3 Adults, 1 Toddler
- When guests come its about 2 people for a few weeks at a time.
- With 3 showers running concurrently, my water heater shows about 4.3GPM, my guess we only need 12GPM.
Things I am specifically looking for:
- Cleaner Water
- Softer water for our skin and glass/cleaning/etc.
- I like low maintenance
- Upflow appeals to me, based on the "promise" of reduced water usage during recharge
- Metered in some form or fashion (Regenerate because its needed, not because its a schedule).
- Preferably bought/shipped within US
- DIY install (already plumbed with a hookup for water softener and drain, 1 inch hookup).
- Going for significant improvement, not perfection, no appeal in having reverse osmosis--looking for whole home setup.
- Good vendor support/help if needed.
Anyone have a suggestion? Hope I provided adequate information!
Thank you.
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