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Posted by Matt Barrow on June 11, 2009, 9:30 pm
> on 6/11/2009 4:08 AM (ET) Matt Barrow wrote the following:
>>> Looking at two different water softener systems.
>>> Hague, or Kinetico.
>>> Anybody have any good info on them?
>>> I can get a good deal on the Hague, but I like the Kinetico's features.
>>> Anybody?
>> Go with the Hague, especially if the Kinetico is a salt unit.
> I don't know how, or if, the Hague is better than a regular water softener,
> and at prices in the thousands of $, it better be far more efficient than the
> ones that sell in the hundreds of $.
The one's they sell, for example, in Home Depot, are nothing more than water
filters you attach to your refrigerator, but for more volume.
>The below links are about false claims and poor, or no service, which just may
>originate from the sales people, distributors, or installers, but I would be
>leery about spending an exhorbitant amount of money for an appliance that can
>be bought from an appliance store or even online.
> This sounds like the sales pitches the Kirby and Rainbow vacuum cleaner
> salesmen used to sell their overpriced cleaners.
Caveat emptor.
> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/mo_water.html
> http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fairfax-mo/T17NMS8K38AIJCOS8
> http://jameytucker.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/dont-buy-a-hague-water-system/
> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/hague_water.html
> http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/hague-quality-water-c186893.html
For about ten years, I had a Kinetico Quad system, but we had to get a water
cooler since the unit added so much salt to the water. We could not use our ice
maker in the 'fridge. Also, some jurisdictions are banning salt units since they
contaminate ground water by salinization. Also, some RO units are banned since
they use so much more water for flushing the system.
I got a good deal, on a Hague, back in 2005, and my unit has worked flawlessly.
So far.
I can imagine, though, how they do generate so many complaints.
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