We moved into our new custom built home in 2023 and now have a year of real life experience using our duel filter Cascadian whole house water filter. In our previous homes we had salt based softeners that required monthly additions of salt leaving the water with that softened taste and mouth feel. And depending how the softener was calibrated, the water could be over-softened leaving it slippery and made rinsing shampoos and soap in the shower difficult. The monthly purchase of salt and lugging it to the softener was a pain.
Now that we have a full 13 months of experience, we have been totally satisfied with our Cascadian Filter. The water quality is enhanced. The taste of the water is much improved over untreated city water. Funky odors and fluoride smell is gone. We have eliminated the need to buy bottled waters and we use a CO2 bubbler to make our own fuzzy drinking water instead of buying canned LaCroix. Glass in the shower stays clean with virtually no hard water deposits. Even our outdoor spigots are on the filtered system, so we can use it on our plants and grass. Salt treated water of old softeners can be hard on plants, so this was a benefit we didn’t initially consider.
When it came time to change the filters at 12 months, I was anxious to see the condition of the used filters. The cartridges were easy to remove, the enclosed directions accurately demonstrated the best way to remove, clean and reassemble. The **** that the filters removed from our water was impressive, and energized our belief in the decision we made to not go with a traditional salt based softener. With four people in our house, plus two dogs and two cats, we fully tested our Cascadian system and it exceeded our expectations.