The Difference Between Water Softeners and Water Conditioners 

Thank you for your honesty. This clears up all lot of intentional marketing confusion. Thanks for shining light on the darkness. Much Love everyone

Great info...we have low ph well water causing pinhole leaks in our copper plumbing, we now are switching to pex and installing a water conditioner.

Thanks for your video. You mentioned that conditioners don't remove hard water but they reduce it. May I know up to what extent? This will help me in deciding whether to go for a softener or conditioner.

For most people, the amount of chlorine in their water is negligible. Also, chlorine kills bacteria, and generally makes city water safer to drink.

The Puronics system isn't just a conditioner, but a softener as well. It is used by NASA and is certified by the EPA to kill bacteria with its patented Silver Shield technology.

My left ear found this interesting. My right ear...not so much.

The Puronics system you showed is a softener. It has a brine tank. The salt free conditioners don't have brine tanks.

If I’m not correct I have a puronics water softener and water purifier installed and also have a RO system under the sink so I was told that it softens and purifies my whole house water and I use salt pellets, so is this wrong?

Well explained. However..... who should buy water softener, who should buy the conditioner....???

Some wayer conditioners use a phosphate filter that reduces scale and clears the pipes.

Update October 25, 2023. Just installed a whole house water conditioner with a descaler from LifeSource. No RO, no user maintainance. There is no salt to add, which is costly over the years.

It sounds that we don't need RO system for water conditioner, right?

What about the electric pulse softeners?

So... i think my water is hard cus it drys my skin out!! But idk I'm just a new homeowner learning day by day 🤷🏽‍♀️

Puronics seems to me has the best of both worlds, is this true?

Good video although magnets do not work, I’ve been in the industry almost 30 years

Why doesn't someone offer something that has the best of both? Thanks for the video

Thanks for the nice explanation. Both systems avoid scale buildup which is very important. The information which I'm not able to get from any of such review videos is about the health pros/cons of both the systems. I'm holding onto buying either of the systems because I'm still looking for the answers to the following questions. Could you please help? 1. Does Softener adds very little amount of salt to the home water? Is this good for health? 2. Conditioner keeps all the minerals within the home water. Is this good for health? 2. I read in manuals that Softener are not good for the in-house water Filtration systems and water Heaters. Is this true? or which one is better for the specified appliances?

so can I have both then?

I really hope this guy doesn't sell water treatment systems. The difference between a water softener and water conditioner is that a water softener removes the hardness (calcium and magnesium) from your water and a water conditioner doesn't! A water conditioner doesn't even reduce the hardness in your water one bit. The advantage of a water conditioner is that it doesn't use salt, electricity or need drainage. The down side is that they don't much at all. He is correct that they will remove the chlorine from your water, but that's like having a big refrigerator filter for your home. The magnetic feature he was talking about has been PROVEN not to work. That is a gimmick. How can something affect the water if it never touches the water? Common sense alone will tell you that. The only EPA approved media to be used to eliminate scale build up is called Filter sorb 3. Any water conditioner that doesn't use this media is a piece of junk and not proven to descale anything. Unfortunately, to remove the hard water entirely (calcium and magnesium), you have to use a salt based water softener. There is NO SUCH THING AS A SALT-LESS WATER SOFTENER! It's like the unicorn, it doesn't exist. The resin inside a water softener is holding the calcium and magnesium inside the tank and not allowing it to go into your water. It can only hold so much of that before it needs to clean itself out. That is called regenerating. That is what the salt is used for. It reverses the polarization of the ions and releases all of the calcium and magnesium from the resin and it gets backwashed, like a pool, to your sewer and it starts all over again. Obviously, I do sell water systems for homes and I sell both water softeners and water conditioners. This is coming from someone who sells both. I really don't like water conditioners because I know what they do and what they don't do. A water softener eliminates the hard water, a water conditioner doesn't. Not opinion, fact! You chose what's most important for you.

I thought magnets only work on metals. Hmmm

can't hear you!

Big water guy 💦

you had me up to minute 3:30 then you went from chicken soup to chicken shit great info on water softener though , conditioner ? not so much. come on you know better

I been in water treatment for almost ten years. I have no clue what he’s talking about....!

Did not explain very well what conditioners actually do.....

I hope you guys don't listen to this. I am certified in water treatment and manufacture water softeners and filters. Maybe 20% of this info is correct!

Am I the only one bothered by his pronunciation of the word “softener”?

Poor kid he is trying but has no experience or expertise .

You seem very confused and or have an ulterior motive about Water Conditioners. A sort of "pale face" twisted tongue in cheek explanation! Who are you and whom do you represent...as in Business/Company!

This guy has no idea what he's talking about.