Manor Whole House Salt-Free Eco-Friendly Water Softener/Conditioner Replacement Cartridge

This is a great system easy to maintain easy to change the filters only thing when filters go bad a real rotten smell in the system. It’s good that it has a feature that you can bypass the filter until you can replace it.

Does it Work? Yes...I am writing this as I ( most likely like many of you are) was skeptical of this technology and this specific cartridge. We moved into a new home four months ago that has hard water. We did not have hard water in our previous homes. I worked on water softeners in my early career so I was/am fully aware of various levels of hard water, "other" water issues and what they do. I am also well versed on the works of water softeners and what they do... The reviews (from many sources) that I could find, they were "mixed" and on opposite end of the scale from "It does what it says" to "It does nothing at all. Waste of money". I looked into this technology for a more "personal, selfish reason"... The new home did not have a drain nearby where I would need to install a softener. It was Winter months and to get one in put in was through a crawl space...ugh...Plus there is the "salt factor", for which there were/are some issues I am/was aware of and some for which I was newly educated, such as cost of processing it out of the waste water as well as many communities discouraging the use of salt based water softeners today because of this. Additionally, many municipalities (such as those in our new state) not treating the hardness ( due to the "Salt Factor" and the cost). I noted a lot of reviews addressing the terminology used with traditional water softeners and this technology arguing the terminology of "softening" water vs "conditioning" water. It is just at matter of Symantec and ones definition of "soft water" The technologies DO work DIFFERENTLY and one should know/understand this. A very simplistic explanation is that a traditional water softner physically removes the " hardness causing" minerals from the water. This technology leaves the minerals in the water but "coats" them so they don't "stick" to your pipes, fixtures etc. As part of the removal process, a tradional water softener DOES put some level of salt into the water. It is not so much that you can taste it, but CERTAIN individuals that need to avoid salt must have the softener installed with a faucet (somewhere in the home) that is by-passed to provide the raw/hard water to drink, cook etc. (or they use bottled water). This technology does not use salt but a proprietary technology based on citric acid (used in food processing) so there IS some of this in the water (although, again, one can't taste it). Moving on to how they work, because of the method a tradional water softener uses, people often describe the water as "slightly" slimey or "slick" (an effect of the salt) and they get a lot more suds from soap and shampoo. Some like this... Some don't... Some say they get more suds, but have trouble rinsing out... As our water is 8 grains (moderately hard) to begin with we had "suds" but noticed a slightly better change in detergent, soap and shampoos effectiveness.. We also notice our utensils seeming cleaner to the "look" as and to the "touch"... They had a "squeeky clean" feel to them as well as a kind of "sparkle" As for the topic of faucet, glass, appliance spotting/scaling topic, I am enclosing pictures of "proof positive" that it works which I hoped I would find when I did my research, but didn't... Prior to installing this, we noted A HEAVY SCALING to a dark colored plate we put under a plant we watered on our window sill (from evaporation) In the few months we are here, it would get so bad, we would try to clean the dish with CRL. It worked to some degree, but still had some scale on the dish. We put a new dish next to the plant dish on the window sill AFTER installing this to see if it scaled. This was OUR ultimate test based on what we know, could/can see and touch... The pictures speak for themselves...Day and night... Yes one might note some level of a film on the "after" dish, but that wipes right off... One would even get this with traditional water softner due to the salt.... The next "amazing thing" was washing the scaled dish with the conditioned water....(picture included). On-line documentation states the conditioned water WILL remove preexisting scaling (in time). My wife just washed the dish with the newly conditioned water and soap and it AMAZINGLY cleaned of the scale (I think easier than the CRL) Yes, there is still some scale on this dish after this cleaning, but I believe we could get it completely off (IF we wanted to.) So, in summary, I hope we have provided a review from one who was a skeptic, did the research and took a chance (as I noted there was more science behind this then "gimmick") and it works... This all being said, there is a PERSONAL observation from ALL of my research. This works BEST UNDER the following scenario... "Municipality treated water (except for hardness) that doesnt have other issues and which the hardness is 10 grains of less" It appears consumers out of these parameters (especially those on private wells) report mixed results...

I have had this water softener for a year and am pleased it seems to be doing its job. There was alot of lime in the water when I changed the filter.

Easy to install, great product

I am happy with the performance of this conditioner, as an alternative to a salt-based water softener.

Great replacement cartridge. Fit was right for my manor system.