Can anyone recommend a brand of a whole home water filtration system? I'm not really interested in a water softener.

Detroit Water and Sewage Department

Honest question here:

Assuming you are on city water, what is the point of these? They just seem like the most first world solution looking for a problem think on the market.

I am sure there must be a reason for them, but I don't know what it is.

Water softeners, I understand

Duncan Idaho said:

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Honest question here:

Assuming you are on city water, what is the point of these? They just seem like the most first world solution looking for a problem think on the market.

I am sure there must be a reason for them, but I don't know what it is.

Water softeners, I understand

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Put one in and see what you "catch!" I have one in my house that the previous owner had installed. Made by GE and I buy the filters at Home Depot. Catch very little sediment, but do filter quite a bit of rust.

Aquasana, Pelican, GE all make good systems. I bought an Aquasana the other day, still need to install it though.

I had to install one on our house after sediment from our rural water system screwed up the sensors on our dishwasher and washing machine in pretty short order.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Whirlpool-10-in-Whole-House-Complete-Filtration-System/50412472

We have had it for about 6 years. It catches plenty. I change it about every 2 or 3 months. But it does seem that the o-ring on top gets stretched out every once and a while and I have to replace.

Just built a house for the in-laws across the street (same water system) and we installed this one. Like it so far.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Whirlpool-Whole-House-Complete-Filtration-System/1082883

Y'all have recommendations for systems not on City water? In this case would be rain collection

True Texan said:

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Can anyone recommend a brand of a whole home water filtration system? I'm not really interested in a water softener.

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I had to put one of these in this year. We went with a halo on the recommendation of our very good plumber. It was not cheap but self cleans - no filters to change. Life expectancy is 8-10 years.

http://www.halowater.com

We had to install it because of all of the sediment and residue coming into the house. Lost a washer, dishwasher, and kids bath looked like a stock tank many evenings. Now it's crystal clear and taste is excellent. Allegedly like having bottled water coming through the entire house.

Can someone quickly explain the difference between this and a water softener system?

We have this one with two prefilters.
http://www.aquasana.com/whole-house-water-filters

All first world problems:
We are on city water and without it, there is so much sediment that if you let the water sit in a bathtub for 30 minutes, you could write in the dirt that coated the tub. Don't have dirty toilets and tubs, plus the he water heaters don't need flushing and washer and dishwasher are better. It is also awesome to be able to drink from any faucet.

I turned it off for a few hours last week and I was reminded how much chlorine it also knocks out.

Watchful Ag said:

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Can someone quickly explain the difference between this and a water softener system?

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Water filtration is exactly that - filtration. Physical or mechanical means of removing particulates from the water. No change in chemistry at all. Most filters alao use some form of carbon to disinfect the water amd some use other forms of mineral filtration to condition the water as well.

Water softeners use an ion exchange principle that binds sodium to dissolved minerals such as calcium to prevent the calcium molecules from binding together to form visible residue - basically it keeps the dissolved minerals in suspension and "softens" the water. Chemical change occurs.

Duncan Idaho said:

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Honest question here:

Assuming you are on city water, what is the point of these? They just seem like the most first world solution looking for a problem think on the market.

I am sure there must be a reason for them, but I don't know what it is.

Water softeners, I understand

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Municipal water systems leave a lot to be desired in terms of TSS, turbidity, PH and disinfectants used. A good system at the point of use at the house can eliminate or reduce a lot of the issues inherent in large water systems from,sediment, rust, scale to PH and hardness conditioning.

Sooo get both? I'd prefer to only grab one if possible

Watchful Ag said:

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Sooo get both? I'd prefer to only grab one if possible

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If your water is not hard, no need for a softener.

If your water has little to no suspended solids, doesnt have a chlorine residual, etc, no real need to get a filter. Get your water tested and see if you need anything first.