SoftPro Water SystemspH Neutralizer Calcite Filter
The only SoftPro system sold without a lifetime warranty badge, and the only one that adds hardness.
$1,799
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Usability
Usability
Acidic well water eats copper plumbing from the inside and a calcite bed is the accepted fix, so this system solves a real and expensive problem. Its strongest attribute is that it addresses the cause rather than the symptom: raising pH stops the corrosion instead of filtering out the metals the corrosion produces. Its weakest is disclosure of a different kind from the rest of the catalogue, because SoftPro publishes no influent pH range, no target output pH and no media top-up interval, and this is the one product page in the range carrying no lifetime warranty badge. The buyer is also trading pH for hardness, since dissolving calcite is by definition adding calcium, which normally means budgeting for a softener downstream. At $1,799 for the entry size it is the second most expensive filter SoftPro sells and the least documented.
SoftPro Water Systems does not publish enough of this system’s specifications for it to be scored against our eight criteria.
- Calcite neutralisation is the standard treatment for acidic well water
- Three sizes matched to measured well pump output
- Automatic backwash prevents the bed cementing
- Protects copper plumbing from the pinhole leaks low pH causes
- Corrects the cause of the corrosion rather than treating its products
- The product page carries no lifetime warranty badge, unlike the rest of the range
- Calcite is consumed and needs topping up, with no interval published
- Raises hardness as it raises pH, so a softener is usually needed downstream
- No target pH or influent pH range published
- Shopify reports an identical 100 lb shipping weight across all three tank sizes
The pH Neutralizer is a backwashing calcite filter for acidic well water, sold in 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 cubic foot sizes matched to well pumps delivering 5 to 7, 8 to 10 and 10-plus GPM. Calcite dissolves into the water as it passes through the bed, raising pH and adding hardness in the process. It is the only system in the SoftPro catalogue whose product page carries no lifetime warranty badge.
Additional information
Specification: SoftPro Water Systems pH Neutralizer Calcite Filter
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