SoftPro Water SystemsECO City Water Softener
SoftPro’s entry softener, built on 3/4 inch ports rather than the 1 inch ports the Elite range uses.
$967
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Usability
Usability
The ECO is for a household that wants SoftPro's upflow valve and warranty structure without paying Elite money, and on those two counts it delivers. Its strongest attribute is that warranty: lifetime on both tanks, ten years on the valve, and a resin SoftPro rates for up to twenty years. Its weakest is disclosure, because SoftPro publishes no rated service flow rate for the ECO anywhere on the product page, only that it suits 3/4 inch plumbing. The buyer is trading the Elite's 1 inch ports for roughly $400, which matters in a house running several fixtures at once. Nothing in the SoftPro catalogue holds a system-level NSF or WQA performance certification, so the hardness reduction claim rests on the manufacturer's word and on third-party testing published against the Elite rather than this model.
- Lifetime warranty on both the mineral tank and the brine tank
- Ten-year warranty on the programmable control valve
- 8 percent crosslink resin rated by SoftPro for up to twenty years
- Upflow metered regeneration with a 48-hour capacitor settings backup
- Roughly $400 below the Elite at the same grain capacity
- SoftPro publishes no rated service flow rate for this system
- 3/4 inch ports where the Elite range uses 1 inch
- No NSF or WQA performance certification exists under the SoftPro name
- Permanent compare-at pricing: the $1,628.65 list figure is never charged
- The 48,000 grain variant shares SKU 941345 with the ECO Well listing
The SoftPro ECO is the entry point into SoftPro's softener range, sold in 32,000, 48,000 and 64,000 grain capacities. It runs an upflow control valve with metered regeneration and 8 percent crosslink softening resin, and is built around 3/4 inch plumbing rather than the 1 inch ports fitted to the Elite. SoftPro rates the resin for up to twenty years and covers the mineral and brine tanks for life, with ten years on the control valve.
Additional information
Specification: SoftPro Water Systems ECO City Water Softener
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