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AQUASURE Fortitude Single-stage 12-GPM Gac Whole House Water Filtration System

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Lowe's has select AQUASURE Water Softener Systems on sale below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member DealiusCaesar for sharing this deal.

Available:About the AS-HS48FM:
  • Reduces hardness in the water, eliminates scale, spot build up for the entire home and combat the high iron issue at up to 10 ppm and removes red stain buildup
  • Rated to treat 48,000 grains of hardness by removing skin damaging hard minerals like iron and magnesium that clog up the skin pore and causes irritation
  • Equipped with advanced digital on-demand meter control head, in and out bypass, 1 in. NPT male adapter, and pre-filled premium quality resin
  • Featured, time delayed, metered and manual double backwash for optimum regeneration, cleaning, and performance
  • Constructed of high strength corrosion resistant fiberglass lined polyethylene tank, durable bypass valve, and prefilled premium-grade fine mesh resin
  • Specs:
    • Max Water Hardness (Grains Per Gallon): 90 GPG
    • Max Clear Water Iron (Parts Per Million): 10 PPM

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that the AS-HS48FM is $168.15 lower (23.7% savings) than the next best available prices starting from $708.14. -SaltyOne
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal details & discussion.
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Lowe's has select AQUASURE Water Softener Systems on sale below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member DealiusCaesar for sharing this deal.

Available:About the AS-HS48FM:
  • Reduces hardness in the water, eliminates scale, spot build up for the entire home and combat the high iron issue at up to 10 ppm and removes red stain buildup
  • Rated to treat 48,000 grains of hardness by removing skin damaging hard minerals like iron and magnesium that clog up the skin pore and causes irritation
  • Equipped with advanced digital on-demand meter control head, in and out bypass, 1 in. NPT male adapter, and pre-filled premium quality resin
  • Featured, time delayed, metered and manual double backwash for optimum regeneration, cleaning, and performance
  • Constructed of high strength corrosion resistant fiberglass lined polyethylene tank, durable bypass valve, and prefilled premium-grade fine mesh resin
  • Specs:
    • Max Water Hardness (Grains Per Gallon): 90 GPG
    • Max Clear Water Iron (Parts Per Million): 10 PPM

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that the AS-HS48FM is $168.15 lower (23.7% savings) than the next best available prices starting from $708.14. -SaltyOne
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal details & discussion.
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QueensGambit
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This is only $60 off and the reviews are terrible
AquaLlama369
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Typically you would tap into the water line coming into the home. Many homes have main shutoffs before it goes to the water heater/rest of the house that you can do it at.

Other times on older homes you may need to tap into the main line outside the home before it branches off and put it into a garage or basement or whatever and then out from there.

I installed this same unit in my house off the shutoff at the end of the garage along with a pre and post filter in place. No issues so far in the 5 or so months I've had it.

Edit - a lot of the low reviews come from people not knowing what they were doing, I think I saw only one or two actual issue with the device itself.
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I just replaced my old Kinetico unit after it ran its life of 15 years. ($7000)

I ended up getting a fleck unit off of Amazon/AFW after reading and a few youtube videos of being able to obtain replacement parts. This unit on Lowes or most units sold at big box stores are fine if you do not have very hard water. If youre on city, then you probably do not need a water softener. If you're looking at this for "city water" then you might as go with an all in one solution from the likes of aosmith or whirlpool.

I am on a well and my hardness is 200-400ppm and Iron 3ppm
If you do not know your hardness or iron, don't bother with a softener as you're going to need to re-bed the GAC (carbon, coconut shells and media) in no time if its high, or it will not remove the minerals(calcium) in the water.

The unit I got was from AFW (the pre-sales support was decent, after was meh)
1.5 cu ft Digital Filox 15 System Fleck 2510SXT for $1200

The local water guys wanted around $5000 to install the systems I put in for about $2000 including pipe, fittings, 100 ft drainage tube from depot. Took me less than 2 hours to replace the Softener and peroxide systems.

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Where do you even connect this bad boy?
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This is only $60 off and the reviews are terrible
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Quote from QueensGambit :
Where do you even connect this bad boy?
Typically you would tap into the water line coming into the home. Many homes have main shutoffs before it goes to the water heater/rest of the house that you can do it at.

Other times on older homes you may need to tap into the main line outside the home before it branches off and put it into a garage or basement or whatever and then out from there.

I installed this same unit in my house off the shutoff at the end of the garage along with a pre and post filter in place. No issues so far in the 5 or so months I've had it.

Edit - a lot of the low reviews come from people not knowing what they were doing, I think I saw only one or two actual issue with the device itself.
Last edited by AquaLlama369 January 4, 2023 at 09:15 AM.
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bewareJan 04, 2023 05:25 PM
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I just replaced my old Kinetico unit after it ran its life of 15 years. ($7000)

I ended up getting a fleck unit off of Amazon/AFW after reading and a few youtube videos of being able to obtain replacement parts. This unit on Lowes or most units sold at big box stores are fine if you do not have very hard water. If youre on city, then you probably do not need a water softener. If you're looking at this for "city water" then you might as go with an all in one solution from the likes of aosmith or whirlpool.

I am on a well and my hardness is 200-400ppm and Iron 3ppm
If you do not know your hardness or iron, don't bother with a softener as you're going to need to re-bed the GAC (carbon, coconut shells and media) in no time if its high, or it will not remove the minerals(calcium) in the water.

The unit I got was from AFW (the pre-sales support was decent, after was meh)
1.5 cu ft Digital Filox 15 System Fleck 2510SXT for $1200

The local water guys wanted around $5000 to install the systems I put in for about $2000 including pipe, fittings, 100 ft drainage tube from depot. Took me less than 2 hours to replace the Softener and peroxide systems.
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Quote from AquaLlama369 :
Typically you would tap into the water line coming into the home. Many homes have main shutoffs before it goes to the water heater/rest of the house that you can do it at.

Other times on older homes you may need to tap into the main line outside the home before it branches off and put it into a garage or basement or whatever and then out from there.

I installed this same unit in my house off the shutoff at the end of the garage along with a pre and post filter in place. No issues so far in the 5 or so months I've had it.

Edit - a lot of the low reviews come from people not knowing what they were doing, I think I saw only one or two actual issue with the device itself.
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Does anyone know of good/reliable water softner which do not require adding salt?

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Quote from beware :
Reverse Osmosis system.
Thanks.
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SteveA7911Jan 04, 2023 05:36 PM
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Quote from QueensGambit :
This is only $60 off and the reviews are terrible
We bought this and it works great. No more sulfur or iron. Well water. Same with my son who bought it two years ago.
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AndresL1921Jan 04, 2023 05:37 PM
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I bought this system in 2021 at 528, and so far no complaints at all. For 2023, I think it is a good deal
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Quote from AquaLlama369 :
Typically you would tap into the water line coming into the home. Many homes have main shutoffs before it goes to the water heater/rest of the house that you can do it at.

Other times on older homes you may need to tap into the main line outside the home before it branches off and put it into a garage or basement or whatever and then out from there.

I installed this same unit in my house off the shutoff at the end of the garage along with a pre and post filter in place. No issues so far in the 5 or so months I've had it.

Edit - a lot of the low reviews come from people not knowing what they were doing, I think I saw only one or two actual issue with the device itself.
Just note that putting it on the incoming line will result in EVERY fixture having salt water. This includes your outdoor spigots as well as the supply line to your fridge for ice/water.

If you're able to replumb for this, those items mentioned should bypass the softener.
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Quote from SteveA7911 :
We bought this and it works great. No more sulfur or iron. Well water. Same with my son who bought it two years ago.
I do not believe a water softener will remove sulfer or iron.
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Quote from cheapodeal :
Thanks.
The problem with this system is that the water input vs. output ratio is very disproportionate; waisting a lot of water in the process: on average, for every 1 gallon of water to be treated with R/O, you get .40 of a gallon out, waisting .60 in the process.

Nevertheless, R/O is the best system out there.
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Lowe's website will not work with VPN connected???
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