Are Salt-Free Water Softeners Worth It? The Break-Even Math When Scale Prevention Is Your Only Goal
A salt-free conditioner costs $400 to $1,500 upfront and almost nothing after that for five to ten years. A salt-based softener runs similar upfront but adds $100 to $200 per year in salt, every year, indefinitely. The long-term ownership math favors salt-free, but the calculation only holds if scale prevention is what you actually need. … Read more