Tier1 Whole House Water Softener System Compact 32,000 Grain High Efficiency with Sediment Pre-Filter | Pre-Filled Mineral Tank with 1 Cubic Foot of Cation Resin | Home Water Filtration System

We have well water that is of excellent quality across the board for iron, sulfur, mercury, bacteria, etc., EXCEPT for hardness where it literally measures off the chart (the test strip color was darker than the top of the scale at 425ppm). This hard water has made our laundry come out feeling "crunchy", caused our soap dispenser door in our dishwasher to repeatedly stick shut (thus not releasing dishwasher detergent), leaves white spots whenever I wash our cars, clogged up our coffee maker, yields pore tasting water for drinking and, of course, clogs up our shower heads and faucets. Now we have good tasting, soft water (somewhere between 0 and 25ppm, if not completely eliminated -- hard to tell with test strips) and we no longer need to regularly spend the extra money on all the water softening laundry and dishwasher products and bottled waters. Some reviewers state the instructions are hard to follow, or that they did not receive instructions on how to use the automated pump. The instructions I received were clearly laid out, with accompanying pictures, that walked me through the process to piece the system together; I had no issues at all. The instructions also included directions for programming the automated pump -- the only issue I had was regarding the initial start up of the system upon plugging it in the first time. The instructions stated I should see a specific code when first plugging it in, but there was no code displayed at all; I figured out I had to go to the menu and scroll down three times to show the code. Other than that, the entire setup process was very easy. The instructions also provided a schematic of how to plumb the softener into your home water supply. My setup was slightly different due to the orientation of the way I had to install the filter, so while the schematic is absolutely accurate you may need to tweak the layout a little bit based on your own system install orientation. I plumbed the system into existing household PVC pipes; PVC is very easy to work with and much simpler and quicker than plumbing into copper pipes. If you are not handy, I do not recommend you plumb the system yourself, but if you are handy, doing the plumbing yourself will save you several hundreds of dollars in labor costs.

This is my second purchase of this product. First one went in easily and worked great right off. On the second one I had a problem that turned out to be incorrect installation by my plumber, nothing wrong with the Tier1. However, before we found out that it was plumbed wrong, Tier1 support shipped me a replacement part, and literally spent hours on the phone troubleshooting the problem, which turned out to be mine and my plumbers problem. Dana and Emily went above and beyond to help me get the unit working properly. Would definitely order again from Tier1. The unit does a great job on softening the water. Great product, great value, great customer service

Piece of crap. We replaced our old system with this back in May. Since then, we have had to manually regenerate it because the programming makes no since and does not work. I have tried to get assistance with this with no success. The brine tank quickly split all the way down and ruined out concrete floor. We replaced it with a much bigger tank but still having to go to the basement about once a week when water gets hard to make it regenerate. When I look online for videos and instructions nothing is helpful because it shows a display with symbols and stuff that this one does not have. Don't know where the good reviews come from unless we just received the wrong control then the model Amazon is showing we ordered.

Good product works well.

This system has easy to follow instructions and everything seems high quality. This is totally diy friendly but the instruction book doesn't dive in to explain everything in the control valve and I feel like if I encounter a weird behavior I'll have to contact the manufacturer or try to research what some code means because it's not in the instructions. I wish the brine tank had a bit sturdier plastic. The size is pretty average. It's my first time with a softener and I was surprised by the noise of the system but it may be just air trapped inside because the water was turned off. If not, since it's in my basement I'll have to consider extra sound proofing. It will have to regenerate every infrequently; so most of the time it will be quiet though. The screws for the prefilter are very easy to strip and I had to replace one. They all were slipping as they got tight and I had to be very careful not to strip them too much.

Easy enough to set up and install if you have the right tools for the type of pipe you plan to use. I used 3/4" PEX and only needed to buy some threaded adapters to connect the filter and softener to the PEX. Keeps the water nice and soft once adjusted properly. The water softener has not had any problems in the year since purchase. However, the filter is a different story. The filter developed a leak in the top black portion that contains the in/out water connections and the four mounting screws for the wall mount. For some strange reason, water started leaking out one of the screw holes to the wall mount. There is no water passage there so there has to be an internal crack I cannot see. I put in a bypass for now and will get a different filter that does not use the same mounting design.

This is a very nicely made unit excellent price

I works okay with a few tweaks. Never could eliminate the saltwater entering my house after the regen cycle. I have to let the sink run for a few minutes to purge the lines. Super annoying.