Hi Matt – thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I admire and appreciate your experience – both in the plumbing industry and with this tech. I was not aware of this tech being applied to the oil industry. Pretty neat.

I do know that when I tested this tech the accretion of hard minerals on a test surface was not noticeably different than untreated hard water. Maybe the way this is executed in oil rigs is different or perhaps the amount of scaling allowed to consider this tech acceptable makes this not as useful in the residential application. Not sure.

Shashank

Hi there – yes, if the hardness in your water is not mild then the Aquasana conditioners will not be sufficient. You need a salt-based softener that uses ion exchange to remove the calcium (and magnesium) from your water.

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I visit family in San Antonio often and am familiar with the scale issue there. I wish you the best with the descaler. Feel free to let me know if you believe it’s working well or not over time.

Thanks.

What I did on my home was install a pre-sediment filter at my main riser, installed a water conditioner, a activated carbon filter, and a Flowtech descaler. I did not change my water heater or perform a maintenance when I bought (2 years ago) my home. I replaced my anode rod and installed Flowtech. The damages to my shower valve and trim was REVERSED by Flowtech, my dishwasher started working again, but like others….I still had water spots, however, they wiped away with ease.

All-in-all, the flowtech is an amazing product and IS revolutionizing the industry. By the way, this is technology that the oil industry has used for DECADES. I was skeptical of the product myself until I installed it and saw the benefits.

How are your expensive Flow tech different than those available to the consumer? What is the cost of the actural system sold to the plumber? How long does it take the plumber to hang on the wall, scew the two wires to the pipes? $3000 and up. Sounds like a scam to a home owner,.

“Better than softeners”.. Really? Are we not on the same web page right now comparing actual softeners and descalers? lol So for someone who’s having skin issues and hair issues due to hard water you are saying descaler works “better than softener”? Sure, we believe you…

Hi Steven

My personal experience is that water descalers do not work although other people seem to see positive results.

It might be worth trying the cheaper Eddy if you buy from a place like Amazon that has a robust refund policy. However, a regular water softener is the only option if you want a guaranteed solution to hard water.

Stay hydrated,
Luke

Cost was about $4000! I feel that I’ve been scammed by the plumber who installed it. He may actually believe the manufacturer’s bs.

I’m having the entire installation removed to be replaced with an actual water softener.

I’ve done extensive studies on similar pulsed magnetic water treatment systems as well as rare earth magnets. Both have the problem of stripping the copper from the pipes and plating out on any steel parts in the system. There is some strange science here that no one has addressed, but these failures are costing many facilities tremendous amounts and they don’t know what’s causing it.