Water Softener System

I use a water softener. At my home location I don't need it. But when we travel for our winter, which we spend in TX. We use it, I am very happy with the water that we get from the water softener. We were buying gallons of water every week during our winter stay in TX. Now we just use the tap water from our water softener. We have to refresh it every two weeks with one pond table salt.

I'm a reluctant soft water fan for RV'ers. I have seen, and grew up with water softening when I was a kid and though expensive, and a hassle, it helped with things like laundry, prevention of hard water deposits, and better drinking water, but really, it was hard to notice a difference when it needed recharging.

Now, as a full time RV'er, I'd only consider the systems I've seen if I tended to plant myself in a couple areas of my travel circuit where the water was noticeably hard. And you'll find those places in your travels, your neighbors will tell you right off.

Also, if I were to get one, I think I'd do it at the Quartzsite rendezvous where you find experts and usually reasonable prices.

What I'm saying is that if you have a home base with hard water where you stay in your RV a lot, sure, get one. If not, wait a bit and travel a while before deciding. The systems are fairly expensive.

I'm a BIG soft water fan.

I spend 2 - 3 months a year at our hunting place, it has a deep well, water as hard as a rock. My house is the same, I have a softener inside but when I fill my fresh tank from outside non-treated water, I run it from my portable softener.

I added a RV-pro10000 a few years ago and it works better than I expected. I carry it in an milk crate and take it when we travel, wouldn't be without it anymore...

Oh wow, I never heard of that happening. If anything I read it should extend the life of your plumbing and make you feel soft. Hmm ill look into that.

Soft water dries out my hands and I think played a large role in destroying my metal shower drain.

I used to use that 'blue tank' thing but I found it just a big pain.