Iron Pro Plus 48k Fine Mesh Water Softener PLUS KDF85 with Fleck 5600SXT, Pentair tank

Great product,quick delivery

AFWFilters is a great business to deal with. The salesperson took the time to answer my questions and he offered relevant guidance to help me choose the correct water softener. 5 stars for the business and 5 stars for the Fleck 5600sxt. This new unit replaced a very old system and I am amazed at how far they have come in regards to the quality and technology. The system was very easy to install and program. I made moderate plumbing skills but was able to easily follow their guide. Well done AFWFilters!

I needed to replace or repair a CSI (out of Ashland, Ohio) water system I installed in 2004. The control head started leaking. I could have replaced the head and refreshed medial and resin, but the unit never seemed to perform as well as I would have liked. I decided to try a new unit and not bother with a repair job. While doing some research on what was available, I came across Abundant Flow and was impressed with the wide range of products. I determined that the Iron Pro Plus 48k Fine Mesh Water Softener PLUS KDF85 with Fleck 5600SXT was the best fit for what I needed. In my “younger days” (now 61), I owned a water well drilling business and somewhat knowledgeable of water systems. In fact, this water system is for a well that I drilled for my parent’s home. The water is very hard and has considerable iron content. Being an old water system and never flushed and cleaned, it has your typical sulfide type of smell. I thought the extra fine mesh would help the iron content and the KDF85 would help the smell. The original softener helped little on both counts, but in all fairness, the softener (48k grain) was just a typical softener. The new unit arrived within a few days in several boxes (medial and resin in separated boxes). After checking for any damage, everything seemed to be in order and no noticeable damage. Being in separate boxes, it was easy to cart down into the basement. As instructed I read through the instruction. I hooked up a hose to the pressure tank to have a supply of water while installing the softener. Never liking to work with old plumbing I cut out the old bypass valves and scooted the old softener out of the way. Personally, for those that may have older water systems with old valves, I would recommend incorporating compressing fitting ball valves at any source of possible water coming in or back into the lines. This simply makes it easier to do any soldering without having to worry about water leaking into the lines. Following the instructions, I added water, gravel, resin and media (thank you for the blue funnel!!). Finished filling the tank with water, attached the control head. Did a final adjustment to the position of the tank and cut, fitted and soldered the unit into the water system. I did not use the provided salt tank. I used the existing one. Two reasons, it looked far better. The provided one did not look all that sturdy, but I am sure would have worked fine. The existing one was round solid and functioning just fine. The second reason, I just did not want to bother with removing the salt. After the hoses were attached, I followed the instructions to prep and run a manual cycle. The buttons on the control head did not function very easy. It was somewhat difficult to press and hold the buttons together to get it to go into the proper mode(s), but once I did, it was easy to move through the settings. Once it was fired up and never having a digital unit before, it was kinda fun to watch (had nothing else to do at the time)it go through the count down and go into the next portion of the cycle. After the cycle was completed, I ran water in the house for quite a while. Now for the test. I had my wife taste test the water. If anyone is picky about how water “tastes” it is her. Her response? “This is really good. I can drink this and no smell. It is better than ours.” (We have city water also with a CSI softener). I can honestly say that to my taste, it was very good drinking water and I could not detect a sulfide smell. Since it is a usage based system, I am interested in going back over in a few weeks and see the amount of salt usage. It is only my mother living there now and usage is very low. I have initially set the forced cycle to be 7 days. If salt usage seems a little higher than expected, I may up it to 14 and see if there is any difference. If not for the salt tank and button control issues (however minor), I would have given a 5 (which I reserve only for no issue products). If the condition of the water continues to be as good as first installed, this is a great unit and I would not hesitate to recommend it to others. Will look to this company when I need to replace mine.