Fleck 5600 SXT Meter Demand Water Softener Grain Capacity 10% Commercial Grade Cation Resin (80,000, Black)

This replaced the old style manual 5600 so was pretty easy to plumb in. Came pre-loaded with 10% resin. I upgraded the cheap, 1/2" plastic drain hose barb to brass 5/8" as I have a fairly long run to the discharge site. I used two 3/4" braided stainless water heater hoses for connection. Ensure the bends aren't too sharp or they'll start to flatten out and may partially restrict water flow. If that happens you will definitely notice it when running water inside your home. That said, I haven't noticed any pressure difference. Was in the shower last night and had my wife flush the toilet, I still didn't notice any fluctuation.It's fairly easy to program, but I highly recommend you read the manual a time or two first. You will need to know the hardness of your water before programming. Use quality test strips, or get a digital total dissolved solids meter like I have on my RO filters. I used both and went with the average. Alternatively, you can always send a water sample to a lab for testing.Once operational, it took a couple of days to feel the full effect of the softened water. Last I checked, it's producing water with 20 ppm TDS (according to the test strip). In the past I've used salt pellets. I've read that they can possibly cause issues with gumming things up. This time I went with crystal salt. Time will tell.The softener has been online for only one week and I still have 2000 gallons to go before the next regeneration which I have set at 12:00 midnight. This will be its first auto regen. At this rate, it appears it will need to regen once every three weeks or so. But then, it's just me and my wife using it.I can already feel a difference in my skin, it's not nearly as dry and itchy feeling. I really like this softener. I believe the price is very good compared to some of the others out there and would definitely buy it again. I highly recommend it. Hope this helps.

Item arrived quickly and well packaged with everything needed except the plumbing parts relevant to my install situation (expected). After a quick assessment and run to the hardware store to get the parts needed for the install, I began. The install was quick and painless. This instructions were very clear including the programming. Make sure you follow the instructions including the start-up portion to the letter or you'll be stuck with some nasty brown water (associated with new resin beads) in the plumbing lines like I did (I know I was hasty).Once I realized my mistake, I back-tracked a bit and reprogrammed and then followed the set up instructions. Went through its first recharge and off we went. I set it to run another recharge that night, and flushed all the lines in the house the next morning (including a flush of the water heater). All is good. Not a single leak from any of the fittings, silky smooth soft water throughout the home, and a quiet little water softener dutifully doing its job in my garage.No complaints whatsoever, and now I'm not a Culligan hostage anymore with spotty customer service and low-skilled technicians. I can fix it myself, right, the first time with parts readily available.

This is a great product for the money, Do NOT get one of those salesmen water softeners, they want thousands of dollars for the same benefit. We have had our water softener for about 5 months and it is working great.Dishes are spotless, skin and hair feels much better.The biggest surprise is how much softer our hair feels, it's amazing.I did my own plumbing and created a french drain outside. Total spent for everything was around $1200. The 2 bids I received where for $7600 and $4200. Very happy we did it ourselves, everything was done correctly and the water softener is inside in the storage room right next to the water heater. The other guys wanted to put it outside in a small shed.I added my own bypass system using 3 shutoff values, so disconnecting this water softener is seamless. Having my own bypass allows us to bypass the water softening process while we using our outside Bibs to water plants and add water to our fish pond.The guy selling the $7600 system had no idea how I would use my 4 outside bibs to go back to hard water for this purpose of adding water to the fish pond or watering plants. He contacted his boss, Boss man did not even know.The $4200 system guy did know.The Flech 5600SX does come with a built in bypass in the head, but you have to keep the head on to use the bypass, to replace the system you would have to shut off your water to the entire house.The only downside is that I find I really do not like the taste of soft water - did not realize it would be so different, I guess I like my minerals for water taste?I attached a picture on my bypass and a picture of the water softener system

The instructions were clear, the unit was straightforward to install, of good quality (all parts fit together well), and the unit is working perfectly with a measurable impovement in city water hardness.

Easy DIY install. Great product. Finally have soft water.

I sent this email to the ceo of the durawater company,Good Morning,I have a DuraWater Fleck 5600 SXT 40K purchased on Dec 11, 2023 from Amazon. It is not softening the water like it should.I would like to re-program it but the manual does not say how to reset to factory settings so that I can start over.Do you have these instructions that you could send me?His response,Thank you for the email. We would be happy to help with your softener at your home. We would recommend you set the program specific to the water in your area. We charge to come out onsite for these types of services. Please let us know if you are interested in having us onsite.I finally got what I needed from the Fleck Company.

We made a bad mistake by replacing our old traditional water softener with a terrible Nuvo non-salt softener. It was a disaster. We just replaced it with this softener tied to our iSpring filter system. It works great! Well water quality greatly improved.

Did a lot of research before choosing this system. Good choice and price. Company’s customer service is outstanding and “Heather” was amazing. Definitely recommend

It's been 4 months and this softener has been working great. Noticeably reduced calcium build up, water is clearly softer. It took maybe a day or two before the water softness changed, but it was steady after that. Key thing I want to point out is the excellent customer service. Very fast response time with direct solution. I'd definitely buy other products from this seller.