Way OT: whole house water filter & softener, Any hands-on experience? Options

[draganc]

I know this topic is way off, but I have always been impressed about the input of the forum's members.

Alright, here is the scenario:

I have a water-well, salt based softener and an As filter (the level is just over the NJ limits).

The problem:

Instead on working on my 914, I'm schlepping salt bags into the basement and water jugs into the garage.

What I want:

A whole house water filter system, a salt-free softener and a revers-osmosis filter in the kitchen only.

I searched the internet high and low but would like to hear some real experience from the members here.

At the moment I have the Aquasana Rhino, Pelican and NuvoH2O on the radar.

Thanks for your input
DC

PS: I already tried to switch from water to beer. However, that didn't work out to well with the rest of the family :-(.

[Spoke]

We have a well with trace amounts of arsenic but elevated lead levels. EPA told us not to drink the water - After 20 years in the house. The Fridge has an NSF certified filter which removes 99.99% of lead so we get our drinking water there.

We have 2 whole house filters. First one is 35um filter for big particles, followed by a 5um filter. We had just the 5um filter for a while but filters would clog in 2 weeks. Now filters last over a month.

The water softener is from Sears and is 20 years old. It uses about one 40lb bag of salt per month.