Manufacturer	EnviroMagnetics	Easy Water	GMX	Pelican	Salt/Chemical Ion-Exchange	Rain Dance
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Model	Hardwater Super Softner	Easy Water 2200	Diamond 4800	Pelican NaturSoft	Call Franchise	WH-RO-500
Softening Method	Most Powerful Monopolar Super Magnet System	Electronic Frequencies	Ceramic Magnetic System	Salt-Free/ Nano Technolgoy	Salt-Based/ Ion Exchange	Whole House Reverse Osmosis
Magnetic System Power Rating	42 MGOe (Million Gauss Oerstedt Energy Units)	N/A	3 MGOe (Million Gauss Oerstedt Energy Units)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Price	Under $300.00	$1,299.00	$699.00	$1,345.00	$1,399 – $2,700	+$10,000
Maintains Beneficial Minerals	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
De-Scaling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Plumbing Required	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Reduced Flow	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electricity Required	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ease of use	Easy	Easy	Easy	Easy	Not Easy	Very Complicated
Maintenance	No	No	No	No	Yes, Tech Required	Daily/Weekly
Backwashing	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Monthly Cost	None	Electric	None	None	Electric Salt/Chemicals Water cost	Extensive – Weekly/Monthly
Hardness Capacity	No Limit	Sized Up To 100 Grains	55 Grains (940 mG/L)	75 Grains (>1,282mG/L)	Sized Up To 100 Grains	No Limit
Warranty	Lifetime	3 Year	Lifetime	10 Year Tank Head/Valve	10 Year Tank 5 Year Head	10 Year Tanks (only)

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