. "2014-01-08T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . "4"^^ . "I bought my system in about 1996 and am still in love with my water! I love how my hair and skin feel after a shower, I love the TASTE of the water, and I love having my jeans stay BLACK instead of bleaching to gray with the city water. The negative is the cost of maintaining the system's filters and the products the system uses; but the maintenance is only necessary (for me) every 18-24 months, because I live alone and don't use as much water as a family of four might. I think the recommended schedule is something like every 25,000 gallons, but I might be wrong about that. \n\nAs I said, I love my system and if I ever sell my house I will be moving it with me.\n\nOne caution, though: MONITOR YOUR INSTALLER. Mine completely disconnected all outside faucets, so I have not been able to water my grass or wash my car for nearly 20 years! He wanted to charge me $100 to put the faucets back online. If I had been clever, I would have contacted WRI at the time, but I didn't.\n\nHis reasoning was that I didn't want to waste my purified water on the grass, which kind of makes sense, but all he had to do was put a splitter on the water main, with one side to the faucets and the other to the purifier. I highly recommend you discuss this option before letting him begin work."^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . . .