Water Softener Price Table and EXTRA Costs You MUST Know
Water Softener Price Comparison Table
As there are sometimes short-term sales and special offers, prices for water softeners may vary significantly from the last price checked. Nevertheless, I will try to review and update prices at least once a month.
**Price at the time it was checked.
Extra Water Softener Running Costs You Must Know
The different brands and models of water softeners have different operating costs. The good news is that almost all modern water softeners do not require regular maintenance.
Although you may be able to avoid expensive on-going maintenance, there are unavoidable operating costs.
Water softener installation $250 – $550.
Salt £$10 – $80 per year (depending on use).
First you have to buy salt (read my review of the best water softener salts here). A 50 pound bag of pellet salt from a company like Morton can cost around $10.
Your salt intake depends on how hard your water is, how often you use it and how much capacity your softening machine has the larger the capacity, the more salt is necessary.
If you buy an electric water softener, you can expect a slight increase in your electricity bill. It is likely that models of water softeners that use electricity will cost $0.20 more per day depending on usage.
Despite these operating costs, many people find that water softeners “pay” in the end.
This is because when you buy bottled water, you save money, avoid damaging hard water on expensive equipment, and use less toiletries and detergents (such as limescale removers).
Water Softener Brands List
- Aquasana (Currently with 50% off sale).
- SpringWell.
- Fleck.
- EcoPure.
- 3M Aqua-Pure.
- Kenmore.
- IronPro.
- Nuvo.
- WaterBoss.
Water Softener Price Comparison
There are literally hundreds of water softeners on the market. This means that is is literally impossible to get the price for every single one. Especially as prices are always changing, certain models are being removed from circulation and new models being added everyday.
Please consider the water softener price comparison table below as an ongoing project.
So I will continue to add and remove water softener brands as and when they come on to the market.
Every effort has been made to ensure that prices are correct but of course it’s impossible to promise total accuracy.
How Much Do Water Softeners Cost?
Home water softener prices typically start at $1250 (United States) or £900 (United Kingdom) for a basic model. And prices can go well over $10000 for heavy duty or technically advanced softeners.
You can get cheaper softeners that start at $399, but they have a smaller capacity (e.g. for a caravan or trailer) and are portable softeners. But you can not use them for a whole house.
Softeners that come with a powerful multi-stage filter will typically starts at $2500
Commercial water softeners cost more money as they tend to have a very large capacity and larger machines.
Pricing starts at $5000 (United States) and £4500 (United Kingdom) and rises to over $20,000 for bespoke modes that typically need to provide soft water around the clock for heavy industrial purposes.
Treats hard water UP TO 25 ppm (low to medium low hard water). | Treats hard water OVER 25 ppm (medium to extremely hard water). |
Does NOT require electricity. | Requires electricity if using the electronic head monitor. |
Control Your System With An App:? NO | Control Your System With An App:? YES |
- Powerful salt-FREE water softener. - 1,000,000 one million gallon capacity. - Aquasana Rhino exceeds NSF standards. - Treats hard water WITHOUT salt. - Removes chlorine, bacteria, iron, sulfide, manganese, mercury, lead etc. - Includes pre-filter, copper-zinc and carbon filtration stages with standard fittings. - 90-Day Pure Satisfaction Guarantee. - Limited 10 year warranty. | - Powerful salt-BASED water softener. - 1,000,000 one million gallon capacity. - Also includes a multi-stage filter. - Easy installation (inside or outside) - Sufficient for 1-3 bathrooms (options for 4-6 and 7+ bathrooms also available). - 6 month money back guarantee. - Limited lifetime warranty. |
$$$ Ships to US and CA. | $$$ Ships to US, CA and Puerto Rico. |
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Good morning Luke,
I enjoy reading many of your articles, especially about alkaline water and fruit water. One curiosity I have is about my home.
When we moved there, we had hard iron deposits and buildup due to having well water. We now have a Culligan water softener system installed and they come monthly to maintain it.
Could you possibly provide some benefits to the Culligan water system and if it helps boosts PH to our water?
I have looked to see if Culligan is mentioned in any of your articles, but have not seen anything.
I was planning on buying some water test strips next to see what our current PH is.
If you could provide anymore insight, it’d be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Hi Cameron
It depends on what culligan system you have. However, if you’re getting monthly visits from Culligan then why not ask them on the next visit?
The most effective way to get filtered water with a higher pH is to get an alkaline water machine but they are very expensive.
Stay hydrated,
Luke