Do you have a water softener system?

Now a light goes on for me. Honeywell produced and sold something similar/the same until the early 2000s. The crystallization nuclei here are macroscopic polymer beads, in modern terms "micro-plastics." When the micro-plastic issue arose back then and the media also took notice, Honeywell practically made the technology disappear from the market overnight. Now the whole thing is being sold under "Bio"-cat. I see. Whether you want to add microplastics or salt to drinking water is up to each individual to decide. Both certainly work.

Where do you get this statement and accusation from?

Statement

Which one?

Accusation?

??? Which accusation?

You write that BioCat performs the crystallization with the microplastic beads. Where does this statement come from? Do you have any documents regarding this or do you know the underlying chemical-physical principle of this system?

I'll jump in here with a question: We definitely want a water softening system. However, we are still not sure whether to go with one or two columns. Our plumber recommends two columns. Less because of the "uninterrupted" softening and more for hygienic reasons. Allegedly, the water is pumped back and forth between the columns when not in use and doesn’t stand for a long time.

Is that true? Does it really make a big difference in private use?

Do you know the underlying chemical-physical principle of this system?

I know the systems from Honeywell. Berkefeld also had something like that. Lime stabilization by crystallizing lime bonds on a macroscopic plastic granulate (usually some chemically and mechanically highly resistant polymers).

Water is pumped back and forth between the columns when not in use and does not stand for a longer period.

Not really. Nothing is pumped back and forth, how could it be, without a pump and consumption. Without consumption, the water stands in a two-column system just like in a single-column system. Hygiene is ensured in both designs by a chlorine cell, which disinfects the filter bed largely during regeneration.

we are getting the Gruenbeck softliQ:SC18

We have also considered them, although I still don’t know if I need one at a hardness level of 14.7?!?