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Myth: you don't need two tanks, because you don't need soft water at night

by Ben Saunders Saturday, May 07, 2011

A common misconception, sometimes found on money-saving forums, is that the only benefit of a twin tank water softener is that it can provide soft water 24 hours a day, which isn’t worth the extra cost, because with a basic, cheap, single tank softener, you only get hard water in the middle of the night - and who needs soft water in the middle of the night?

In this post, we explain that regenerating at night - whether they need to or not - means that these single tank water softeners will always be inefficient, wasting water and salt, and costing you money.

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