Best Water Softener Salt

[WorldPeace]

I've looked around but I can't seem to find any info on the best brands for water softener salt. I've read that evaporated salt is the best because the purity is at 99.99%. Unfortunately, no retailer publishes the type of salt they are selling. On BobVilla.com, it states that Moron salt is evaporated but I don't know if that's accurate. Further, from what people have been saying, Diamond seems like the better brand.

Does anyone know which salt brands are evaporated salt?

Thanks!

 

[ditttohead]

Not critical, any softener salt will do just fine.

 

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[WorldPeace]

Not critical, any softener salt will do just fine.

Thanks!

I was just worried by some that said that salt was critical with people with high water hardness. I guess I'll just pick up some Diamond Crystal Bright and Soft.

 

[CamuaS]

I think it will be good which has more surface area

 

[Reach4]

I think it will be good which has more surface area

I don't think that matters with the usual softener. In a classic softener using sodium salt, the brine tank gets filled with water at the end of the regen cycle. There are many days for the brine to get saturated with salt. You can buy softener salt in 25 pound cubes (approximately), and those will work perfectly fine despite having a much lower surface area.

 

[CamuaS]

I don't think that matters with the usual softener. In a classic softener using sodium salt, the brine tank gets filled with water at the end of the regen cycle. There are many days for the brine to get saturated with salt. You can buy softener salt in 25 pound cubes (approximately), and those will work perfectly fine despite having a much lower surface area.

Does the size of the salt affect how fast it dissolves in water?

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I agree with you that it's not a priority, but if they're similar in quality, we might consider it.

 

[Reach4]

A bigger concern would be the potential for "bridging".

I use Morton Pellets. They have low non-dissolvable content. I expect Diamond to be of similar quality, but the Morton adds a bit of iron-fighting treatment even into their non-iron-fighting salt. If using city water, or other water with no iron, I might use Aldi salt. I have used that, but I do see advantage in the Morton additives.

If I lived in an area where solar salt was cheaper than brand name pellets, I might consider that. Do not use rock salt, and for sure do not use road salt.

You should plan to clean out your brine tank after maybe 2000 to 4000 lbs of salt, but that would not be a hard and fast rule. https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/thoughts-on-how-often-to-clean-the-brine-tank.62381/ has some discussion.

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[Jeff H Young]

I prefer 99.999 percent over the 99.99