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Introducing the SoftPro ECO™ Water Softener for City Water – A Smart, Budget-Friendly Solution

Say goodbye to the challenges of hard water with the SoftPro ECO™ Water Softener, designed specifically for city water.

It’s an eco-conscious, low-maintenance system that saves you time, money, and effort while protecting your plumbing, appliances, and family’s health.

Experience softer skin, shinier hair, and spotless dishes—all while reducing water and salt consumption.

The SoftPro ECO™ is the practical and affordable answer to your hard water needs.

SOFTPRO ECO™

Soft Water. 
Re-Invented.

Soft Water. Re-Invented.Best Filtration System.

  • Industry Leading System
  • Next Generation Technology
  •  Programmable Control Valve
  • Up to 64,000 Grain Capacity

THE VALUE ADVANTAGE

The SoftPro ECO™ Gold Package Explained...

A POWERFUL COMBINATION

The Gold Package Overview

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Are you ready to transform your water quality and never worry about what's in it again?

More and more contaminants are being found in our water supply. Even if you're spending a fortune on bottled water, you're still bathing and cleaning with potentially harmful water.

Enter the SoftPro ECO Water Softener Gold Package. This all in one solution not only protects your family but also saves you money on bottled water. First, your water runs through our upflow whole house catalytic carbon filter, it removes up to ninety eight percent of contaminants like chlorine, heavy metals, pesticides, and more.Next, your water flows into the SoftPro ECO water softener. Say goodbye to hard water.

Enjoy shiny dishes, softer skin and hair, and protect your plumbing and appliances from damage. Order your SoftPro ECO Water Softener Gold Package today and start enjoying healthy soft water. You deserve it.

SoftPro Stands By Its Products

Lifetime Limited Warranty

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We really like our products,
and are confident in the quality and build.

So why not offer a lifetime limited warranty?

*Obviously, this is subject to coverage and general conditions. 

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For DIY Homeowners, Handymen & Plumbers

Installation Made Easy For...EVERYONE!

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Traditional, less-efficient systems may break your bank and your back by lugging heavy bags of salt every month...  Don't be traditional.

SoftPro ECO™ minimizes how much salt is required to deliver your quality, soft water to you and your family.

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SOFTPRO ECO WATER SOFTENER PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL VALVE

ECO Water Softener Comes With More Power At Its Core

With the industry's most innovative design tech, SoftPro ECO™ is ready to take on even the hardest water.

So when you're powering through excessive mineral content water, SoftPro ECO™ puts the control in your hands.

System Refresh:-

Never run out of soft water.

If system capacity goes below 3%, you can run a quick 15 minute regeneration that restores the system's capacity.

You'll get the rest of day with soft water. At night you can perform a full regeneration.

Auto Reserve:-

Typically, the soft water reserve capacity will be equal to one day's worth of water usage.  If you begin using the soft water reserve early in the morning — during your shower at 6 a.m. for example — you will still have enough soft water to last til the night.

In combination with the high-efficient, Auto Refresh mode feature, SoftPro only requires a 15% reserve capacity auto set in the programming. Other less-efficient systems require more water, up to 30% or more capacity.

Battery Backup:

Self charging capacitor keeps date & time for at least 48 hours. The program settings will remain in the control valve's permanent memory.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Got questions? We’ve got answers!

Q:  Is the SoftPro ECO Water Softener easy to install?
A: a) Yes! With DIY-friendly quick connect lines, a power cord, and a pre-installed bypass valve, the setup is straightforward and stress-free.
Q:  How does the SoftPro ECO compare to other water softeners?
A: a) Good news…The SoftPro ECO is an excellent choice for families, using 10% less salt than traditional systems. It offers the best warranty in its class, plus lifetime technical support.
Q:  What maintenance is required?
A: a) Minimal. Once programmed with your household’s settings, the system runs on autopilot. All you need to do is occasionally check the salt levels in the brine tank.
Q:  Will the SoftPro ECO work for larger homes?
A: a) The SoftPro ECO is ideal for average-sized homes with ¾” plumbing. If you have larger plumbing or need higher flow rates, consider upgrading to the SoftPro Elite system with a 1” valve for increased capacity.
Q: Where are you located?
A: a) Our headquarters is in the cold-weather City of Box Elder, South Dakota (That’s in western South Dakota). Many of our team members do work remotely like California, Arizona and Texas.Our systems ship from warehouse locations in Texas, Arizona and Indiana depending on where we have your system built… Typically, the nearest warehouse to your home.
Q: How do we handle repairs & service?
A: a) The team will work with you to assess the issues by phone, video, chat and email.Once the issue is identified, our team will make the appropriate solution. If needed, we may mail a replacement part or return the entire unit (this only happens due to extremely rare situations). We very commonly resolve issues quickly and easily.Replacement parts are very simple to replace, and our support team is always available.
Q: How do I know that the system is going to work for me?
A: a) You’re in good hands. We are so confident that our products will work for you that we offer an incredible 6 month satisfaction guarantee.For over 30 years, we have been delivering quality water treatment solutions to customers to meet their individual requirements.We work with the best in the industry to engineer and provide products that are tailored to each customer's needs and water quality.

WATER SOFTENER KEY FEATURES

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Say Goodbye to Hard Water

The SoftPro ECO™ effectively removes hard water minerals, protecting your plumbing and extending the life of appliances.

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Softer Skin & Shinier Hair

No more dry skin or dull hair caused by hard water. Feel refreshed after every shower.

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Spot-Free Dishes & Cleaner Laundry

Enjoy spotless dishes and brighter clothes with every load of laundry, thanks to the SoftPro ECO™.

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Cost-Effective

This system is not only affordable upfront, but it also reduces the cost of soaps, detergents, and repairs over time.

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User-Friendly

Set it up once and forget it. The SoftPro ECO™ is designed for hassle-free operation, making it the ideal choice for families seeking an easy, reliable solution to hard water.

What Hard Water Is Quietly Costing You — And How the SoftPro ECO™ Stops It

Over 85% of American homes deal with hard water. It's the invisible villain wrecking your showerhead, stiffening your towels, clouding your glasses, and slowly destroying your pipes and appliances from the inside out. Hard water drags dissolved calcium and magnesium through your home like uninvited guests who refuse to leave. The SoftPro ECO™ City Water Softener is built to kick them out.

This isn't just a water softener. It's a smarter, tougher, more efficient approach to whole house water treatment — built for city water households who are done settling for outdated technology and mediocre results.

Understanding Your Water: Hardness, Grains Per Gallon, and Why It Actually Matters

Before you drop any money on a water softener, know your number. Water hardness is measured in grains per gallon (GPG) — basically, how much mineral junk is dissolved in your water supply. Here's the breakdown:

Hardness Level GPG Range
Soft 0–1 GPG
Slightly Hard 1–3.5 GPG
Moderately Hard 3.5–7 GPG
Hard 7–10.5 GPG
Very Hard 10.5+ GPG

On city water? Request your municipality's annual water quality report — most cities post it online or will mail it to you. You can also grab an inexpensive home water testing kit, or hit up SoftPro's team for a free water analysis. Knowing your GPG isn't optional — it's how you pick the right system and make sure it's actually working for you.

The SoftPro ECO™ comes in 32,000, 48,000, and 64,000 grain capacity configurations, sized to match your household's daily usage and hardness level. No guessing. No overshooting. Just the right fit.

How the SoftPro ECO™ Works: Ion Exchange Water Softening

The SoftPro ECO™ is a salt-based water softener running on the most proven method in the game: ion exchange. Here's how it works without the textbook jargon:

Inside the water softener tank sits a bed of high-performance softening resin — 8% crosslink resin beads engineered to last up to 20 years under normal use. Hard water flows in, the resin beads grab the calcium and magnesium ions responsible for hardness, and swap them out for sodium ions. What flows out the other side is genuinely soft water. Not "conditioned" water, not "altered" water — actual soft water with the hardness minerals physically removed.

The system also features a distribution riser using Vortech technology that spreads water evenly across the entire resin bed during both softening and regeneration cycles. That even-flow design is a big reason the ECO crushes traditional systems on salt and water efficiency.

The Efficiency Difference: Why "ECO" Isn't Just a Name

Traditional water softeners regenerate on a fixed timer — whether your family used 80 gallons that day or 300. That's just wasted salt and wasted water, plain and simple.

The SoftPro ECO™ uses demand-initiated regeneration: the system watches your actual water consumption and only triggers a regeneration cycle when it's truly needed. This metered approach is why the ECO uses 10% less salt than comparable traditional systems — and why your 40-lb bag of salt lasts noticeably longer between top-offs.

The smart features backing this up:

Auto Reserve — The system automatically holds back a full day's worth of soft water capacity. Even if your household starts burning through the reserve at 6 a.m. during morning showers, you've got soft water all day long. Old systems needed a 30%+ reserve buffer. The ECO only needs 15%, which means more of your grain capacity is actively working, not sitting idle.

System Refresh — If capacity drops below 3%, a quick 15-minute regeneration tops you off enough to carry through the rest of the day — with a full overnight cycle completing the reset. No surprise hard water days. No embarrassing moments mid-shower.

Battery Backup — A self-charging capacitor holds your date, time, and all programming settings for a minimum of 48 hours during a power outage. Settings live in permanent memory. Nothing gets wiped. Nothing needs to be reprogrammed after a storm.

Choosing Your Capacity: 32,000, 48,000, or 64,000 Grains?

This is the single most important sizing call you'll make. Too small and the system regenerates constantly, burning through salt and water. Too large and you risk stagnant resin and sloppy performance.

Use SoftPro's free online sizing calculator — plug in your household size, daily water usage, and water hardness in GPG, and it spits out the right capacity for your home. As a general guide:

  • 32,000 grains — Ideal for 1–3 person households with moderate water hardness
  • 48,000 grains — Best fit for 3–5 person households or homes with harder water
  • 64,000 grains — Built for larger homes, high-usage households, or areas with very hard water (10.5+ GPG)
Connection Size and Flow Rate: Built for Standard City Water Homes

The SoftPro ECO™ is designed for homes with 3/4" plumbing — the standard connection size in the vast majority of American homes. The system delivers a consistent, reliable flow rate that handles showers, appliances, and faucets throughout the house without noticeable pressure drops during normal use.

If your home has 1" plumbing, higher-flow demands, or multiple bathrooms running at peak hours, step up to the SoftPro Elite — built with a 1" valve for increased whole house capacity and peak flow performance.

Package Options: From Softener-Only to Complete Whole-Home Water Filtration

SoftPro didn't just build a great softener. They built a full lineup of bundled configurations that tackle the entire range of city water problems — not just hardness.

Softener Only

The standalone SoftPro ECO™ is your direct strike against water hardness. If you've already had your water tested and hardness is the main offender, this is the clean, efficient answer.

Gold Package — Softener + Whole House Chlorine+ Carbon Filter

City water gets dosed with chlorine and chloramine to make it safe to drink. But those same disinfectants mess with your taste, smell, skin, and hair. The Gold Package pairs the ECO softener with SoftPro's upflow whole house catalytic carbon filter — a pre-filter system that water hits before it ever touches the softener.

That filter media — catalytic activated carbon — removes up to 98% of contaminants including chlorine, chloramine, heavy metals, pesticides, PFAS, and more. What comes out of every tap is water that's both soft and genuinely clean. This is true whole-home water filtration, and it's the most popular setup for city water households. For good reason.

Gold+ Package — Softener + Whole House Chlorine+ and Fluoride Removal

For households that want fluoride tackled on top of chlorine and hardness, the Gold+ package adds bone char carbon filtration that significantly reduces fluoride levels throughout the entire home. The most comprehensive whole house water filtration package in the ECO lineup. Full stop.

Soft Water vs. Salt-Free Alternatives: Which One Actually Wins?

It's a fair question. Salt-free water softeners — more accurately called water conditioners or descalers — have gotten popular, and they do serve a purpose. Instead of removing hardness minerals through ion exchange, salt-free water softener alternatives use template-assisted crystallization or similar processes to change the form of the minerals so they're less likely to stick to surfaces and form scale.

Here's the honest take:

Salt-based ion exchange (SoftPro ECO™) physically yanks calcium and magnesium out of your water. The result is genuinely soft water — measurably lower GPG, better lathering, softer skin, and that silky, shiny hair after every wash that customers talk about constantly. This method is the only true water softening process. It's what the pros recommend for homes with hardness above 7 GPG, or any household that wants the full package: protected appliances, spotless surfaces, skin that actually feels good.

Salt-free water conditioners leave the minerals in the water but change their crystal structure. No salt, no regeneration, minimal maintenance. A reasonable option for households with very mild hardness, environmental concerns about sodium discharge, or areas where a salt-free water softener is required by local regulation.

The SoftPro ECO™ is built for households that want the proven solution — and its high-efficiency design keeps the salt and water use concerns of traditional systems to a minimum.

What Changes When Your Water Gets Soft: The Daily Difference

The benefits of soft water aren't subtle. Within days of installation, customers report the same transformations across the board:

Skin and Hair — Hard water strips natural oils from your skin and hair. Soft water gives them back. Showers feel different almost immediately — almost silky. Hair dries with noticeably more shine and body. Customers use the same words over and over: silky, shiny hair that feels cleaner with less shampoo. Post-shower dryness and tightness ease up fast. Customers dealing with eczema often report real, meaningful improvement.

Dishes and Surfaces — White spots, cloudy glasses, and soap scum are hardness deposits. Remove the minerals, and the mess stops happening. Surfaces stay cleaner longer, and you use fewer harsh chemicals to keep them that way.

Laundry — Clothes and towels washed in soft water come out softer, brighter, and last longer. Most households ditch the fabric softener entirely.

Plumbing and Appliances — Scale buildup inside your pipes, water heater, dishwasher, and washing machine is hard water minerals stacking up over time. Soft water protects those investments and can extend appliance lifespan in a serious way.

Soaps and Detergents — Soft water lathers dramatically better than hard water. Most households cut soap, shampoo, and detergent use by 30–50%. That savings quietly chips away at the cost of the system over time.

The SoftPro ECO™ and Your Drinking Water: An Important Distinction

The SoftPro ECO™ is a whole house water softener — it treats all the water coming into your home, from your showers and laundry to your kitchen faucet. But if you want the absolute highest quality for drinking water, many households pair their softener with a dedicated drinking water system at the kitchen sink — typically a reverse osmosis system.

A reverse osmosis system pushes water through a semi-permeable membrane, stripping out dissolved solids, sodium (added during softening), heavy metals, and other contaminants right at the point of use. Whole house softener plus a point-of-use water filtration system at the kitchen tap is the most comprehensive one-two punch for water quality in the home. SoftPro's team can help you figure out the right pairing.

Easy Installation: Designed for DIY Confidence

The SoftPro ECO™ ships with everything you need to get it done:

  • Pre-installed bypass valve — no extra parts to hunt down
  • Quick-connect fittings for simple line connections (optional flex lines available for 3/4" connections)
  • Standard power cord
  • Full printed installation guide plus access to video walkthroughs

The system is built to be installed by a confident DIYer, a local handyman, or a licensed plumber — typically in a few hours. SoftPro's US-based support team is available by phone, video call, and chat throughout the whole process at no extra charge.

Water Softener Salt: What to Use and How Often

Once you're up and running, the main job is keeping the brine tank topped off with salt. A few practical tips:

Salt type: Use pellet-form or coarse crystal water softener salt (sodium chloride) or potassium chloride if you want a lower-sodium option. Skip rock salt — too many impurities.

Adding salt: Add salt when the brine tank is nearly empty rather than constantly topping it off. Adding 1–3 bags at a time reduces the risk of bridging (a salt crust above water level) and mushing (compacted salt at the bottom).

Frequency: The ECO's efficiency means you're refilling salt far less often than with traditional systems. A quick monthly check takes less than a minute.

Salt delivery: Many salt brands offer subscription delivery. No more hauling heavy bags. No more running dry at the worst time.

Beyond salt, this system is genuinely low maintenance. The 8% crosslink softening resin is rated for up to 20 years. The mineral tank has a lifetime warranty. The programmable control valve is covered for 10 years. Once it's programmed to your settings, it runs itself.

Lifetime Warranty and 60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee

SoftPro backs the ECO™ with what they call the best warranty in its class — and they back it up:

  • Lifetime limited warranty on the mineral tank and brine tank
  • 10-year warranty on the control valve
  • Lifetime technical support — real humans, available by phone, email, video, and chat

And if the system doesn't perform the way you expected in your home, the 60-day money-back guarantee (or extended 6-month satisfaction guarantee) means you can return it. No complicated process. No risk. Just results or your money back.

Is the SoftPro ECO™ the Right System for Your Home?

The SoftPro ECO™ City Water Softener is the right call if:

  • You're on city/municipal water with a measurable hardness problem
  • Your home has standard 3/4" plumbing and typical residential flow requirements
  • You want a high-efficiency water softener that doesn't burn through salt and water
  • You want an affordable, reliable whole house solution backed by a serious warranty
  • You want the option to expand into whole-home water filtration with the Gold or Gold+ packages

If you have well water., iron or sulfur concerns, or 1" plumbing, check out the SoftPro Elite or SoftPro's well water-specific lineup for a better fit.