ON THE GO Water Softener, Worth The Price? ( RV Living )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2022
- We heard many things about the On-The-Go water softener, but we were shocked!
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In this video we review the On-The-Go Double Standard water softener. We heard many good things about the water softener from other RVers, but we had to see for ourselves. We explain the basic process of how a water softener works and what causes "hard" water. We also show you how to setup your water softener for the first time and give you our opinion after using the water softener for a week.
On The Go Website: www.portablewatersoftener.com/
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My RV lot is a permanent and I have a water box (small square deck box) containing my filter and softener. 👍
@keith2964 Hey Keith! Sounds like a nice setup you have! Thanks for watching & writing in. Have a great weekend!☺️
Deena & Dan
Also a regen/filter kit makes the whole process easier. Worth looking into. 😉👍
@keith2964 thanks for the tip.
Dan
We have a permanent site for summer months use as well. We love our new On The Go water softener. What we aren't sure about after 3 weeks is that if we leave for a week to go home or elsewhere in our vehicle, only do we drain the water softener or just leave it as is? Any feedback would be appreciated, and thank you.
Hi Don,
As far as I see the only thing would be not letting it freeze or lay on its side. After reconnecting I would run a little water to start🤔👍
This is a fantastic video. Thank you so much for doing all the research! You made is very easy for us consumers. I appreciate you!
@alexm458 Hey! Thanks so much for watching & thanks for the kind comment! It's always great to hear when our videos help out another RVer! Have a great weekend & safe travels!😊
Great video and great information! We are definitely going to look into getting one!
Thank you! It's definitely something worth having for sure!! Thanks for watching!!🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for this detailed review. It really helps me to make a positive decision to a water softener system.
Hey Jim, we have the On The Go softener and love it. I'm sure if you shop around there are other brands as well. Please let us know if you purchase one and which brand you got? I'd love to hear of the differences if you don't get an On The Go softener.
Dan
I watched your video this morning after receiving our softener yesterday. OH My Goodness! Just hooked ours up...the water out of the hydrant after our inline green filter was at the upper end of hard water at this campground. No wonder my zero water filters were lasting less than 10 days...6 minutes later after hooking up, it was between 0-2 gpg. An hour later after letting a ton of water run, running the water heater to cold, my fixtures and sinks have been scrubbed of most of the scale that had built up the last year with baking soda and lemon juice. I sanitized/flushed the freshwater system/lines on Tuesday and still felt like I could smell/taste chlorine. The water doesn't smell now so it must have been the chlorine from the water supply...a well...in the Shenandoah Valley of VA.Absolutely worth every penny. My two stage filters from Clearsource come Friday so by Saturday morning I will hopefully be drinking from the tap...great review!
@christinahouchins6776 so glad you like your new water softener. We love ours and use it everyday.
Safe Travels
Dan
We have had one now for going on 4 years. Great product!
Hey Joe, we couldn't agree more, we love our On The Go water softener
I'm buying this today, 05/07/2023. Thanks for the feedback. It was very helpful.
Hey Christian - You're so welcome. You're going to love it! We still can't get over the difference in our water! Thanks for watching & writing in. Have a great week & safe travels.😊
New subscriber here. We’re starting out in June and will be using a quality filter and softener system. Your explanations are spot on and I’ve not seen anyone else go into detail. Nice job. Will be viewing more of your vids.
@carvingCode thank you so much for watching and the kind words. I bet you can't wait for June to get here 😀. Are you going full time in June? Where are you heading first?
Dan
@@RiversToRidgesRV Yes, full-time in June. Selling house and goods in May. Plan is to spend 3 months in Wisconsin, then move to South Dakota for a few weeks, then down to Texas for Fall and Arizona for Winter. Might see you down the road. Peace.
Sounds great! We spent some time in Custer SD and loved it. The Black Hills are awesome, if you're in that area, we're sure you'll have a great time.
Dan & Deena
Your timing couldn't have been better!!! We're about to hook up our new OTG water softener and Clearsourse 3 stage water filter. Great info video!!! We hope that you'll do a follow-up on the reverse cleaning and adding salt. In the last 4 months, we've stayed in Florida, West Texas, New Mexico, and now wintering in Tucson, AZ. Wishing you a Merry Christmas! Safe and happy travels!
Brendan & Lena
Full-time since 7/1/22.
Hey Brendan & Lena! So great to hear from you guys! - & really happy we were able to help you out with setting up your new OTG water softener! Y'all are definitely going to love it - I can't tell you how happy we are with ours. You will have to let us know your thoughts on it too.
Welcome to full-time RV living - hopefully you guys are enjoying it as much as we are! Tucson, AZ sounds like a beautiful place to winter! We didn't make it to AZ this year but we definitely plan on it probably not next year but the following year. We just got back to FL where we will be wintering & will be reuniting with our family in less than a week - can't wait for that! You gave us a great tip for a follow-up video! We love the idea of doing a video on the reverse cleaning/adding salt steps! We think we will definitely do that - thanks so much for the tip!
Thanks so much for joining us - it really means a lot to us and even more to hear from you guys. We couldn't do this without you guys & we really appreciate it! You guys have a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year as well. As always, safe travels & God Bless. ☺
Take care,
Dan & Deen
As a follow-up, our water hardness was 1000 in Tucson. It then went to the 0-40 range after hooking up the OTG. Amazing.
Brendan & Lena
Brendan, that is so awesome! I know sometimes videos can seem like a sales pitch, but we LOVE our OTG water softener, we'll never travel without it.
Have you gave any though to using filter system, that will help..
We only use the inline filter that came with the RV and another filter we attach to the hose. Never really had any issues with "contaminated" water but we might eventually get a better filter system. We use the water softener just to soften the water, not to filter out contaminants.
thanks for the comment @sjeffreyw
Dan
Very interesting.
Is it difficult to drain the canister before traveling?
Hey Chem, no, not at all. Just turn the canister upside-down and let the water drain out from the 'IN' and 'OUT' ports. DO NOT remove the top or you may loose your resin. Before using the next time, just hit the bottom of the canister on the ground a couple of times to 're-pack' the resin. We are still amazed at how much we love ours.
I have had a water softener in my brick and wood house for many many years, over 35 years and one way I can tell that I need to add salt is when I take my morning shower is when I run the soap over my skin it feels like my hand doesn't glide over my skin but acts like I am running my hand over a rough side walk and it just doesn't glide like when the water is soft
Hey Pius Horning - Yes, we know exactly what you are talking about! The difference is totally unreal! Since we now know what we were missing, we'll never go without a water softener again! Not only is it so much easier to clean and leaves less water spots, our skin looks & feels so much more hydrated and so much better! Thanks for taking the time to watch & write in! We're so happy to hear from you! Have a great rest of your week! Stay safe!😊
Dan & Deena
If I used 50 gallons a day I'd get a boat🤣👍
@keith2964 😂😂😂
Just curious you have the Blue Tank , what is the "white" tank used for? -Most likely both are better??
Thx & Great Video!
Hello @MrMrmagoo18, thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. I'm not sure what you mean by the 'white' tank, my only guess is the water filter located in our wet bay. The water softener is used to remove hard solids like magnesium and calcium to make the water softer for showers and better on plumbing. The white tank you see in our wet bay is just a water filter to remove particles, it only makes the water safer for drinking but does not make the water softer. We use both together.
Hope this helps
Dan
Hi , sorry "on the go Makes a "White " Tank
But not reviewed in Video . If that makes sense. Lol
Ahhhhh - you must be talking about the Deionizer (DI). The deionizer is used to make laboratory grade clean water. We have the deionizer and use it when we wash our RV. We rinse the RV after washing with the deionizer so we don't get any spotting and we don't have to dry the RV anymore.
We did a video on the DI and how we use it, you can watch the video here: th-cam.com/video/J0tfJkvDmnk/w-d-xo.html
Hope I got the right tank this time :)
Dan
I am considering purchasing this . However , on Amazon the negative reviews talk about how it does not last after a couple months for full timers . I am curious if it is still working great for you ?
@kathleenblumenthal493 We are full timers and use ours everyday, never had a problem with it. There is a resin inside the water softener that needs to be 'regenerated' every couple of months depending on how hard the water is. Part of the normal process of softening the water is to remove calcium and magnesium (ions) from the water, these ions get attracted to the resin inside the softener. At some point the resin gets saturated and can't attract more ions. At this point you have to do a 'regeneration', which is basically adding salt to your water softener. We did a video on how we regenerate our water softener that you can watch here: th-cam.com/video/XcKbmEligrE/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps you
Dan
@@RiversToRidgesRV thank you for your quick response !
@@kathleenblumenthal493 Absolutely! Good Luck - we really think you will find it to be very beneficial! Have a great day!😊
We have a permanent site for summer months. We love our new On The Go water softener. What we aren't sure about after 3 weeks is that if we leave for a week to go home or elsewhere in our vehicle, only do we drain the water softener or just leave it as is? Any feedback would be appreciated, and thank you.
@DonDunscombe In my opinion, I wouldn't worry about draining the water softener if I were to leave for a week. I would drain it if I were away for a month or longer. But honestly, I doubt it really matters unless the water sits for a very long time.
We move about every two weeks and I drain ours on travel days so ours gets drained about every two weeks just because of traveling
Dan
Dan
Appreciate your feedback and this water softener has been the greatest find thanks to your review as our water where we are has ruined about 3 water heaters over our history and now we have a brand new trailer so it's been fantastic. Have a great summer. @RiversToRidgesRV
@DonDunscombe Wow! - thanks so much for the compliment. We are always so happy to hear when we can help others out! Safe travels & have a great summer as well!👍
We are snowbirds. When at home during the summer months, can I hook this up to our outdoor spigot when washing our vehicles to avoid hard water spotting? Would I need to hook up a filter first? I thought maybe a camco blue torpedo filter to the spigot, then a short hose to the softener and then a short hose to my Karcher 1700PSI pressure washer and out to my foam cannon and finally, remove the foam cannon and rinse off my vehicle. What do you think?
The timing for your question couldn't be better. We are actually working on a video to review the On-The-Go Deionizer. A water softener won't get rid of spotting, it doesn't remove all the dissolved solids that cause spotting. That's where a deionizer comes in, it does exactly what you're looking for. Our deionizer video will be out in a few weeks, but if you want to learn more about them, you can check them out here: www.portablewaterdi.com/
We will also have a discount code once the video comes out in case you're looking to purchase one.
@@RiversToRidgesRV Great! I'm looking forward to it. Just like in most RV parks, we have hard water at home with lots of calcium issues.
Hey RH63, just wanted to let you know our deionizer video came out.
@@RiversToRidgesRV I saw it and commented on that video. Great job! I bought one. I haven't used it yet. It's still in the 40's where we live so when it warms up, I'll be washing our Reflection 5th Wheel.
RH63, great! Please let us know how you like it once you get a chance to use it. Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy ours
What test strips is everyone using. The On The Go strips are pricey at $13.95 for only 50 strips
Hey RH63 - We use the On The Go strips but that's a good question. We'll update this response if we change or hear from others accordingly. Thanks for watching & writing in. Safe travels!
Can you run the softened water into your holding tank and use it tank by tank?
Yes, we always run water through the softener whenever we fill our fresh water tanks. It can also be used when flushing tanks if you wanted to.
Dan
thx for the prompt reply. It's appreciated.@@RiversToRidgesRV
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Good Afternoon 👋 We Have a 3 Stage Water Filter For Drinking & Showering. Will The Softener Interfere with Our Drinking Filter ? We Also Saw Your Video on The Iodizer System. Can We Have All 3 System Going at The Same Time ? 3 Stage Water Filter ; Water Softener ; The Iodizer . A lot of Stuff and LOTS of Money 💰. Thank You For Your Imfo & Time. We Appreciate ✨You Guys ✨ 👍🏼☮️
@danielhernandezjr9606 Thanks! - we appreciate that a lot! 👍
To be honest, I'm not sure. But, I will send an email to On The Go and ask them for their opinion and respond back to you once I hear back from them.
@danielhernandezjr9606 here is the response I received from On The Go:
The deionizer would only be for washing the RV to get a spot free rinse.
You would not need to run the 3 stage before a deionizer.
The softener is not always helpful before a deionizer, as it does not always lower the TDS.
The three stage should go before the softener if possible and it would not interfere with the three stage in any location.
Would not RV without softener.
When you're right, you're right! It's a game changer - we love ours! Thanks for writing in! Have a great week!😊
I have the same unit and it works great. I also added a reverse osmosis water filtration system under the kitchen sink for drinking water. It’s better than bottled water.
Road Hog, we love our water softener, and use it all the time. I like your idea of a reverse osmosis water filtration system, what kind do you have?
@@RiversToRidgesRV I use "iSpring RCS5T Commercial Tankless Reverse Osmosis RO Water Filter System with 1.5:1 Pure to Drain Ratio, Pressure Gauge". You can get it with or without the pre pressurized tank and it fits under my kitchen sink. I chose without the tank to save space. I use a 2.5 gallon water container and some milk jugs to hold drinking water. I wouldn't use Acuva. Water is bleached from the water processing plants and is generally sterile at the faucet. It's the heavy metals like lead and other contaminants that are a concern. The RO systems filter the heavy metals and the drinking water is about as pure as it's going to get. I never worry about the cleanliness of the fresh water holding tank as the RO system purifies the drinking water. Been using it for 3 years now on my RV and I couldn't be happier.
Road Hog, thanks for the information, sounds interesting, we'll look into it.