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Clearwave Electronic Water Softener System | 
 enlarge | Brand: L.L.C.
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $134.89
New (2) from $134.89
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3825
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 13.6 x 11.3 x 3.6
MPN: CW-1
UPC: 090747910007
EAN: 0090747910007
ASIN: B00080HR9E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Use less soap and remove scale from your pipes | | • | Costs less than $5 per year | | • | Replaces base exchange softening systems |
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Product Description
Use less soap, and remove scale from your pipes - continuously, automatically and for only about $5 in electricity a year. Clearwave is the most advanced computerized anti-scale device available today. Its computer chip is programmed to bombard water passing through your pipe with over 200 different electromagnetic low frequency pulses. These electromagnetic pulses have been scientifically proven to increase the electromotive attraction potential of the water to mineral salts. The result is that the mineral salts (mainly calcium bicarbonate) stays dissolved in the water instead of converting to insoluble calcium carbonate and attaching itself to the inside of pipes as scale. Existing scale in pipes, water heaters, toilets and faucets begin to soften and dissolve away. Recommended for dishwashers, washing machines, coffee makers, and boilers. Clearwave can even replace base exchange softening systems and the associated maintenance costs. Installation of the Clearwave is simple. Mount to the main incoming water pipe to the home with pipe clips, wrap the antenna leads around pipe and then plug into a 110V power supply. One unit handles incoming supply pipes up to 1" in diameter. For pipes 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" use two units in series. Works with all types of pipe including: copper, pvc, galvanized, and stainless steel. Manufacturer's part number CW-1.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 37
 It Works - Shower-door Cleaning Becomes Easier August 30, 2010
P. Do (S. Diego)
I owned a salt system water softener before and it was leaking hence on a market to try something new.
This Clearwave unit works in a way not as obvious as the salt system. We don't feel the water was slippery as the salt system provided nor obviously see more bubble foam in the laundery wash. I've paid careful attention on the faucet residue and shower-door hard-to-remove soap scum.
We continue to clean our bathroom as usual, using a squeeze after a day of showers, while the Clearwave system is in action. After the 3rd week, I noticed the shower-door scum were somewhat lesser. I set out to carefully clean the shower-door thoroughtly this time knowing that in the past it will cummulate the scum very quickly after a week or so. To my pleasant notice, simply using the squeeze after the shower, the scum is not coming back as before. The mineral deposit on the faucet is noticeablely reduced.
At last, we have our clear glass door again with the Clearwave unit. I assume other benefits such as clean copper pipes, low residue hot water tank and others which are not visually noticeable quietly in the work.
I feel good about the unit from the points that we're no longer use salt and don't have to waist clean precious water to regenerate the salt system any more but still can enjoy the "low maintenance" of the bathrooms and the faucets around the house.
 Love it !!!! August 29, 2010
Lisa
We have well water with the lovely sulfer smell. We were very anxious to try this out. Installation was a breeze! We started noticing the next day that the drinking water was softer on the pallate. It has now been a month and we are seeing much less iron staining in the bathtub, and our soap is sudding !!!!! Thank you so much! It's amazing
 Unit Returned After Failing All Tests August 28, 2010
Susana Eubank (El Cajon, CA)
Almost a year ago, I asked my engineer husband to select, buy and install a water softener for our home. He convinced me that "salt" wasn't the way to go, and started evaluating non-salt softeners. He wrote a few reviews on Amazon based on his research; but after many months, I still didn't have a water softener. For his earlier review of the Clearwave: refer to "Reason to be suspicious of pipe material vs. performance" on December 22, 2009.
I asked him for a purchase recommendation limited to only 3 criteria (1. a good percentage of positive reviews, 2. inexpensive, 3. easy to install). I bought the Clearwave unit and asked him to test it. He easily agreed, as we were both anxious to find a hard water solution. You'll find his test write-up and results below. This is the first time I've returned something to Amazon - it was easy and fast !!!
"Countertop" Test:
Untreated water was poured onto a 2'x2' piece of clean glass (horizontal plane). The water puddles covered approximately 1/2 of the glass surface.
Treated water was poured onto another 2'x2' piece of clean glass. The water puddles covered approximately 1/2 of the glass surface.
The untreated and treated glass panels were allowed to dry. Both dried at the same rate. Both dried with the same visible amount of hard water deposits on the glass. On Days 2, 3, & 4; a dry wipe (paper towel), wet wipe (untreated/treated water), and household cleaner wipe-down was performed on selected areas of the untreated/treated panels.
Results: no difference between the untreated and treated panels on any of the days with any of the wiping methods.
"Shower Door" Test:
Untreated and treated water samples were poured on separated sections of a vertical glass panel. The discovery rationale was that the treated water may have an altered viscosity or evaporation factor which might affect how much water could run off of the glass before drying.
Results: no difference between the untreated and treated panels, there was the same amount of water spotting after drying.
"Water Pipe or Shower Head" Test:
A piece of used pipe with hard water deposits was cut into two equal length sections. The apparatus that was used to collect samples (see paragraph below) was connected to flush one of the pipe sections with untreated water and then the other section with treated water. The flow rate and duration was estimated with the expectation that some of the deposits in the used pipe sections would be washed away. After the flushing and being allowed to dry; each pipe was sliced open lengthwise; so that the amount of remaining deposits could be visually inspected.
Results: no difference between the untreated and treated pipe sections, each had about 2/3 of the deposits remaining. Each section allowed for an equivalent amount of the remaining deposits to be removed via abrasive scrubbing.
Setup - Obtaining Untreated/Treated Water Samples:
Water was run through a new 1/2" copper pipe with the Clearwave unit installed, but not powered. The pipe was flushed with several gallons before collecting a 4 ounce sample of "untreated" water. The Clearwave unit was powered on (LEDs were sequencing). Several gallons flowed before collecting a 4 ounce sample of "treated" water. Water samples were used within 2 minutes of collection. No other electrical/electronic devices were within 20 feet. Prior to being used - all test panels and sample containers were cleaned with non-residue cleaner and then dried with fresh paper towels. Water hardness was in the middle of the acceptable range for the Clearwave unit.
Shocked that it seems to be working July 12, 2010
Anne M Lachapelle
My husband installed this three days ago. Took him all of about ten minutes. Our under the kitchen sink water filtration system was much more of a pain to install. Needless to say I was slightly skeptical of this product as there didn't seem to be a lot of agreement online on whether this technology actually works and I tend to believe that you get what you pay for. Since a traditional salt based water softening system costs from $500 to $1000 (plus the cost of the salt) I wasn't sure if something soooo much cheaper would be effective.
Our water pressure in the bathroom sinks and showers had been reduced to practically a trickle lately with the scale build up. Yesterday I turned on the faucet in the bathroom sink and was amazed to have normal water pressure. My shower was the same way. I have very thick hair and it took me less than half the time to rinse it out in the shower yesterday than it usually does. Plus my shampoo created much more lather. My husband is thrilled that he can now rinse the hairs off his razor when he's shaving. I still had some spotting on my dishes, but I'll give it some more time to see if that improves (plus I'm out of Jet Dry) before I make my final judgement. All in all I'm very pleased with the Clearwave and have hope for even more improvement in the next few days/weeks. Great value!
Clear Wave is a winner June 27, 2010
Eldon T. Winston (Martinsburg, WV USA)
The item looks like the picture and like the one I saw installed. The person who had it was favorable about it and it is worth trying out to see if it can change the calcium build up. So far it is possible that soap may lather better but i am waiting to see more important results which should occur in two to three months.
Installation is a breeze.
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