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Old 12-08-2016, 09:42 AM
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You could be waiting a while for it to fail ;-) Our Sears unit, in a previous home, was still working flawlessly after 10 years. I view these as 15 year appliances. The combo units may last longer because they remove chlorine that eventually degrades the resin.

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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
When we bought the Sears units they were only available as separate units, 3 months later Sears (as well as others) sell combo units, water softener and whole house filter in one unit. When our existing units fail, I will replace with a combo unit.