Air Injection Iron, Sulfur, and Manganese Removal Fleck 2510SXT Medium Weight System built by American Water Solutions

We have manganese, iron and a strong sulpher smell in our well water. After changing the anode in the water heater, the problem persisted, so I bought this unit based on research and reviews. It was difficult finding someone to install it, I'm not a plumber and don't have the tools to do it myself. The first three plumbers we asked weren't familiar with this system and they just tried to sell us their $4,000 softener systems instead. We finally found someone who would install it and we are very satisfied. It works well and now we can drink our tap water, shower without the smell of sulpher, and we don't get iron stains around the drains. Well worth the price.

We have been battling iron problems staining for years. My wife couldn't have blonde hair anymore because the water turned her hair orange and the water had a strong mineral taste. We have well water. We got this after debating trying one for the past year. The install was very easy if you have basic plumbing knowledge. A little teflon tape, a couple 1" NPT nipples, and a couple sharbite to 1" water softener connector flex lines. We installed it and filled slowly per the instructions. One thing i will add is, make sure your drain line is secured when you first start your first regen cycle, because it blew out with high pressure and whipped around because the air pressure in the tank. One thing we missed before running the first regen cycle was to let the water run for 20 minutes before starting the initial regen cycle. After running 2 regen cycles, we tried the water and had slight iron stain after letting water sit in a dog bowl overnight, but it wiped right off, whereas before, we would have to scrub. We let the water run for half and hour and then ran another regen cycle. Since then, we have zero water staining, the water tastes just like fresh bottled water, and everything is great. The water does look cloudy when it first comes out due to the oxygen created by the process, but it quickly clears. After using for a week, this system is working great for us. The bonus with this system is that this one comes with the stainless bypass valve. I didn't want the version with the plastic bypass valve. If anything changes, i will update my review at a later time, but as of now, we are very pleased with how this is working.

Works as advertised, sulphur smell an iron issues addressed. Two sets of instructions received, took some sorting out to get to what needed to be done for installation, much is already accomplished or calibrated as received. Some additional clarity there would be good. Other than that if you have basic tools and skills it's pretty straight forward.

Smell of water gone. Rust on all of the fuxtures gone. About one month and had lightly rust colored water once. I sent a message to the seller and they got right back to me. Five minutes on the phone and some adjustments and we will see. So far very pleased. 9 months into use i am changing my review to one star. I really do not believe that it works. The picture is my post filter after this unit. I would not expect any rust in a filter after this rust filter. Calls into the company because i think this unit is defective or just does not do what it advertised. We will see what they do to make it right. Never got a call back.

Nobody out here can get the sulphur smell out of their well water, but my water is crystal clear, and has NO smell. Here's the trick: I rebedded it before I installed with catalytic carbon. Not regular carbon, has to be catalytic. Then I put it before the water softener, not after. The only down side, is that I have to stay on top of my water softener salt because it doesn't "let you know" with water smell when i run out!

The pre-loaded media for this model is not very effective. It did not remove my rotten egg smell and the water was still discolored. After talking with a few people in the business, I had to buy $300 In catalytic carbon. I had to disconnect the system, man-handle it outside and dump out all of the old media and then load new gravel and the carbon. Very messy, but the carbon did the trick. Water is now clean and odor free. If you have a strong sulfur smell, I recommend a filter that is pre loaded with catalytic carbon.

This is my second purchase of this filter system. The first lasted 6 years before we felt it was no longer doing its job. The second one we purchased last May and installed in August of 2023. I came home to find that it was stuck in back flush mode all day. I had it working for a year and now I can’t get it to stop flushing….what a disappointment.

It did help with the iron and smell in the water, but has a lot of air in the lines. Especally after backwashing. Revised Review: After working with great customer service we are working on getting almost all of the air out off the lines. Torrey has to be one of the best customer service reps that I have ever worked with. That is why I changed my review to 5 stars. Thanks Torrey for all your help!