I bought this to replace another brand that never worked from day 1. This unit has a great size footprint and allowed me to get back 3 feet of garage space. It was easy to unpack and set in place. I used stainless flex 1" lines to connect it, that made things much easier after the soldering copper with a torch for the first time experience. No drips, no leaks no overflowing brine tank like the other brand had that I took out.