Past generation water softeners remove the calcium/magnesium and replace them with sodium ions, adding unhealthy salt to your drinking water. The smart conditioner has unique cartridge which changes the compositions of the minerals, so that they are still there and healthy for you, without that limescale build up. There is no bacterial growth inside the smart conditioner. Special filtration and separation technology ensures that an precipitates found in the water are captured in at the bottom of the filter cap so that there is no loss in water pressure.