I have read many pros and cons about this item, but I can not make heads or tails is this something that I should use or need
Lol! Thanks GReynolds and MicEd! I have been hearing this question now for over 30 years. That alone should tell you the Cycle Stop Valve is a good product. But I have always understood why it is hard to believe. Even for me, it still seems to good to be true. As my confidence has grown for the product over the decades, I have become even bolder. Claiming the CSV is the cure for pump cancer is way over the top I know, but it is true! Nearly every problem and every failure of a pump or well system is caused by the pump cycling on and off. Installing a Cycle Stop Valve stops the cycling, and the cancer goes away.
Having been "blacklisted" by the major pump manufacturers in 1994 made me think there may be something wrong with the CSV that I had not seen yet. But a few years later, several engineers for those pump manufactures had retired and were able to tell me the story. They said the CSV is a "disruptive" product. While that didn't sound good to me, they went on to explain that being a "disruptive product" meant the CSV makes pumps last longer, use smaller pressure tanks, and solves a lot of other system problems as well.
Being naïve, I had never heard of a "disruptive product" and didn't know what "planned obsolescence" was. But now that I knew, I was mad that ANY company would purposely make products to fail in a short period of time. I was even more angry to find out that nearly every product is made that way. We are all just "suckers" for paying over and over again for things that should last. You are being lied to about every product you use. So, I certainly understand the reluctance to believe a simple Cycle Stop Valve could be so advantageous.
There have been a lot of disruptive products in the past. The automobile was disruptive to the horse and buggy industry. I am sure the buggy companies tried to scare people out of buying one of those "dangerous velocipede's" called a car or automobile. They probably came up with a hundred ways a car could kill you or destroy the world. Lol! The point is, companies who are being disrupted will do or say anything to hold on to their market share. If I were a pump manufacturer I would be scared of the CSV as well. In my own case using Cycle Stop Valves has reduced the number of pumps I would have had to purchase in the last 30 years by 90%. Imagine if everyone only had to purchase 10% as many pumps as in the past. 90% of the pump manufacturers would be out of business.
Thank goodness for those pump manufacturers that the CSV is so simple and counter intuitive it is hard to believe. I have learned that is actually a good thing for me as well. If the CSV was easily understood, customers would demand that every pump would come with one. There would be a hundred different brands of Cycle Stop Valves, putting me and a lot of pump manufactures out of business. Lol!
I would love for the people who bought Cycle Stop Valves back in 1993 to come here and tell you their CSV and pump system are still working. But I truly believe people who have Cycle Stop Valves eventually forget they even have a pump system, and are certainly not on a forum asking for help. Water has just been coming out of their faucets with force for so many years they forget where it comes from. One of my biggest problems is that many of my customers are no longer with us. After more than 30 years, many of my customers and friends have passed away, yet strong constant pressure is still coming out of the faucets at their house. Whoever moves into that house may never know why there is such strong constant pressure coming out of the faucets, or that they even have a pump system. Again, you can see why pump companies would hate me and my customers never come back to a forum.
But it does sound too good to be true, and few things are. So, I certainly understand why it is hard to believe.
I do my best to get honest reviews. I pay a company to bug people for a review and picture a few weeks after purchasing a CSV. I want to give them long enough to see how the CSV works, but no so long as to forget they have a pump system. Lol! Trustspot post all reviews, good and bad. But you will not find a bad review from anyone who has actually seen a CSV working. Pictures with all reviews proves the posters have a Cycle Stop Valve and the posts are legitimate.
https://cyclestopvalves.com/pages/reviews