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We have super hard water too. We have a fish aquarium and when I test the water, our water levels are so hard they are off the charts! I know it's bad, because my shampoo doesn't lather and our skin is dry. We've talked about getting a softener, but haven't actually looked into it. How pricey are they?
Well, this one is more than a softener. It literally filters out tons of stuff. It's $4,700 though.
Wow, that sure is pricey. But if it's worth it for you both, then I would do it. Are there not less costly (but still efficient) filters? Do any of your friends in the area have one?
I'm sure there are some less costly ones. Up front at least, but over the long run, no. The Culligan system is $6700 and it doesn't filter as tiny. None of our friends have this one.
I live in a small town in Texas and our water is really hard and gross, no one from this town would ever consider drinking the water here, everyone gets bottled water. There is a joke going around that that is how everyone here gets pregnant, lol. Something in the water, something is always in the water. We don't have a water filter, we just used bottled for everything. We were considering one of those Pur water filtration systems for a while, we really don't know what is best.
Well we had our purified water tested and it's still high! probably because the water is SO hard here.
DH really thinks it's a good idea.
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We had our water tested last night and we are both amazed at how much junk is in St Louis City water. It's pretty bad. I've always known that water is treated with a variety of chemicals, including Chlorine to treat bacteria and parasites. But it's amazing how high it is. It's even high in our filtered water coming out of our fridge. Also the sulfur count is high, but that's because of the land around us.
However, after having our water tested, we're thinking about investing in a Hague WaterMax filter/softener system. Our water is so hard there is soap residue on all our towels still, and hard water isn't as effective as soft water because the mineral build up inhibits the ability of water to do its job. We will break even within 5 years (based on how much we spend each month on cleaning supplies) and that's only if there's 2 of us. With kids we'd break even faster
They aren't cheap at all, but the investment DOES pay off because we can move away from things like Tide and Cascade and use the free soap from the company (a perk I guess). For instance, we can use a TABLESPOON of laundry detergent for each wash.
If you've got one, how do you feel about it? If you don't have one, would you consider one after learning there 12 grains of hardness in your water? 10.5+ grains is "very hard"
Thoughts? DH is really interested--he thinks Chlorine, Ammonia, Sulfur, Flouride, etc in our water is too much and we should go as pure as we can. I understand the precipitation and titration "experiments" the guy was doing for us, so there's no fooling this chemistry major but still....is it worth it?