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My entire town has hard water. We've tested for it, and it does cause buildup over time. My wife and I are looking into getting either a water conditioner or water softener installed. The hard water isn't to the degree that it builds up quickly, so both of us like a conditioner over a softener given that you don't have to haul around salt to refill it, and you have less mechanisms to maintain - there's either a desalinator or other similar part for a softener to get rid of the saltiness. People also say that while the hardness goes away with a softener, the water just feels a little more slippery and weird. On the other hand, conditioners are double the cost to buy/install. We can afford it, but we want to know if it's superior in terms of low maintenance and un-slippery water. Anyone have experience/thoughts/compare or contrast from their points of view?
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Aug 10, 2015 20:00
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How hard is the water where you live? I don't trust those 'conditioners', they supposedly work at reducing scale buildup, but don't actually remove the hardness. We have crazy hard water where I live and I won't live without a softener. Yeah the salt thing is a PITA, but my system uses about 4 bags a month and Costco is pretty close by. I'm not sure how those conditioners work, but I can tell you exactly how a softener works.
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