This house water softener continues to be amazing. Such a boost for skin and hair. If this whole bitcoin thing ends up not working out, then rather than working at McDonald’s I’m going to go into the water softener sales business! image nevent1qqsz7gu4qnxymhvk8xmphpzf64h6s7rzn5zs33w2k3zg8fjrw5mvnegpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgv9wmdn

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Energy Producer 7 months ago
Absolutely agree and love this. I have a Kinetico water softener and filtration system that I love! No better investment than clean water 🙌
Hoshi's avatar
Hoshi 7 months ago
the next book is going to be about tap water
For me it's all upside on skin and hair. The only downside was that it was initially set too soft, which negatively affected taste. I tuned into until I got it so that it tastes fine while also being great for skin and hair.
Do not drink soft water. The high sodium content messes with your hydration balance. Better to drink hard water, before the softner (despite what they tell you that soft water is "fine", it's not fine). If your water is between 15 and 20 grains of hardness this is ideal for drinking. For showering, turn the softner to match your hardness. Also, get a resin cleaning acid drip, it keeps it functional and long-term reduces amount of salt used.
Sorry if an uninformed question, but why not just drink h2o? When I sometimes get water for drinking by filling a jug at some store, I just get distilled or equivalent.
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By the way, I learned the hard way, almost all bottled water is reverse osmosis. They do this to remove bacteria so it doesen't get skunky. And get this: "spring water" is also typically also reverse osmosis and treated with ozone (made into low concentration hydrogen peroxide). If its called "mineral water" they add minerals back in after all this. AND! its bottled in PET or HDPE which leeches microplastics and other zenoestrogenic and endocrine disrupting plasticisers. So: you can't drink tap water, you cant drink bottled water, you can't drink RO water,.. WHERE TF DO YOU FIND WATER? Ideally, get water directly from a deep aquafer or natural spring that has about 15 grains of calcium carbonate is free of heavy metals, arsenic and other poisons. Haul it if you need to. Buy a few 5 gallon glass carboys and a pottery, glass or steel dispenser. If this is out of the question, install a RO system and remineralize the water yourself. This is called "adding brewing salts" and "adjusting your water" for beer brewing. A third option, possibly the most expensive and produces safe but not necessarily ideal water (in my opinion,) yet is a good preparedness item, is a Berke with an activated charcoal stage and put tap water or low quality well or spring water through it.
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Water softeners are game changers for sure. Do you have the large salt brick or small tablets for your softener?