If you’ve got the dough and the space, go for a whole-house water softener paired with a simple RO system under your kitchen sink. You get soft water everywhere (showers, laundry, dishes) and pure drinking water from the tap. It’s the luxury SUV of setups.
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On a budget? Grab an APEC WFS-1000 countertop filter. It’s cheap, it uses ion exchange, and it’s actually tested for hard water. I’ve used one. My coffee tastes less like a geology experiment now. True story.
