Are Shower/Tap filters really useful?

Ssreek

Ssreek

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Came across these tap/shower filters from various brands.
Would like to know if these are really helpful, especially for hairfall issues related to using hard water for head bath.
They also come with cartridges which need to be replaced every few months.
Overall these are quite costly too.

If you are using any of those, do let me know how is the experience.
Want to know if it is worth purchasing these..
 
Ssreek said:
Would like to know if these are really helpful, especially for hairfall issues related to using hard water for head bath.
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I don't believe they are. I think they are gimmicks or offer marginal benefit
Ssreek said:
They also come with cartridges which need to be replaced every few months.
Overall these are quite costly too.
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Yes, good for minting money
Ssreek said:
Want to know if it is worth purchasing these..
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How hard is your water? Have you tested it.

TDS doesn't count
 
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blr_p said:
How hard is your water? Have you tested it.

TDS doesn't count
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Haven't tested with hardness kit, only tds I know.
Even these shower/tap filters don't reduce tds but they say they reduce flourine or chlorine, not sure.

90% of the water we get is from tankers.
No other economic way of knowing hardness other than ordering the test kit right?
 
blr_p said:
This means it will vary all year round with no pattern at all.

Correct
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Yes. Sometimes the water has sand or such particles blocking the tap filters too and I have to clean them regularly. Bathrooms too get the yellow scales somewhat faster. The other 10% is actually better than this but we don't get that in a separate tap, they mix it all.
 
Get an overhead tank filter and avoid individual filters . use a few resins every month at the filter stage at the tank .That would be the cheapest way apart from getting a full fledged kit which costs lakhs .
 
I dont think so these work, had used it previously brought from amazon, didn't seem to work, seems just a gimmick.
Borewell and Tanker water were used here.
 
prototype said:
I dont think so these work, had used it previously brought from amazon, didn't seem to work, seems just a gimmick.
Borewell and Tanker water were used here.
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Borewell and tanker watwr contain sediments ,rust etc . A water tank filter clears these and i never had to buy a washing machine filter or none of the taps in the house get clogged . I use a few resins in the tank every month to soften the water. As far as i know that is the cheapest route . Alternative and proper solution is in lakhs
 
yugaaa said:
Borewell and tanker watwr contain sediments ,rust etc . A water tank filter clears these and i never had to buy a washing machine filter or none of the taps in the house get clogged .
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A sediment filter at the tank outlet
yugaaa said:
I use a few resins in the tank every month to soften the water. As far as i know that is the cheapest route .
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Got any links to these resins,
yugaaa said:
Alternative and proper solution is in lakhs
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Not necessarily
 
Guys, I live in a flat..so overhead or water tank filters are not possible. If I was living in own individual house, I'd have already got those installed.
 
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