Hot take: That $80 water softener add-on was a total scam for me

I bought one of those inline water softener things for my dishwasher last month, thinking it would stop the white film on my glasses. Spent 80 bucks on it and two weeks later my dishes looked exactly the same, maybe worse. Found out later that my local water here in Phoenix is just too hard for those little cartridge things to handle. Anyone else get burned by a cheap fix that didn't do anything?

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wesleybutler12d ago

You said "the white film on my glasses" stopped, but those inline softeners actually target mineral deposits from hard water, not the film from detergent residue. The cloudy film on glasses is usually etching from too much soap or high pH, not just calcium buildup. So that gadget might not have ever been the fix you needed, just a waste of cash for the wrong problem.

zarap1412d ago

Funny how nobody mentions dishwasher rinse aid actually causing that film if you overdo it or use the wrong kind. The residue can trap itself between the glass and the water spots, making everything look worse than hard water alone. Maybe the real fix was just cutting back on the Jet Dry.