@Narwalt@Potatoboy I don’t claim to be an expert and this isn’t woo, but I know that minerals are also used to soften water. So I’m not convinced that the device would make the water “harder”.
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Also, they use plenty of chlorine where I live and I’d rather take my chances running the water through some salts than put up with any more of that than I have to. For $5, I’m willing to give it a shot.
@Narwalt I prefer Los Angeles hard water. Whenever I clean with soft water, I feel slimy. I also heard that hard water is better(?) for your skin, but I don’t really know. Bad for the pipes but good for humans. I’ll let people that know more than me chime in.
/showme Human showering in slurm drink from Futurama.
@joelmw@Narwalt@Potatoboy One of the “stones” is calcium sulfite. Calcium sulfite is easily oxidized to calcium sulfate, a.k.a. gypsum, which usually will have little effect on pH level, but will contribute to mineral scale buildup where it dries. I’d be more worried about the probability that the presumably-disposable plastic mineral cartridge would degrade and crack with time in service. My snake oil detector was activated by the fact that they claim that the “tourmaline stones” are absorbing nasty unspecified stuff, so this is an easy hard pass for me.
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Product: Aqua Guard Mineralizing High Pressure Shower Head
Model: PB830
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Someone please tell me a real non woo reason why I would want to ADD hardness to my shower water.
@Narwalt Do you have a strange desire to make yourself itchy? If not then I’ve got nothing else.
@Narwalt @Potatoboy Fact: dry skin feels cleaner. Moist skin feels slimy and greasy.
@Narwalt @Potatoboy and there’s always the need for more stones
@Narwalt @Potatoboy I don’t claim to be an expert and this isn’t woo, but I know that minerals are also used to soften water. So I’m not convinced that the device would make the water “harder”.
@Narwalt @Potatoboy
Also, they use plenty of chlorine where I live and I’d rather take my chances running the water through some salts than put up with any more of that than I have to. For $5, I’m willing to give it a shot.
@Narwalt I prefer Los Angeles hard water. Whenever I clean with soft water, I feel slimy. I also heard that hard water is better(?) for your skin, but I don’t really know. Bad for the pipes but good for humans. I’ll let people that know more than me chime in.
/showme Human showering in slurm drink from Futurama.
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@joelmw @Narwalt @Potatoboy One of the “stones” is calcium sulfite. Calcium sulfite is easily oxidized to calcium sulfate, a.k.a. gypsum, which usually will have little effect on pH level, but will contribute to mineral scale buildup where it dries. I’d be more worried about the probability that the presumably-disposable plastic mineral cartridge would degrade and crack with time in service. My snake oil detector was activated by the fact that they claim that the “tourmaline stones” are absorbing nasty unspecified stuff, so this is an easy hard pass for me.
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Why is there kitty kibble in the pipe?
I can see teenage brothers putting dye in this before their sister takes a shower. That or garlic. Prankalicious!
Pemoving chlorine and minerzlizing water is exactly what I need in a shower head.
@ArrakeenMentat Typolicious! Typotastic!
@ArrakeenMentat @werehatrack Plus it’s anti-bactrial.
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Wow, what’s next, one of Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Jade Eggs”? A rock for your soft place?
Pure Grade A snake oil for only $5? I’m in.