How well does this work in hard water? We have extremely hard water and many detergents don't work well at all.
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I have hard water too....it took 2 scoops for it to bubble up...it cleaned ok...I just didn't like how it made my clothes feel. They felt rough and scratchy.
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We have a Kinetico water softener system. We have a LOT of iron in our well water. We must use the Iron Out salts. The 5 micron filter works well for us. We used to use a 50 or 30 micron. If anything the 5 micron just filters better, finer particles. We change it every 6 months or so. It gets red with the iron, unless you are losing water pressure it is OK to use continue to use, we have gone 9 months without changing it before. I don't know what kind of sediment your trying to filter or how much is in your well water so I can't say how it would work in your system. I would recommend trying one of the filters for six months and see how it goes. If no problems then I'd buy the bulk package. We own our system so we can do as we like with it. I don't know what Kinetico would say about it. Good luck. Let us know if it works out for you OK. We were paying much more for our filters before we found this steal of a deal.
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they say "do not use detergent or soap".my own experience is this;this water supply is instant classic white deposits that respond to anti-lime cleaner types.i faced some nasty build up as per directions.i substituted about 1inch of h2o with shower cleaner .ran it for an hour.it did the trick ,I finished with soft sponge and more cleaner.careful not to scratch the glass. rinse well does the trick.careful with the spinner!
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If you have hard water be sure to use only 1/8 to 1/4 of a scoop and dissolve it well before adding your diapers! That is always plenty to get mine clean with no residue!
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I have a top loader and hard water. I use a full scoop with arm and hammer laundry soda for a full load. With that being said, I do a full cycle: soak, prewash, wash and then the 2 rinses.
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My girlfriend does almost ALL of our loads in cold water and this stuff works wonders. We occasionally have to add some awesome brand cleaner into loads if its a particularly dirty load of baby clothes,we have an 8 month old and she LOVES to make a mess while eating.
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I just purchased and installed the WM2016CW washer. As a complete newb to the front-loader universe, I set out to run the first load of laundry. I was rewarded with water and suds all over the floor. I called customer service in a panic and the rep told me I probably added too much detergent. Fair enough. Crisis averted. She then went on to lecture me that the WM2016CW is not meant to be used with liquid detergent (even if it's HE). She said it should only use powdered detergent. I referred her to the manual and LG's own website which explicitly state that you can use either in the machine. I'm not sure who to believe, but according to at least one LG customer service rep, the detergent of choice should be powdered.
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After you clean it, start using filtered water and this will end your hard water problem. I buy gallon jugs of filtered water and haven't had the problem since I started doing this.
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So far, I am using seventh generation free and clear detergent because I got a great deal on them.. I am planning to use my home made one (borax, washing soda-baking soda and vegetable based bar soap) on them from now on (she is six months) i dis it once a month ago and it seemed fine. I will update this when I do. :)
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Obviously the softer the water, the easier - and denser, the suds will be. We have a well, and extremely hard water - enough that it clogs shower heads and faucets regularly. It foams up great. In fact being honest I didn't notice much of a difference in suds when I lived at my old house (water softener). I would say you're safe, and will be satisfied.
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I have had an older version for a few years and recently decided just to try a little Lysol in the water instead. Suds were EVERYWHERE!! I don't think I ever got them all up. And, ironically the machine stopped working shortly after. I'd stick with the cleaning solution.
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I wrote to Downy at the contact email and just received this reply:"All of our laundry detergents have been thoroughly evaluated and are safe to use in homes with a properly functioning septic system. We know it's important for our consumers to be able to take care of their homes and the environment, too. For more information about cleaning products and septic systems, visit the American Cleaning Institute web site (search on "septic"). I hope this information helps."
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My unit stopped working after only a month. I tried to follow all the steps to fix it, but none of them worked. You may want to see if you have some hard water deposits. I decided to use distilled water to keep the deposits from building up. It worked...until the unit itself stopped working altogether.
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We don't have high efficiency machines, and the detergent works just fine. We use it for cloth diapers and it works great.
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We had bad luck with this pump, it doesn't work very well if it rains hard it doesn't work at all. We have to press on it by hand to make it operate. We use it for our boat.
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Mine has been working for 14 months for a family of four and we haven't purchased laundry detergent in all that time. Purchased the High Efficiency version - ran it for a standard washer for about 4 months and then replaced the washer with a high efficiency 10 months ago. Because it generates the gases when it runs, I see no reason why it won't last for a long time.
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We did. We tried to strip hand-me-down dipes of built up detergent and to get them absorbent again. It didn't work for us. I have heard great things about RLR, but we couldn't seem to get a few packets to work...