In chi.general Ajanta wrote:
Please help! I am no tech genius and need to buy a shower-head. When I
went to Consumer Reports, it ranks them according to whether the water
is hard or soft. So, is Chicago water hard or soft? Thanks.

consider it hard.

But who **** cares. You clean a shower head with a cup of vinegar. It
takes like 5 minutes.

why the hell anybody would waste time "testing" the water is beyond me.