I have very hard well water, it tastes great, and while I have to use
a little more soap and laundry detergent, I dont want a softner. *The
few bucks extra I spent on soap, is far less than all that salt. *Ya,
I do have to clean that rust from the toilet bowl, but thats a small
price to pay.

LM

I have to disagree with you. I have two places, one has a softener
and the other one doesn't. The water pretty much sucks in both
places. Sure I can drink the water and pretend that I like it, but I
don't, I either drink bottled water or filtered water. When I take a
shower sure I get clean, but I much rather shower at the place with
the softener, I feel so much better(cleaner) than taking a shower
with rusty water. As far as scrubbing the toilet, that doesn't matter
much to me( that's woman's work ) No one sold me on a softener, it
was in the house when I bought it, but given the choice I'll take a
water softener with hard water any day of the week and spend a few
extra dollars a month for salt rather than have to live with crappy
water and pretend that I like it.