How can you tell if your water is soft without buying a test kit?

lili

Usually you can tell when you are trying to wash hair.

Jimmy C

You can tell easily by how much soap or shampoo you need to get a lather.

Artemisia

You can feel the difference. Soft water is like the texture of salt water. Softer than hard water.

ckngbbbls

does its suds up really easily or does it seem like you have to add lots of soap to it to get suds? Thats a simple way of telling although not highly accurate. Here is a link that explains it and talks about types of soap etc. https://www.wikihow.life/Determine-if-You-Have-Hard-Water

John QLD AU

Punch it. If it hurts your hand it's hard. If not, it's soft..

Amy

You can tell if it's hard by looking at your glasses and stuff coming out of the dishwasher. Are there spots all over everything?? Yes, you have hard water. No, you have soft water.

Anonymous

Boil a pot of water until it’s dry. . If it is hard it will leaves calcium deposits it’s hard

Anonymous

Usually you can tell when you are trying to wash hair.

William

i dont think there is a way