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I'll look into it. Surprisingly this water doesn't seem like the other houses I've lived in with well water and a softener. No crazy stains and our washing machine is super old so its held on for a long time haha.I would get a hardness test and see if you need a water softener in the first place. If you have hard water it will wreak havoc on Fridge water/ice maker, Dishwasher, washing machine, etc over time. Hard water will also leave hard water stains and spots on EVERYTHING!! That's what did it for us (pre-tank setup) the wife was going crazy so I bit the bullet and had a Kinetico installed.
I use the Inline TDS meter on my RO/DI unit. It reads before membrane, after membrane, before Di, after Di.
I know they are not super accurate but it's a reading nonetheless and good baseline to use for changing out cartriges.