In article ,
"GB" writes:
Jim wrote:
Caecilius wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:19:00 -0000, "GB"
wrote:
I need a very small water softener to produce a few litres of soft
water a day

Would one of those Brita water filtering jugs work? They may soften
the water as well as filtering it, because they claim to "reduce
limescale".

We use one with our kettle for exactly this reason: we have very hard
water and the kettle scales up quickly if we don't filter the water
first.

I spoke to Brita. They reckon when the filter is new it will take out 75% of
limescale, and repeating the process takes out 75% of what's left. That
should do me. They don't recommend doing that if you plan to drink the water
though.

Well, I use a Brita filter jug with the kettle in a very hard water
area, and never get any scale in the kettle at all (just checked and
it's bright and shiney inside, and about 10 years old).

I also use the filter much longer (6 months) than you are supposed to
(1 month), but all the water gets boiled afterwards. (It wouldn't be
safe to do this if you use the jug water directlys.)

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