On 30/11/2016 14:05, Huge wrote:
On 2016-11-30, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/11/2016 11:21, Eusebius wrote:
I have moderately hard water and it would be good to use a water softener. I like the idea of an electronic one that doesn't add chemicals. It descales the pipes and taps as I understand.

Vulcan 3000 has been recommended to me by my bathroom showroom. It's around £600 and there are cheaper alternatives.

So - how effective is an electronic descaler? Anyone have experiences and views?

Get a real softener, they last many years and give effective results.

Precisely.

And it's perfectly safe to drink softened water.


We chose not to drink softened water, but instead run a reverse osmosis
filter system for drinking water, straight off the hard water supply, we
like it and the kettle never gets any scale. The immersion heater
element was in full time use for over thirty years until I retired it,
still in good order. Washing machine internals are still nearly as new
at twenty years old, washing powder use is very low and clothes are soft
and keep nice colours, shower head never needs descaling. Bubbles to
wash with, the list of advantages go on.
I was raised in a house with an ancient permutit softener, and a
softener was the second or third luxury item we bought when we got our
own house