[OT] Water Conditioners...

[Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiyall,
Further to the recent replacement of our washing machine (as the other
decided that it wanted to eat our clothes and make funny noises!) we
have just got a nice new one... no problems there...

The nice little lady in the shop went rattling on about 'oh you should
realy consider getting some Calgon - we do it the best prices here,
better than Asda even! and it will make your washing machine live
longer' (no she didn't sing that bit - but I had to smile when the tune
went through my head)

The washing machine came with a quick 'dip test stick' to see how hard
the water is, apparently ours is 'hard'. How 'fixed' these tests are I
don't know.

Anyways... to the point...
I've done a little digging on google and found lots of people doing full
on water purifiers / filters that need plumbers to fit (I'm not allowed
to do plumbing!), but have also come across these so called 'water
conditioners' requiring no plumbing in - just wrapping of cables around
pipes.

http://www.scalewatcher.co.uk/index.asp
http://www.waterimp.co.uk/

The thing is - do these things actually work?? and are they any good?
Have any of the 'ukha collective' ever used these things and would like
to share their thoughts? Are water softeners in general worth their money?

Cheers
Wayne.

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