Am in a hard water area and my bathroom bath tub hot water faucet, which is fed by a combination boiler, has got essentially gone bust after 1 year. Plumber said the quality of the tap wasn't that great to start with. However, it could be simply coz of the hard water.
Anyway, in my research for a water softener I have come across this item
Cheers Hiro London, UK
No. These aren't effective. They've been on the market for years and testing has found they don't work. Take a look at this article - you'll see the same claims have been made before, and under testing have been found to be groundless:
HellT
Hmmm.... report says "Perhaps" to magnets and "Definitely yes" to conventional methods....
however, no doubt there are con artists around...
I believe I could build one of these babies myself and sell on ebay for half the price...
Okay... so I have a Perhaps on the magnetic stuff from that link...
What about a Calmag Polyphosphate ( CalPhos ) device. Does anyone if that does the job?
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Why are you looking at the snake oil crap instead of just getting a conventional water softner that we all know works?
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