Bottled Water for kettle and cooking?

[Doesitdrive]

Descaling the kettle was becoming a task needed more often, a friend mentioned they had switched to bottled water.
I started asking around, it seems foreign visitors living here don't trust the water.
A large bulk of home supermarket delivery is bottled water, particularly Chinese, often that is all they order.

Thames water area, the disruption caused by broken mains and sewers as I try to work around the area ib my truck is beyond ridiculous, and seeing the ste that comes out of broken sewers puke inducing.

Been using bottled for couple of weeks now, no scale in kettle, ran out yesterday before work, got home late and forgot it, she waa expecting me to get it but got home late too.

Scale has already started to build up in the kettle this morning.

Now thinking maybe we should use it for cooking too.

Annoying being forced to pay ever increasing water bills for something you dont trust, and paying again.

Guess health is wealth though.

Maybe I should give up London brewed beer too.

The tea is greatly improved, and no scum floating in it which appears if you like builders tea made with tap water.

How much recycled sewage do Thames Water put through the taps ? And how well recycled is it ?

What do Ofwat or whatever actually do except fine water companies for failure and where does that money go ?

Rant over lol,

[NDA]

My water comes from a bore hole and is harder than Tyson Fury. It's like drinking bricks.

I order Volvic mineral water in bulk (quite cheap) for use in kettles and a costly coffee machine.

[ATG]

If you're annoyed with lime scale, fit a water softener.

The only reason some foreign nationals use bottled water for all consumption is because that's what they genuinely needed to do at some point in the past back home. It's now just a habit. There's absolutely no good reason to do it in the UK.

If your tap water tastes like arse, then filtering it or drinking bottled water might be worth it, but there's no sane health concern.

[Doesitdrive]

ATG said:

If you're annoyed with lime scale, fit a water softener.

The only reason some foreign nationals use bottled water for all consumption is because that's what they genuinely needed to do at some point in the past back home. It's now just a habit. There's absolutely no good reason to do it in the UK.

If your tap water tastes like arse, then filtering it or drinking bottled water might be worth it, but there's no sane health concern.

I don't believe you lol, not in the Thames water area, softeners and filters are more faff than bottled.

Sane lol, what evidence do you have, or do you just believe everything you are told ?

[Badda]

ATG said:

If you're annoyed with lime scale, fit a water softener.

The only reason some foreign nationals use bottled water for all consumption is because that's what they genuinely needed to do at some point in the past back home. It's now just a habit. There's absolutely no good reason to do it in the UK.

If your tap water tastes like arse, then filtering it or drinking bottled water might be worth it, but there's no sane health concern.

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

[Mammasaid]

The PH solution for this is the same as for troublesome neighbours....Move.

Come up North, the water's lovely and soft, no limescale and much more space to enjoy.

HTH

[sherman]

Living in Scotland last time I replaced a kettle was because I was changing the colour scheme of the kitchen.

[Bluevanman]

The crap in tap water here in Staffordshire is off the scale

[CLK-GTR]

Reverse Osmosis filter removes limescale along with most of the other junk in tap water.

[AndrewCrown]

Doesitdrive

Have you tried filter water jugs?
These seem to keep Mrs C happy, though during covid she set up a distilled water maker in the scullery.


(Off the scale) very dry

[Doesitdrive]

Badda said:

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

[FiF]

Have a listen

Filters vs tap

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002flj4?partner...

Bottled vs tap

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001j47t?partner...

[Badda]

Doesitdrive said:

Badda said:

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

Haha

[markiii]

Doesitdrive said:

Badda said:

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

not worried about micro plastics then?

[markymarkthree]

Doesitdrive said:

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

In which case buy and fit a softner. They are no “faff”.

[borcy]

Or descaler in bulk.

[Badda]

markiii said:

Doesitdrive said:

Badda said:

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

not worried about micro plastics then?

Think of the facking loved ones >neck jerk<!!!

[tr7v8]

WE have a kettle with a built in filter, solves the problem completely. And Kent water is as hard as nails.

[Wheel Turned Out]

markiii said:

Doesitdrive said:

Badda said:

Precisely this. Save your money / some plastic.

Plastic is supposed to get recycled, whether it does is debatable.
Bit like water quality, would rather look after myself and my loved ones than Plastic.

not worried about micro plastics then?

If the microplastics aren't actually floating around in the tea it must be okay, everyone knows that.

[fttm]

CLK-GTR said:

Reverse Osmosis filter removes limescale along with most of the other junk in tap water.

Our water is dreadful too , water softener helped somewhat but RO system made a huge difference , not expensive and doesn't take up much room either.