Water filtering

[Mojooo]

At work we have SEVERE hardwater. Last time I descaled the kettle it started scaling up on the first boil.

The limescale has gotten so bad that it is affecting the taste of the drinks.

I was considering getting a new kettle and also getting a Brita filter type jug and aksing people to use filtered water to make their drinks with.

I have since seen you can buy filter kettle which seem to do the same job with the filter inside the kettle.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

Does anyone have one of these types of kettles? Recommended?

Will they reduce limescale and will they work if there is no filter inside?

Also in real terms what am I looking to be using on actual filter, if you assume a FULL kettle is boiled say 5 times a day (obivously the kettle gets used more times a day but I imagine the filter useage is measure din how much water goes through)

[Toyless]

You may be better off using one of the mains supplied kits. Bit more hassle to implement, but you end up with a soft water tap and no filter jug that people seem to avoid filling back up after use.

[netherfield]

And nobody can be arsed to buy more or change the filter.

[Mojooo]

I cannot use a permanent fitting like on the tap because its a large office and the managers prob wont allow it (i.e its not in my control)

[mrsxllifts]

The kettles with filters are rubbish in my humble opinion. They are too complicated to use in an office type environment, the one we had, you had to switch where the water was going and most people just couldn't be arsed. A jug filter would be ok, but as said most people won't be arsed to fill it up so will sling the kettle under the tap. Maybe one of the large water tank things may work but again it would be a reeducation thing, how about a big urn type thing that is one persons job to fill up with correct water in morning? Sorry can't be more help.

[Mojooo]

I think I will go with the largest filter jug I can find

That way we have a large source of water.

[mrsxllifts]

I have a brita maxtra (sp) tank type at home with a tap on it, sits in fridge but could go on a work top. Holds about 10 pints of water compared to 2-3 in a jug.

[Mojooo]

Only thing is if you have a big unit on the worktop I guess you will still need a jug to fill that up with!

I also question whether people will use thet water 'in the tank' if its stuff that has been there even overnight.

[Jazoli]

Have a word with your H&S dept, tell them you think a kettle is too dangerous, then get work to supply a hot/cold mains fed water cooler!

I fit them everyday in offices as my job, you will not get decent results from a jug with a filter in it to be honest, you need a 1 micron taste and odour reduction filter, and a scale reducing filter ideally.

You could also fit an ambient tap on the sink somewhere (with filtration under the sink)then just fill the kettle from that

[Mojooo]

We have a mains fed water cooler - which must be filtered - but it drips out water very slowly and would be awkward to fill the kettle up with.

We also have a wall mounted unit that spits out (kind of) hot water. About 60% of people prob use this machine and the other 40% use the kettle. The wall unit doesnt filter water as far as a I know because it seems to be limescaled but it may just filter out what it can.

All I wanna do is slow down the rate at which the kettle limescales up and ends up making the water/tea tase nasty.

[Jazoli]

Mojooo said:

We have a mains fed water cooler - which must be filtered - but it drips out water very slowly and would be awkward to fill the kettle up with.

We also have a wall mounted unit that spits out (kind of) hot water. About 60% of people prob use this machine and the other 40% use the kettle. The wall unit doesnt filter water as far as a I know because it seems to be limescaled but it may just filter out what it can.

All I wanna do is slow down the rate at which the kettle limescales up and ends up making the water/tea tase nasty.

The wall mounted one won't be filtered, you don't want to know what's going on inside it

It is a difficult one, I wouldn't want to relying on anybody else to fill the kettle with the filtered water, you could fill your cup from the cooler, have your own mini kettle (you know like you get in hotel rooms) and fill that from the cooler!

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