I'm presuming you've recharged your softener every 3 months or so with salt water (let me know if you need instructions). With doing that (and YES - special water), I haven't changed the softener more than once a year. I bought a pack of three and haven't gone thru them yet. The bigger issue is (as you noted) water quality. I would recommend buying a water quality tester (google for TDS or Total Dissolved Solids) meter. I went through all the bottled waters I could find, but ALL of them have too high a mineral content for protecting my Brewtus II. So now I use a mixture of half Crystal Geyser (a local brand) and half distilled water. The end point for me was finding a bottled water whose taste I liked, and blending it with distilled water to bring TDS down to 30 parts per million. With 30 ppm, I have almost ZERO scale inside my Brewtus after six years. And with only 30 ppm total solids, the softener is almost irrelevant. And the flavor suits me perfectly.
Rob Singler On Jun 28, 8:36 am, Petrisor Nobilu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I just joined this group and I don't have enough words to thank you for > these priceless information. I am the proud and happy owner of a Vario > Grinder and Brewtus IV vibe. My technique is decent and I pay a lot of > attention to the water since my only option is bottled water (the tap water > is extremely hard!). Therefore, I am using, still (I think to upgrade to > everpure claris filter), the softener inside the reservoir. My question is > how many times can I recharge it (the procedure with salt, mentioned in the > manual) before throw it out for good? > > Thanks in advance for your inputs. > > Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
