At the moment I am not using my Brewtus 2, due to recent illness and old
age. I would like to start using it again and I am going to have to go
through the learning curve again.
If your tap water has a hardness of 100, that is not bad. Of course 30
is better. I think by tap water hardness is about 150, and when I lived
in Fairbanks, Alaska (for 45 years) it was about 250. I think if my tap
water hardness was 100 I would not both with a softener and would deal
with descaling when necessary. That would probably be several years.
Allen
On 4/18/2013 10:56 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Allen,
You say you have a Brewtus 2 which suggests you've had it for at least
a few years. I understood that if we don't do *something* with the
water before it enters the machine, we will have lots of problems with
scale causing some major performance issues. Perhaps you haven't had
that which is very good for you.
BTW, I did some testing with a home aquarium kit and found the following:
Distilled Water (base test) - 0 parts per million on total hardness
tap water without the filter - 100 parts per million
water after going through the BestMax filter - 30 parts per million
This is a cartridge that needs replacing so that's not bad performance.
On Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:50:51 PM UTC-5, Allen wrote:
I do not know. I do not use water softening and do not use the device
that came with my Brewtus2.
Allen
On 4/18/2013 10:11 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I posted this question on another site and although it got
plenty of
> views, not a single person offered their opinion. Perhaps this
group
> here is a bit more enthusiastic.
>
> I use a cartridge based Bestmax water filter/softener system for my
> Expobar. It is supposed to remove hardness etc. that causes havoc
> inside the machine. I'm at the stage where I will need to
replace the
> cartridge and they are not cheap. They are incredibly convenient
but
> not cheap.
>
> Of course there are also the salt based systems that do not need
> replacement cartridges. They only need replacement salt which is
> pretty cheap.
>
> What are the thoughts on the two systems? Is the salt system really
> that much of a hassle to recharge? How often do they need to be
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