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  • #16
    Re: Brita Jug filtered water

    Greg,

    Brita filters remove some hardness - but by no means all (Brita do not recommend the water for steam irons for example)....

    And in hard water areas (like Adelaide and here in Perth is probably the worst....) the ability to remove calcium is very short lived... expended well before the filter is exhausted in removing all the other nasties...

    I always used Brita water in a SS kettle...(for making tea - not instant coffee :) and within a week or two there was quite a build up of scale.... requiring the citric acid treatment to restore the shiny interior.

    Since having the La Cimbali, all tea is now made from the hot water outlet - with softened water (ion exchange) - and the tea tastes much better than the boiled Brita filtered water ever did..... yep, dont mind the occasional cup of tea

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    • #17
      Re: Brita Jug filtered water

      Originally posted by JavaB link=1170499065/15#15 date=1170855352
      Greg,

      Brita filters remove some hardness - but by no means all (Brita do not recommend the water for steam irons for example)....
      Thats news to me.... this is from Britas website:


      BRITA Filters Jugs soften the water by removing the carbonate hardness. So BRITA water will prolong the life of your kettle, coffee-maker and steam iron.


      Certainly, Im sure the company is talking about average water supplies, and Adelaide has notoriously hard water. Nonetheless, preventing limescale is as much a selling point and feature of Brita as actual filtration.

      --Robusto

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      • #18
        Re: Brita Jug filtered water

        Robusto

        From the Btita FAQ:


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        Is BRITA filtered water suitable for steam irons?

        BRITA water is preferable to tap water for use in steam irons. However most steam irons (with an aluminium base) recommend de-mineralised water for optimum performance
        Unquote

        Unfortunately I cant find the other website (not an actual Brita one but a third party who tested filters)..... where they gave levels of pollutants remaining.... Brita was excellent at just about everything but left some calcium carbonates and other metallic compounds in the water.....

        The level was significantly reduced - but the volume it could treat was also lower when it came to hardness - and the harder the water (Adelaide and Perth)- the smaller this volume .

        Certainly worth using, and with a single boiler machine, an occasional descale would remove the reduced build up easily.....

        But if I had an expensive prosumer (on a tank) then it might be worth getting something slightly better.

        Just get a SS kettle, clean it first with citric acid, boil the Brita filtered water in it a few times a day...... for a few weeks..... and then check the inside.

        I dont know how bad it will be elsewhere- but here in Perth there will be a noticeable build up of scale....

        And a dual undersink filter (which we now use for cooking and drinking water) is even worse - in fact the review said they remove no hardness at all.

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        • #19
          Re: Brita Jug filtered water

          I think the point JavaB is that you said BRITA itself does not recommend its filters for steam irons, whereas on its own website it does.

          --Robusto

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          • #20
            Re: Brita Jug filtered water

            Robusto...

            Depends where you look. :-/

            The FAQ I quoted above is the BRITA FAQ (from the BRITA Australian website)

            The good news for Sunbeam 69XX users is they do recommend it for irons which are all stainless steel - and the 69XX have SS lined thermoblocks.

            But in any case, it is better than just straight tap water.... at least for a while.

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            • #21
              Re: Brita Jug filtered water

              Originally posted by JavaB link=1170499065/15#19 date=1170886222
              The good news for Sunbeam 69XX users is they do recommend it for irons which are all stainless steel - and the 69XX have SS lined thermoblocks.
              And a Anti Calc Filter as well :-)

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              • #22
                Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                Originally posted by JavaB link=1170499065/15#17 date=1170884316
                Just get a SS kettle, clean it first with citric acid, boil the Brita filtered water in it a few times a day...... for a few weeks..... and then check the inside.

                I dont know how bad it will be elsewhere- but here in Perth there will be a noticeable build up of scale....
                Im in Brisbane and Ive been using Brita filtered water in our SS kettle for almost 6 months, and its still as clean and shiny as when new. So Ive got no hesitations with using it in my machine.

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                • #23
                  Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                  For those interested in water hardness is Capital Cities, this is the maximum level (varies with seasons. actual location etc) in mg/litre

                  Melbourne 26
                  Darwin 31
                  Hobart 34
                  Sydney 60
                  Brisbane 100
                  Adelaide 148
                  Perth 226

                  MMMM... Perth water you can almost chew :!!!

                  No wonder we have such a problem with reduction in water hardness

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                  • #24
                    Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                    Originally posted by Greg Pullman link=1170499065/0#14 date=1170854689
                    Correct me if Im wrong... but I recall certain well-respected CSers saying that Brita filtered water shouldnt be used for coffee machines? Only softened water or something along those lines. Im still an offender in this regard but seems Im not alone?
                    My Expobar has a softener cartridge, so I have that as well as the Brita water.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                      ...not to mention the recent article in The West where some areas had over 1200mg/L (I think it was) of pollutants in the water!

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                      • #26
                        Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                        Originally posted by Greg Pullman link=1170499065/15#24 date=1170905359
                        ...not to mention the recent article in The West where some areas had over 1200mg/L (I think it was) of pollutants in the water!
                        Yep, Perth people like body in our water as well as our red wines

                        Ive been examining the water quality report for WA (2006)...

                        Some more interesting hardness figures:

                        Augusta maximum last year 395 mg/l (however they had a minimum of 51mg/l)

                        but Esperance takes the cake with a minimum of 329mg/l and a maximum of 336mg/l......

                        Very hard water is considered to be >120mg/l

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                        • #27
                          Re: Brita Jug filtered water

                          Melbourne keeps boasting it has the worlds best water....

                          I have no opinion about that -- To me, it smells noticeably chlorinated, whereas decades ago it didnt.

                          BUT, when it comes to hardness, it is very acceptable. We use it in the electric kettle and there is barel any limescale. Certainly not enought to saturate the element.

                          Nonetheless, I still use Brita filtered water in the coffee machine.

                          You cant take enough precautions!!

                          --Robusto

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