Whole House Water Filtration/Descaling

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Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good whole house water filter/descaler system?

My water supplier, United Utilities, changed our supply from relatively soft, reservoir water to very hard, clinical-tasting water and I'm seeing deposits on bathroom fittings and in my kettle. I'm more worried about my heatpump and underfloor heating though.

The 3M AP903 seems good as a filter at 76 litres/minute but I'd need a separate descaler. I looked at UK Water Filters' "Whole of House Filter Plus Saltfree Scale Reduction - Larger Homes" at 32 litres/minute which would be fine for a heatpump according to what I've read and one of my showers which flows up to 16 litres/minute plus it does everything in one package but it's half the flow rate of the 3M unit, the filters will cost £700 every two years and 3M is obviously a well-respected brand. There's also Water Filter Man's EcoPlus XL which works out quite a bit cheaper.

I see lots of types of descaler though including simple magnetic inline ones - do they not eventually fur up and need replacing?

Thanks.
 
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I've seen Cistermiser whole house. That was said to work fine.
The magnet ones do nothing
 
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Thanks - I ended up buying the Water Filter Man XL system. Hoping to have it fitted this week so will try and report back on results. Can't wait to have a decent coffee in the morning again without the smell of chlorine/bleach!
 

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