Magnets and Water - Who could've Dreamed a Better

[washer111]

Combination...

Who would've thought that those pesky little metal things in your refrigerator gasket could actually "remove" hardness, salinity and other "troublesome" minerals from your water...

Personally, sounds too good to be true, despite positive reviews on ABC Australia's Landline and testimonials (who believes them?)

Anyone care to share some opinions?

http://www.hydrosmart.com.au

 

[tomturbomatic]

Back in the 80s, friends in Florida went with a similar system to soften their well water only then the term was "anode" which was supposed to do something to the minerals. Long story short, they still had hard water mineral buildup in the usual places. Fortunately lighting hit it and it was replaced with something that actually worked, a water softener.

 

[iheartmaytag]

Though I have no personal experience, I have read that these are not that effective. Though they do work somewhat, just enough to get their claim past the truth in advertising people; they will not be as effective as a mechanical softener.

 

[petek]

I remember these things being all the rage back in the 80's as well.. Nought new to look at here .   

A few adages come to mind. 

If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.. 

A fool and his money is soon parted. 

 

[tomturbomatic]

Or from Alexander Pope:

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

I'm afraid those of us who value high performing washers, dishwashers and some other apppliances might fall into the category mentioned in the second line.

 

[whirlcool]

Is this the same thing as the "laundry pure" filter that is supposed to clean your laundry without detergents?

 

[perc-o-prince]

Apples and.... oranges?

One must tap one's head quizzically when presented with before and after pix that aren't equal. The first two are showing the algae removal from a creek and a duck pond in two different locations. It's odd that both "before" pictures show the water completely at rest; mirror-like. Both "after" pix show water that's moving, based on the surface rippling.

Chuck (not attaching magnets to my car's fuel line either!)

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/gas-mileage/1802932

 

[washer111]

Good-Gawd!

I just found one of the pictures are completely BALONY. Hey Hydrosmart? You've forgotten to remove the date-stamp on one of your pictures - namely the burramundi tank. One tank is filthy, taken on the 12th of a month. The after photo is taken from a different pond, same day and 1 minute later.

How can they explain that?

I might have to send them an e-mail to highlight their fraud. I wonder whether their testimonials are real or not... i.e. Some are saying they don't have to "acid wash" water fountains or dishwashers AS OFTEN as before - so obviously they still have to, meaning the Hydrosmart (which claims to be effective), isn't quite at the 100% effectiveness level (I think I read that these systems only work around the area of 70% efficiency).

What about some of the other examples? GMH factory the humidifier shot. They are two different pictures, since one of them actually looks similar to a a/c filter.

The dishwasher. Two different compartments OR EVEN MACHINES! One has some water pipe travelling to the top left corner, the other, it is going to the bottom left.

I am seriously doubting this Hydrosmart thing. How is it "Science" showing those photos, they aren't even of the same thing, and according to my 15 year-old Science class knowledge, that constitutes an UN-FAIR test! Gotcha Hydrosmart.

I think I'll write my e-mail now :-D

http://www.hydrosmart.com.au/examples.html

 

[washer111]

Here's some more terrifying info about Hydrosmart:

Some of the TV segments from gardening shows actually just restate what the Hydrosmart website has already stated.

Despite being awarded a number of times by various agencies for it's effectiveness, I'm still skeptical about it all...

 

[washer111]

Well, its over a day since I sent a neutral e-mail to those Hydro-Smart people.

No response.

I pointed out to them their lack of actual Scientistic backing the product (instead they feature "Hydrosmart" branded experiments conducted by unnamed individuals at various Aussie universities and positive testimonials), as well as those flawed examples we discussed earlier.

If anyone would like to see a copy of the message I sent to them, please don't hesitate to ask me thru this discussion, and I shall post it (Who wants to have to sieve thru useless info unless it's requested?)

By the way, in a 2003 Channel 7 News Report, Hydrosmart were apparently going to go ahead and tackle salinity in the Murray-Darling river system. Well, 9 years later, we still haven't heard about this. Maybe governments are skeptical and are happier implementing standard water pumping solutions (pump water away and into naturally life-less areas), which probably cost less than Hydrosmart - apparently over $10,000 per system for a large application such as this :-(