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[Iain]

Glad we have lovely 'soft' water on tap up here!

[djac]

We have a water softener for the rest of the house with salt blocks.

This is unsoftened drinking water, and the filter is described as a resin filter, and takes small white resin granules, which keeps the limescale scum off your tea, and also stops the kettle furring up. Sometimes I can get a refill of granules only, but it is still quite pricey. It works well.

I dont follow.  Why not just use 'softened' water for drinking?  The water softener will remove all particles, including lime, so you wont get any problems.... well, shouldnt get any problems anyways?

As I understand it, the softening process can leave the water with much higher sodium levels.

Water softened by a machine is not the same as naturally soft water found in some areas. This is naturally soft because it hasn't filtered and percolated through the chalk layers found in the geology of hard water areas.

In reality its doesn't

The process does not rely on sodium being present all the time, it works by 're-generating' the resin by immersing it in a high salt bath for a period of time.

It then fully rinses the resin with fresh water.

Hence, there is is very little if any left.

And hence also why its perfectly safe to drink.

I'd still rather not  . Even if there is not much (or any) sodium remaining, there is also not much potassium etc, which can have health implications, albeit minor.

There is a fair bit of info on the web about small but noticeable links between water hardness/softness and cardiovascular issues.

[Iain]

The town i live in, we get our water from Loch Katrine,

Fill a bottle from the tap, put it in the fridge and it tastes every bit as good as bottled stuff from a shop..

No issues with the kettle or washing machine etc...

Im glad,could not be bothered with all the filters and limescale etc etc