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I found this thing that claims to be a softener. Does anybody know how it works or if it even would?

Sorry forgot the link...
http://www.equinox-products.com/HardnessMaster.htm

I can't comment on the science behind it. However, assuming it works, it looks as though it would do quite a number on your pipes after a period of time. It looks like one of my arteries after a few Big Macs

yeah seriously if it collects all the crap where does it go?? lol that's a dumb design...

Actually, it doesn't claim to be a softener. It claims that it will prevent hardness from causing scale on pipes. For these claims to be valid it would have to modify the chemical properties of calcium, magnesium and carbonate ions by means of its modulated magnetic field (which they say is weaker than the magnetic field of the earth). Were we born yesterday? These units have been sold for several years now i.e. long enough that if there were anything to the claims the basic phenomenon would have been written up in scientific journals and included in textbooks by now. AFAIK they haven't. If the "technology" worked, municipal water suppliers would be using it rather than dosing their product with chemicals to prevent scale deposition in their mains.

Does it strike no one as strange that the device isn't protected by a patent?

Is there any reason that no one mentioned this product is called The HardnessMaster(tm)

Please note: the hardness master has the stated dimensions of 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 inches (82x80x60mm).

thatguy314 wrote:Is there any reason that no one mentioned this product is called The HardnessMaster(tm)

Please note: the hardness master has a dimensions of 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 inches (82x80x60mm)

so apparently its not the length its the Girth

I figured as much. Anything that sounds to good...