Fact: Harsh cleaning products are no longer necessary. Harsh cleaning products are needed to remove limescale from your coffee machine, shower cubicle, kettle or taps. Softened water no longer contains limescale, so you’ll never need to...

Soft water reduces the amount of soap, shampoo and cleaning products used. Is it really true that softened water means you use less soap and detergent? Yes, that is indeed the case. One of the properties of limescale is that it makes soap, shampoo and cleaning products...

Do we already have soft water in the Netherlands? It depends on how you look at it. If you compare it with other countries, there is very little limescale in the water here in the Netherlands. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t experience any problems with limescale in your tap water. In the Netherlands...

Fact: A Mooiwater water softener uses very little salt to clean the resin (regeneration). That’s a good question, of course. Over time, the resin inside the water softener becomes saturated and needs to be rinsed. Salt is used for this. Because our water softeners...

Myth: Using salt is bad for the environment. A water softener is good for the environment because it significantly reduces the use of detergents, cleaning products and personal care products, and even cuts down on the use of descaling agents...

Myth: I’ve run out of salt, which is bad for my water softener. It can happen occasionally that you run out of salt. Usually, the system will still be able to supply several cubic metres of softened water, but eventually you’ll run out of soft water. You’ll notice this straight away because soft water really...

Fact: Water softening salt is suitable for human consumption We are sometimes asked whether water softening salt is also suitable for human consumption. Our water softening salt is a very pure form of salt, free from any possible impurities, and is therefore perfectly...

Myth: Softened water tastes salty. To soften tap water, the minerals calcium and magnesium are removed from the water and replaced with the mineral sodium. It is only when sodium combines with chlorine that it forms salt (NaCl) and therefore tastes...

Myth: It doesn’t matter which type of salt you use for water softening. Mooiwater’s water softeners have a very long service life. That is why we offer guarantees ensuring trouble-free operation for up to 20 years. However, it is essential that very pure salt is used...

Myth: A water softener causes water consumption to rise significantly due to regular backwashing. A ‘Mooiwater’ water softener only backwashes the resin in the cylinder when necessary. The frequency of this backwashing depends on the size of the water softener and the local water hardness, and...

A Mooiwater water softener can easily be moved. As our customers are, without exception, very satisfied with our water softeners and wouldn’t want to be without them, the question often arises when moving house as to whether the water softener can be taken along. Well….

Fact: The resin used is not a natural product and has a very long service life. The resin used in our water softeners is not a naturally occurring resin and is neither soft nor liquid. The resin used by Mooiwater is a special synthetic resin of the highest...

Does soft water damage copper pipes? A frequently asked question. Does demineralised water damage copper pipes? We would even go so far as to put it the other way round. In fact, demineralised water is good for copper pipes. This has been extensively researched and proven (by TNO. U...

Fact: Soft water removes existing limescale. A water softener removes limescale from the water, but does it also remove limescale that is already present? This is correct, which is why soft water is sometimes referred to as ‘aggressive water’ in trade journals. That may not sound...

Myth: The hardness of tap water must be at least 5.6 dH. The Drinking Water Decree states that water companies must not reduce the hardness of drinking water to below 5.6odH. However, Vitens, amongst others, supplies tap water with a much lower hardness. For example, in Epe. The...

Myth: Water quality in the Netherlands is high, so a water softener is unnecessary. We often hear people say: ‘The water quality in the Netherlands is excellent, so I don’t need a water softener.’ If we look at the quality of Dutch water, there is...

Fact: All water softeners operate without electricity. This may sound strange, as various suppliers of water softeners place a great deal of emphasis on the supposed differences between electricity-free (mechanical) and non-electricity-free models...

Myth: Soft water is corrosive and bad for your pipes. Soft water is gentle on your pipes, just as it is on your skin. It would be rather strange if dermatologists recommended a water softener if you suffer from, say, eczema, but your pipes didn’t benefit from it...

Fact: MooiWater’s water softeners feature a dry salt reservoir. All our water softeners use salt efficiently (100%), resulting in the lowest possible running costs. The system achieves this by calculating daily whether a regeneration (rinse cycle) of...

Facts and myths overview MYTH: Magnetic water softeners have the same effect as ion-based water softeners. Mooiwater’s water softeners work on the principle of ion exchange. Put simply, salt is used to remove limescale from the water (Ca2+ and...

FACT: Power-free water softeners with a single resin cylinder regularly produce hard water. Power-free water softeners usually come with two resin cylinders. This makes sense, as the resin cylinders are flushed as soon as they have processed a preset number of litres of water...

Myth: Power-free water softeners are better. Suppliers of power-free water softeners make all sorts of claims to give you the impression that power-free water softeners are better than other types of water softener. Because our Duplex is also a power-free...

Fact: Only our Premium range features a disinfection module (chlorination). The water softeners in our Comfort and Excellent ranges do not have a disinfection module, and we’d like to explain why this isn’t necessary. When the resin in your water softener is saturated...

Facts and myths overview Fact: Mooiwater water softeners are highly efficient and therefore very economical with salt. Mooiwater’s water softeners are highly efficient. We’d like to explain how our advanced water softeners achieve this. With every water softener on the market...

Myth: The interval between two rinse cycles (regeneration) must not exceed 6 days. It is not true that the interval between two rinse cycles (regeneration) of the water softener must not exceed 6 days. The key point is that water must not be left standing for too long in...

Myth: Water softeners with two resin cylinders are better. When the resin is being rinsed, a water softener from Mooiwater temporarily stops supplying softened water. Fortunately, this only lasts a short while and happens just once every few weeks (depending on the type of water softener...

FACT: Electricity and water go hand in hand. Our water softeners are connected to the mains so that various settings can be adjusted and monitored, such as water consumption, holiday mode, the number of rinse cycles carried out, the amount of water...

Electric water softeners offer more advantages than non-electric water softeners. Non-electric water softeners, of course, do not use any electricity. The ‘Mooiwater’ water softener does use electricity, but is extremely energy-efficient. The maximum power consumption of...

Is a water softener unhealthy? Is a water softener unhealthy? Good question. During the water softening process, two minerals are always removed from the water. These are calcium and magnesium. Both are very important for humans, so at first glance...

Facts and myths overview MYTH: A chlorine-based disinfection module requires less maintenance. The system is cleaned during every regeneration cycle. As this is carried out using a 100% salt solution, the cleaning process is extremely thorough. Bacteria cannot withstand this...

Facts and myths overview MYTH: A chlorine-based disinfection module is needed to prevent bacterial growth and Legionella. During normal use, bacteria – including Legionella – will not be able to grow in your pipes or in your water softener. However...

MYTH: Softened water is bad for my blood pressure. The fact is that softened water contains more sodium (a component of salt) than hard water. But do read on! Sodium is used to soften tap water. This is because sodium is a component of...

What is the difference between our water softeners and magnetic water softeners? To answer the question straight away, ours actually work. Read below to find out why resin-based water softeners work and magnetic water softeners do not. Genuine water softeners work on the principle of...

Can soft water help reduce my skin problems? The calcium particles in hard water are one of the reasons why the skin becomes dry. A water softener removes these calcium particles from the water, making the softened water much gentler on the skin. Many people find that...

MYTH: The finer the resin, the more efficient the water softening Water softeners that use resin remove limescale from the water through ion exchange. This might get a bit technical, but the gist of it is that the Calcium²⁺ and Magnesium²⁺ are exchanged for...

MYTH: The hardness of tap water changes regularly. The water that comes out of your tap is very stable in composition. This is because water companies do everything they can to keep it as stable as possible. They are, in fact, strictly...

FEIT: Mooiwater ontharders zijn 100% efficiënt, minder zoutverbruik kan niet! Het zoutverbruik van een ontharder bepaalt de efficiency van het apparaat. Bij alle (echte!) waterontharders die op de markt verkrijgbaar zijn (Tijdgestuurd, Volumegestuurd of een...

FEIT: Automatische aanpassing aan veranderende waterhardheid is onzin Het water dat bij je uit de kraan komt is heel stabiel van samenstelling. Dit komt omdat waterleidingbedrijven alles op alles zetten om dit zo stabiel mogelijk te houden. Zij worden namelijk...

Soft water can help alleviate skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Did you know that a water softener can help alleviate skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis? We explain how this works below. A water softener provides limescale-free water. Because the limescale is removed from the...