I've been trying to work out whether its worth getting one of these scale reducers where you wrap a wire round the pipe and it charges the ions so that the scale doesnt form. Very mixed views so far. has anyone got the definitive answer? Have no room for a softener, and we do suffer from hard water deposits building up on everything. Also will an old loudspeaker magnet do the same job? (The guy who told me this one kept a straight face so I just dont know.............) As always, many thanks to anyone bothering to reply.