Re: Descaling kettles.

Yes I knew about the vinegar also Bicarbonate of soda but surely lemon juice is better as vinegar leaves a smell.

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Honestly no smell Maursey, just rinse twice and par boil
No cleaning after needed

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We tend to use lemon in the ketter but vineger in the shower head.
Vineger is also safe for cleaning things like dog beds and bird cages (as long as its diluted)
A denture tablet in the loo now and then keeps it sparkly clean..

Ive given up using all those expensive sprays and cleaners, better for the planet, better for OH's asthma, and better for my purse!

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No smell left after vinegar as long as you rinse well, what I like about vinegar is I can keep a couple of bottles in the cupboard for ages whereas lemons have to be bought fresh.

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Julie. I don't use fresh lemons. I use mine from the bottle. Always have plenty of it as I use it in my cooking a lot.

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I'm too allergic so we don't have fruit in the house, safer that way sadly. I would worry too much having even a bottle of it.

Re: Descaling kettles.

Surely kettles are disposable items these days? Rightly or wrongly they are dirt cheap. Cheaper to throw away and buy new surely?

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What ?
Just because they need a clean - I clean mine out once a week

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Terrible idea, even at a fiver many of us couldn't just throw one away every month or so. Our kettles last well over a year sometimes two, even the cheap ones.

Re: Descaling kettles.

I have to conclude that some of the posters here have very hard (or is it soft?) water.

My kettles last many many years. I've probably had 3 kettles in the last 15 years if not longer. I never get any "bits" in the bottom, no scale, no calcification etc.

I thought those with water supplies that lead to scale problems tend to have de-scaling units attached to their water systems. Is this not true? If your water is clogging up kettles then it presumably is doing the same to your dishwasher, washing machine, hot-water tank and so on.
If that were the case surely you would fit some kind of hard-water unit rather than try to keep de-scaling everything. I assume I am missing something.