Steamers with limescale protection
prices on 20 modelsLimescale protection
— system that prevents the formation of scale inside the steamer boiler.\Scale – insoluble limescale – produces several undesirable effects at once. Firstly, it reduces the efficiency of the heating element, and over time it can completely disable it. Secondly, particles of scale can peel off the surface of the boiler and contaminate the pipelines, hoses and nozzles of the device. Thirdly, when they get on the surface or on the clothes to be steamed, such particles can form new contaminants, sometimes they are very difficult to remove. Scale is formed especially quickly when using "hard" water, with a high content of calcium salts; however, even "soft" water is not insurance against this phenomenon.
To avoid all this, modern models provide limescale protection. This feature is usually performed by a special filter that removes calcium salts from the water; in other words, scale still settles in the apparatus, however, not on critical structural elements, but on a part specially designed for this purpose. It is worth taking into account that filters have a limited resource and require periodic replacement (and the harder the water, the more often such a replacement have to be done).