BWT Bestsave M Limescale Protection Pad For Coffee Machine And Espresso Machine - Capacity Upto 2 Months or 100 liters

Nearly a decade ago, I sunk about $3,000 into a dual boiler E61 espresso machine that fills from an internal water tank. Not wanting to rack up a lot of down time and expense for repairs, I needed a cost-effective way to prevent limescale from attacking the boilers and other parts of my equipment. We use BWT water filtration jugs to reduce the high mineral content of our well water for drinking. Like the BWT jugs, these ‘Bestsave’ pads remove limescale minerals and ‘sweeten’ the water with trace amounts of magnesium. The result is water that is close to neutral pH, with sufficient mineral content for good coffee extraction and not much production of limescale in the machine. We replace the pad every six to eight weeks. It’s money well spent to minimize scale and corrosion, keep our espresso machine running strong and to optimize the quality of the shots it delivers. It’s the next best thing to a plumbed-in machine with an in-line filtration system.

I use these in the reservoir of my espresso machine to keep the calcium/limescale for plugging up the tiny ports to the espresso head. Replace about every 2 months and so far they've worked perfectly.

Nice filter! i dump this in my Profitech 600 Dual boiler! filter lasts a long time!

Medium size is good for 100 liters at 10 dKh (per BWT’s website). Use some water test strips and an online converter (dKh to ppm perhaps) to figure out how often you have to change this. For me, 6 months. Another tip, try to maximize the time the water is in contact with the filter. For example, top up the reservoir when you go to bed if you will have coffee when you wake up. That way the water sits with the filter for 8 hours. If you just add water and run it, the filter has no time to absorb. My espresso machine heats/steams as well as it did day one, so it seems to work as far as I can tell.

This really helps avoid mineral lines in the tank. I change it monthly.

Lassted almost an additional 2 weeks over the 2 month recommended expiration date and seems to have worked very effeciently . There was no residue in the tank and seems to be removing impurities. Will have to see how its bi,omthly replacements works over the next year. At $20 each they are not inexpensive. But so far I am satisfied with the product.

I'm presuming this does what it says (since I don't test my water) but it did lose dark flecks of activated carbon into my espresso machine's water bin after 2 months of use (1 cup per day). Then it did the same thing at the beginning with my next filter, at which point I realized that you have to rinse it out before initial use. My fault for not reading the directions. Evidently they are tasteless and harmless to the espresso machine, but I'll make sure to rinse it first and not use for more than 2 months to try and avoid them.

good stuff hard to find in stock

Perfect for my new Espresso machine.

Tut genau das, was es soll. Die Handhabung ist einfach, das Ergebnis top.

Wird immer mal wieder verwendet in der Siebdruckmaschine, gutes Produkt. M. f. G. Feldhase

Die Kalkschutzpads werden in einer Rancilio Maschine verwendet und funktionieren prima. Man merkt, dass sie arbeiten (Verfärbung) und dass der Kaffee tatsächlich anders schmeckt als ohne das Pad.

alles so wie beschrieben - einzig man muss über die Zeit noch feststellen, ob das Produkt wirklich langfristig dem Wasser den Kalk zuverlässig entzieht.