diff --git a/src/blackcore/application.cpp b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
index 2d2042f6b..c2e85f6b3 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/application.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
         if (msgs.isEmpty()) { return false; }
         if (!msgs.hasErrorMessages())  { return false; }
         CApplication::cmdLineErrorMessage(
-            msgs.toFormattedQString(true)
+            msgs.toQString(true)
         );
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp b/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
index db206962f..49200f108 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/db/databasereaderconfig.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace BlackCore
                 QStringLiteral(" ") %
                 CEntityFlags::flagToString(this->getEntities()) %
                 QStringLiteral(" ") %
-                this->m_cacheLifetime.toFormattedQString(i18n);
+                this->m_cacheLifetime.toQString(i18n);
         }
 
         CEntityFlags::Entity CDatabaseReaderConfig::getEntities() const
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/hotkeydialog.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/hotkeydialog.cpp
index 9231eae07..7f6c2cc41 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/hotkeydialog.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/hotkeydialog.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CHotkeyDialog::combinationSelectionChanged(const CHotkeyCombination &combination)
         {
-            ui->pb_SelectedHotkey->setText(combination.toFormattedQString());
+            ui->pb_SelectedHotkey->setText(combination.toQString());
         }
 
         void CHotkeyDialog::combinationSelectionFinished(const CHotkeyCombination &combination)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CHotkeyDialog::synchronizeSimpleSelection()
         {
-            ui->pb_SelectedHotkey->setText(m_actionHotkey.getCombination().toFormattedQString());
+            ui->pb_SelectedHotkey->setText(m_actionHotkey.getCombination().toQString());
         }
 
         void CHotkeyDialog::synchronizeAdvancedSelection()
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
index 30e17c0b4..e37d323e2 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
@@ -134,22 +134,22 @@ namespace BlackGui
             static const CIcon iconRadio(CIcon::iconByIndex(CIcons::StandardIconRadio16));
             static const CIcon iconAttitude(CIcon::iconByIndex(CIcons::AviationAttitudeIndicator));
 
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("latitude", s.latitude().toFormattedQString(), iconLatLng);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("longitude", s.longitude().toFormattedQString(), iconLatLng);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("latitude", s.latitude().toQString(), iconLatLng);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("longitude", s.longitude().toQString(), iconLatLng);
             this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("altitude", s.getAltitude().valueRoundedWithUnit(CLengthUnit::ft(), 2), iconAlt);
             if (s.hasGroundElevation())
             {
                 this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("elevation", s.getGroundElevation().valueRoundedWithUnit(CLengthUnit::ft(), 2), iconAlt);
             }
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("pitch", s.getPitch().toFormattedQString(), iconAttitude);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("bank", s.getBank().toFormattedQString(), iconAttitude);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("heading", s.getHeading().toFormattedQString(), s.getHeading().toIcon());
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("ground speed", s.getGroundSpeed().toFormattedQString(), s.getGroundSpeed().toIcon());
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("pitch", s.getPitch().toQString(), iconAttitude);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("bank", s.getBank().toQString(), iconAttitude);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("heading", s.getHeading().toQString(), s.getHeading().toIcon());
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("ground speed", s.getGroundSpeed().toQString(), s.getGroundSpeed().toIcon());
 
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM1 active", c1.getFrequencyActive().toFormattedQString(), iconRadio);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM2 active", c2.getFrequencyActive().toFormattedQString(), iconRadio);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM1 standby", c1.getFrequencyStandby().toFormattedQString(), iconRadio);
-            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM2 standby", c2.getFrequencyStandby().toFormattedQString(), iconRadio);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM1 active", c1.getFrequencyActive().toQString(), iconRadio);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM2 active", c2.getFrequencyActive().toQString(), iconRadio);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM1 standby", c1.getFrequencyStandby().toQString(), iconRadio);
+            this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("COM2 standby", c2.getFrequencyStandby().toQString(), iconRadio);
             this->addOrUpdateLiveDataByName("Transponder", ownAircraft.getTransponderCodeFormatted(), iconRadio);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
index 05399555f..43b1652d1 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     template<class K, class V> QString qmapToString(const QMap<K, V> &map)
     {
         QString s;
-        const QString kv("%1: %2 ");
+        static const QString kv("%1: %2 ");
         QMapIterator<K, V> i(map);
         while (i.hasNext())
         {
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             QString toQString(bool i18n = false) const { return derived()->convertToQString(i18n); }
 
             //! Cast to pretty-printed QString
+            //! \deprecated not really used and just using toQString
             QString toFormattedQString(bool i18n = false) const { return derived()->toQString(i18n); }
 
             //! To std string
@@ -253,15 +254,17 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             Derived *derived() { return static_cast<Derived *>(this); }
         };
 
+        // *INDENT-OFF*
         /*!
          * When a derived class and a base class both inherit from Mixin::String,
          * the derived class uses this macro to disambiguate the inherited members.
          */
 #       define BLACKMISC_DECLARE_USING_MIXIN_STRING(DERIVED)                \
-    using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toQString;           \
-    using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toFormattedQString;  \
-    using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toStdString;         \
-    using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::stringForStreaming;
+            using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toQString;           \
+            using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toFormattedQString;  \
+            using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::toStdString;         \
+            using ::BlackMisc::Mixin::String<DERIVED>::stringForStreaming;
+        // *INDENT-ON*
     } // ns
 } // ns
 
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
index eeb3c41c7..c4e02ab05 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         using Mixin::String<Derived>::toQString;
 
         //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::String::toFormattedQString
+        //! \deprecated not really used and just using toQString
         using Mixin::String<Derived>::toFormattedQString;
 
         //! \copydoc BlackMisc::Mixin::String::toStdString