Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel with Glass Collection

Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel with Glass Collection

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Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel with Glass Collection Details

• One-year Warrantee
• 4 gallons per day output.
• Auto-Safety Shut-Off
• UL Approved
• True Steam Distiller

Customer Reviews of Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel with Glass Collection

Customer Review: It's still better than the stuff coming out of the tap.
Summary: 5 Stars

The negatives: The cooling fan on top is pretty loud. It's not loud like, say, an air-conditioner, but it's still pretty loud and can be heard a room and a hallway away. It's not loud enough to disrupt conversation, though. In addition, the distiller is larger than it looks in the photo. This isn't an item you can easily shove to the side of the counter when it's not in use, but if you're like me and make a couple gallons a day for drinking, cooking, and ice cubes, it will be in frequent-enough use to justify the space. A dedicated area for it, like a TV-Tray somewhere in the corner, is perfect.

The positives: The collection jug fits inside the main distiller chamber when not in use, and that helps a lot with counter space. The amount of water that fits in the collection jug is also the exact amount to hit the fill-line inside the main chamber. That's a bonus, because you don't have left-over water to pour out, nor do you have to make multiple trips. I'd expect it to be that way, but real convenience like that isn't often considered by manufacturers. In addition, the charcoal filter chamber is very easy to manage and fit the filter. The design is also quite simple and easy to clean, not complicated with weird flaps and parts like some other distillers. You cannot beat the price for a kitchen-ready distiller. I've seen several distillers with less capacity that cost four times as much.

The 4-gallons a day description seems accurate though I've never tried to make that much in a single day. It takes right at 6 hours to make a gallon. I start it with hot water from the tap rather than cold; I'm not sure how much a difference it would take if I started it with cold water. I've found that filling the collection bottle to the first ridge from the top, rather than all the way to the top, makes it easier to manage when later collecting the distilled water as a full jug is hard to handle without spilling any. There's surprisingly little waste -- pretty much all the water seems to make it through distillation and in to the collector, so the amount you put in is the amount you get out.

The distilled water it makes has that sharp taste to it that bottled distilled water had several years ago rather than the smoother taste of more recent bottled distilled water. I suspect that's because of the charcoal filtering, so I'm going to try it without the charcoal filter to see how that affects the taste. I've also found that like with the older bottled water, giving it a good hard shake improves the taste -- something or other about introducing air in to the water, or so I hear. Whatever the reason, it helps. It's still better than the stuff coming out of the tap.

Customer Review: I also purchased a second water collection bottle direct from the supplier to give me a greater reserve of pure water and to maintain a water supply when the distiller is running.
Summary: 5 Stars

Customer Review: I highly recommend this to anyone who needs/wants an in-home distiller!
Summary: 5 Stars

Customer Review: I bought this distiller a month ago and it is easy to use.
Summary: 4 Stars

Customer Review: Works fine for me in any case.
Summary: 5 Stars

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