Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel

Manufacturer : MegaHome In Stock : 1 List Price: $159.99 Price: $119.00 You Save: $40.99 (26%) Quantity : 1

Features

• One-year Warrantee 1 Gallon 5/6 hours
• 4 gallons per day output. Auto Shut-off
• Pure steam distilled water. Great for drinking.
• Also great for cooking and use with certain appliances

Product Description

This distiller produces 4 gallons of pure water per day. Manual filling is easy and safe. Included with distiller are all parts and supplies to get started: food-grade poly-carbonate collection bottle, cords, filters, and residue cleaner. Easy to follow directions and toll-free support. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.50 out of 51 reviews

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WARNING: Polycarbonate Bottles leach BPA - R. Rocco, May 13, 2008

I read a couple reviews on here that say how pure the distilled water is. Plastic collection jugs are made with #7 polycarbonate plastics and may leach BPA. Bisphenol A is a xenoestrogen, a known endocrine disruptor, meaning it disturbs the hormonal messaging in our bodies. Synthetic xenoestrogens are linked to breast cancer and uterine cancer in women, decreased testosterone levels in men, and are particularly devastating to babies and young children. BPA has even been linked to insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes.



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I am happy with this device. - Ken M, May 09, 2008

I have only had this unit for about a week. After fifteen gallons of water, I thought I would share what I have learned so far.

My water is very hard (mostly calcium) and has chloramines added. I keep several aquariums (55, 30, & 20 gallons), so I am sensitive to the water quality of any device.

I purchased this device because my years old (recently serviced) reverse osmosis rental unit was putting out about 5 ppm of nitrates. My tap water has about 15 ppm of nitrates. The water that this distiller produces measures 0 ppm nitrates (with my test strips) so I am very happy, my problem is solved.

I did notice a slight metallic taste to the first two gallons that I made with tap water. I then tried an experiment, and used water from my 'PUR 3 stage faucet filter' to fill this thing and the 'funny' taste was gone. I researched this a little and mostly discovered that the distiller is not able to remove all of the VOCs (gases in this case). Pre and post filtering with activated carbon was recommended. I would have to agree. This morning I tasted some water from the distiller along side some of the reverse osmosis unit water, and, guess what? The RO water tastes a little 'funny', the distilled water tasted great.

For the aquarium water, I add back in some essential minerals, the fish require these to live. I experimented with the distilled water and added back in a few commonly available minerals (baking soda, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and citric acid) in small amounts (varying, about < 200 mg /liter of each) and was able to get the best tasting water that I have ever encountered.

If you are the adventurous type, like me, I buy high quality activated carbon by the pound (aquarium supply) and put two teaspoons of that into some coffee filter material, and use that as a replacement for the 'filter packets' that sale for about $1 a piece. My price, this way, is about $.10 per filter. That, and I trust aquarium suppliers, some people have many thousands of dollars invested into their fish, so the QC on the aquarium supplies needs to be high (or everyone will hear about it). There just is not much of the same QC on drinking water filter material.

I do recommend using a timer to shut the distiller off after about 5 1/2 hours. In my case, I have about four ounces of something in the tank that looks like a mild children's paste mix. The unit switches off (as I understand it) with a thermal switch. Running it out to a full cycle will not hurt anything, but all of the minerals will end up as baked on 'crispy critters' on the inside of the tank.

Hey, enjoy this distiller. I love the thing.

Ken Miller




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Clean water. What a luxury! - Valerie F. de Daulles, May 05, 2008

I've been using this Megahome of Taiwan distiller for nearly five months, and it's just great. I was concerned about nasties in my drinking water, even though I use a Brita faucet filter. I continue to use Brita filtered water with this distiller and feel I'm getting my drinking water as clean as I can. I run it every day or two, depending on how much water is consumed, and it takes between 5 and 6 hours to fill the container. My water has never tasted metallic or bad in any way. I change the little charcoal filter monthly (and wrap it in a paper towel and keep it in the fridge between runs). I find I don't really have to use the supplied cleaning crystals because gunk doesn't stick to the metal pot inside (I think the Brita helps with that). It's a fabulous appliance and takes some of the fear out of drinking our failing infrastructure's drinking water. There's only one thing I'd want different. The clear container that comes with it is made from a type of plastic (same that's used for much bottled water) that has been identified as possibly hazardous to your health. I know other countries have banned it but I'm not sure if the U.S. has yet (we're usually last for those things nowadays). I wish I could purchase a glass container to replace the plastic one.


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It's Better than Tap, But Misleading - Ronald B. North, Apr 29, 2008

This unit gets some nasty stuff out of tap water. When the cycle is finished, you'll find the most disgusting, fluoride crap left over in the bottom. It smells so foul, you'll never want to even smell it again.
So, it's good for that, BUT!
The water is NOT always going to be PURE!
If anything in the water evaporates at a lower temperature than the water itself, it will also be in the finished water. I just tested it.
I filled it half full of rubbing alcohol and half tap water. Started it up, and after about 10 minutes it started filling the collector with alcohol.
The reason is that alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than water (like 171F) and so it's distilled first, and then the water is distilled and collected once 212F is reached.
The only way I can think to get around this, is if the product first distilled up to around 211F to get all the alcohol (and other stuff) out into a separate waste collector, and then ran again at the 212F to get the good water into a final collector.
So the statement in the advertisement that says "This distiller produces 4 gallons of pure water per day" is not true.. it's misleading or just a lie. I was mainly concerned with Fluoride toxic waste in our water, so we'll continue to use it. Fluoride doesn't evaporate when heated, it just concentrates, so the left over crap is probably full of Fluoride.
Also, watch out filling this up in your sink. The bottom will collect water that takes a while to drain and can cause electrical problems from what I've read in other reviews.



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Great distiller so far - M. Hill, Apr 27, 2008

I have used this distiller now for about 2 months and I make 2 gallons a day with it. It works great, but it does take 6 hours to make 1 gallon if you start with water from the tap. I wipe it out between distillations and so I have only used the hard water deposit cleaner once. I would definitely recommend this product.

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