Megahome Countertop Water Distiller Stainless, Glass Collection

***Update 10/5/2024*** I purchased this the end of October 2011. I run it at least every other day, sometimes daily, and occasionally twice a day. It is still going strong. Well worth the money! It's been a workhorse for almost 13 years. Now the nozzle is having difficulty staying in. When I purchased the white version, from Mega Home, I noticed that they are now selling replacement nozzles. My original nozzle is all plastic, the new one has a porcelain insert. So I quickly added that to my cart! Other that the nozzle tending to fall out after 13 years, there have been zero problems! I only drink, cook, and make coffee with distilled water. I have started keeping a bottle of distilled in the shower to do a final rinse of my hair to get rid of left over tap water chemicals... like rinsing with rainwater. It's made a big difference! ***Update 11/25/2020: I just started a batch of water and it crossed my mind that I have had this machine for quite some time now. Can you believe I purchased this distiller in October of 2011 and it is still going strong! I have used this machine steady since my purchase. When I have time, I clean it with vinegar and water, let it come to boil with the lid off, once it starts boiling, I unplug it and let it sit before rinsing. I have to admit that I probably Don't clean it as often as recommended, yet it still preform like a champ. Usually I just rinse it between batches. The only thing I use tap water for is washing, everything else is distilled (cooking pasta, coffee, tea, any recipe that needs water)....so needless to say, this machine gets a workout. I used to fill bottles with reverse osmosis water from the vending machines, it was pretty good, but a hassle... The taste of of RO water was better than tap, but it was nothing compared to distilled. A friend was raving over the taste of my ice tea, she couldn't get enough of it. The only thing I did different from her was use distilled water. This distiller was well worth the investment and I can honestly say it has more than paid for itself! Original review: I have had this distiller for two months now and it works great. It takes about five to six hours to distill from cool tap water but yesterday I used hot tap and heated about half of the water on the stove to almost a simmer and it only took four hours (I didn't want it completely boiling because I wasn't sure how that might affect the element in the machine). Previously I would fill big three gallon water jugs at reverse osmosis water dispenser and that was a pain lugging those bottles back and forth so this is a bit more convenient because I can just fill it up and go. But the big difference everyone in the house noticed was the taste. I always thought that you couldn't beat the taste of reverse osmosis water but I was wrong. I don't notice the difference in just drinking a glass of water but when I make coffee there is an extreme difference. Coffee made with this distilled water rocks! People ask me what kind of coffee it is because it tastes so much better than before and the only thing that is different is the water. UPDATE January 20, 2023 I purchased this in 2011 and it is still going strong. I use it everyday ... that is an appliance life span that is almost unheard of in this day and age. It removes all the chemicals and leaves only pure water. Everything tastes so much better, coffee, tea, spaghetti, anything you need water to make... you can taste what they are really supposed to taste like. This is a a real value!

The distiller works very well. I don't use the water for drinking, my water tastes fine. I do use the water for my CPAP, Sinus rinse and humidifier. I have only had the distiller for three weeks. Got it because I couldn't find distilled water in the stores. They tell me it's because distillers can't get bottles. So recycle, please. I am currently running two batches a day. My humidifier goes through that much. But I've brought the humidity in my house up to 20% from 3%. I've cleaned the distiller twice; once with the cleaner that came with it. The other time I used 2 cups of white vinegar and filled it up to the fill line with water. I left the top off and let it come to a boil. Takes about an hour. Both work equally as well and the distiller comes out looking like new. When I distill water I use water that goes through a Pur filter on my faucet. I'm sure that cuts back on the amount of mineral deposits on the bottom. I run the distiller for 5 & a half hours. It takes about 45 - 50 minutes for distilled water to come out. During these cold months my water comes out of the faucet at about 45°F. I sure it will take a little less time in the summer when the water is warmer. I've followed other reviews advice and use a timer so the distiller doesn't run dry. This keeps the minerals in the water from burning on the bottom. I gave the taste review a 5 star review. But as I said before I don't really drink it. I did tast it and compared it to the distilled water you buy in the stores. I couldn't tell the difference. One more thing. You do have to put the collection container together when you get it. The metal rings and handle need to be attached. I just followed the directions. It was no problem. I'm a 74 year old female, if that makes a difference. If you can see how much water is in the collection container, in the picture above, it's the amount after the distiller has been running for an hour and that hour includes the 45 minutes before water starts coming out. I've had this distiller now for 1.5 years. I love it. I'm sure I've gotten my money's worth out of it, and then some, as the price of distilled water has gone up from 78 cents/ gal to $1.29/gal since I got it. I run the distiller once a day for my humidifier. And twice a day about once a week as I use a gallon of distilled water/week for my humidifier and sinus rinse. Since I have the distiller on a timer and don't let it run dry, I only need to clean it about once a month. It still comes out looking like new when I clean it. I do recommend running a bottle brush around the sides and across the bottom after each run. Dump that small amount of water, then rinse it out again before filling it up to run again. It keeps it cleaner. I run it at night in my spare bathroom, which is off the kitchen, so the noise doesn't bother me.

I love this distiller and love Megahome (Nutriteam) even more. The hard water in the three Utah neighborhoods where we've lived have given me three kidney stones, but that problem vanished when I started using this distiller. My family and neighbors are shocked to see how much gunk this thing removes from our tap water. Within a year of purchase, though, the distiller developed first an inch long dent, then a crack within the water chamber near the top fill line. This crack rusted and grew to be about as long as my fist (see my pictures in this review). It allowed water to leak through the chamber into the inner parts of the distiller, and onto the counter below. I had to stop using it because I didn't want to risk an electrical short, arc, fire, or electrocution. I emailed Megahome with the pictures in this review. Even though I emailed them after the warranty period had expired, they sent me a new tank, free of charge (including shipping) without me even having to mail them the defective unit. (The photos showed the defect clearly.) To clarify, the company that replied to my email and sent me the replacement was Nutriteam. They explained that they are the exclusive U.S. distributors of the Taiwanese company that manufactures the Megahome distiller. (I originally thought the product was manufactured in the U.S. and that was a selling point for me, but I'm happy to support Taiwanese manufacturers as well since I like to support companies that operate in republics with elected presidents.) Here's the timeline, which is useful in order to understand how much this company stands behind its product. I originally purchased this distiller from Amazon on July 16 2021. I emailed them about the defect on 11 Feb 2023 (almost 19 months later), informing them that the tank had developed an inch long dent within a year of my purchase, but since it started as a small dent, I initially was puzzled as to whether the dent existed when I first bought the item or whether it had emerged several months later. (I knew for a fact that I hadn't caused the dent because I never used anything but citric acid to clean the tank and even used my hand as a scrubber so I wouldn't scour the tank.) I explained in the email that it became clear somewhere between 11 and 18 months after purchase that this issue was indeed a manufacturing defect because in that time it developed from a dent to large dent to a large rusty crack which eventually leaked water from the tank into the inside of the unit's internals. Not only did Megahome/Nutriteam send a replacement for the tank; they also stated in their reply that the replacement tank also would include a new warranty. It means that their replacement of the tank essentially re-booted the warranty period. That was an excellent surprise. Note: To improve longevity of the distiller, I use a timer that prevents it from running out of water and tripping the overheating switch. I chose the "BN-LINK 7 Day Heavy Duty Digital Programmable Timer, FD60 U6, 115V, 60Hz, Dual Outlet, Indoor, for Lamp Light Fan Security UL Listed" because it has an internal battery and a clock, which means it can be programmed for different times on different days (I sleep in on Sunday), and also won't be thrown off schedule if a power outage occurs when the unit isn't supposed to run. I set it for about 4.5 hours and it leaves about a cm of water in the bottom of the tank which should improve the unit's lifespan. I also clean my tank once a week using a couple tablespoons of citric acid granules in a slightly overfilled tank with no heat. If I just leave it to soak for an hour, the citric acid dissolves the lime scale enough where I can literally wipe the remainder off with my fingertips and it just whisks away in a cloud underwater. Then I rinse it (I don't want the metal to rust from constant exposure to citric acid), refill, and get back to distilling. My tank still looks like new 6 months after it was replaced. Update: Today, 9/5/2023, the replacement tank is working flawlessly, and my wife asked me to order an identical distiller for her. She did the math and found that after paying the initial $300 price tag of the unit, the distiller will save her $1,000 per year in bottled water (she only drinks Arrowhead brand because she likes the taste, but has found she also likes the taste of the water this distiller produces.) If her distiller lasts as long as mine has so far (25 months), it will save us $1,700 in the first 2 years alone.

I bought this on 12/31/2013, and am writing this review on 10/18/2014. I've ran about 250 gallons water water though the distiller. It is easy to set up, very easy to use. When we first bought it, I washed the main stainless steel container, and the glass flask. We filled the distiller with about a gallon of distilled water I bought from Walmart and distilled the first gallon of water just to initially clean the internal parts that one cannot clean, and discarded the first gallon. After that we use it almost every day and store one gallon of distilled water in the fridge, and the other gallon we keep in a separate covered glass container on the counter (for cooking, coffee making, drinking when one does not want cold water, etc.). If we fill it with cold water, it takes about 6 hours to complete the distilling process (about a gallon); if we fill it with hot water, it takes about 4 1/2 to 5 hours to distill a gallon of water. At the completion of the distilling process, the unit shuts off automatically, and the glass container holding the distilled water will be warm, this is to be expected; this is one reason why we store a gallon in the fridge and have another gallon at room temp on the counter. How much noise does it make? It's not real noisy, similar to a bread making machine during the baking portion. The part that makes noise is the fan blowing air over the condensing coils. We run it either when we go to bed or when we leave the house for the day; the noise is then not an issue. It is supplied with charcoal filters that are meant to be placed in the discharge portion, but we never used them. We think the water tastes fine without using the filters; I think that would be a preference based on each individual. There may be a reason why they supplied the filters, but for us they aren't necessary. I wash out the distiller after every use just to get rid the the stuff left over from the distilling process. We throughly clean the distiller about every 7 to 10 gallons of use to get rid of the accumulated minerals that stick to the interior surface. At first we used the cleaning chemical they included (citric acid, in powder form) and followed the instructions. It worked very well. When we ran out of the cleaning chemical, we just used vinegar. We place about 1/2 inch to 1 inch of vinegar in the distiller, and leave it work on the bottom part first (about 20 minutes for our cleaning needs), then we have a setup where we turn the distiller on its side without letting the vinegar spill out (i.e., tilt it and rest it on a piece of wood or something so the vinegar doesn't spill out, I hope this is clear), then just rotate the distiller every 20 minutes or so. This way the vinegar will remove the minerals along the sides of the distiller too. It takes time, but it works. I usually set a timer and put the distiller out in the garage so the house doesn't smell of vinegar. I can imagine that some people will need to clean the distiller more often; it depends on your water source. We live remotely, and our water supply is a mountain stream, or water that we stored. The distiller will definitely kill anything in the water that may make you sick, without adding the chlorine taste. The distilled water is crystal clear. I hope my experience with the product is helpful to those reading this. I would highly recommend this product. It works well, is easy to use, easy to clean, and the price is very reasonable. I've had no problems what so ever so far.

****200 GALLONS UPDATE**** Since I love improvements I wanted to share we've made 200 gallons with this unit and I have an update to how I clean and maintain it. I've changed how I fill the reservoir. **I fill it using two 1/2 gallon glass canning jars. **As soon as I've emptied those jars into the distiller reservoir I go straight to the tap and fill those jars up again. **I let the jars sit, full of water with no lid until I'm ready to make the next gallon. **The chlorine in the tap water evaporates while sitting. **There is much less residue in the distiller. Chlorine was accounting for a lot of it! We still have a good amount of limestone and other minerals but w/o the chlorine it is about 1/2 the residue as before! We can now go 2 weeks in between cleaning the reservoir!!! I clean the same way as the last update, but I've reduced the citric acid down to 1/3 - 1/2 cup. ****UPDATE**** We've now made over 150 gallons and this unit is still running strong! We mostly make a gallon a day, there is a day or two per month where we need to make an extra gallon. After all these gallons I have developed a routine: Once the water is distilled I unplug the unit, remove the lid, and pat out all the wet leftover minerals with a single paper towel. After that there is still some residue stuck on the unit and I'm fine with it. I leave it to build up all week. On the weekend I sprinkle 3/4-1 cup of citric acid all over that residue, like I'm flouring a cake pan. Then I fill the unit with hot tap water and let it sit while I do laundry or run to the market. An hour or more later I dump out the water and the unit is mostly clean leaving only a little residue that needs to be gently scrubbed away. This method requires less effort and uses less citric acid than before when I was doing it every other day. ****ORIGINAL REVIEW**** We've made at least 50 gallons with this and are very pleased with its performance. I would say that it'll take a while for it to pay for itself compared to the price of distilled water at a supermarket since the power consumption is pretty high, but the convenience is totally worth it. Convenience meaning I don't have to lug big bottles of water from the store anymore. I don't have to worry about the bottle water limit at the store anymore. And I don't have to deal with all the plastic because we go through 1-2 gallons a day so the recycling impact was pretty high. I did save 10 of those plastic jugs to keep extra distilled water on hand for a power outage but other than that we're done with the plastic which makes us real happy. Cleaning isn't too tough - I bought a 10lb bag of citric acid and I use 1/2 cup with hot tap water and a scrubber brush to clean the reservoir every 2 days to get the sediment off the sides and bottom. It takes me just a couple minutes. Then I rinse it with water and then fill it up and start running a distillation cycle again. Ours did not come with the charcoal filters though it said it did. I guess they forgot those, but it isn't necessary. We test the water every 10 gallons and it is always 0 ppm so I don't see the use in the charcoal filters. Our tap water is 244 PPM with a lot of limestone so its been really great to have distilled water that doesn't clog my iron, my steamer, his CPAP, or our espresso maker. We do sometimes remineralize the water after making tea or coffee just for the taste - we use electrolyte drops (unflavored) and that works great. If you're thinking about it I recommend this. It isn't the cheapest or the most expensive but it is very reliable, very easy to use and manage, and there isn't too much assembly - just the silver bands and handle need to be put on the pitcher and you're pretty much ready to go. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED If this review helped you to make a decision: please consider tapping the helpful button. Thanks!!

Color me not impressed. You take the unit out of the box and then you have to assemble the glass pitcher yourself. The whole thing is enormous - it looks from the pictures like it is about as big as coffee maker - wrong. You are going to need a lot of counter-space to house this beastie. For scale, the glass carafe is easily 3x the size of a typical coffee maker carafe. Next weird thing: there is no actual on/off switch anywhere on the unit, just a breaker reset on the front of it. Basically, it boils the water, the steam rises into a condenser where it is cooled back into water by a little fan using the ambient air to cool the coils. The condensed water drips down into the glass pitcher. Rather than run on a timer or somehow sense that there is no water left in the unit, it is supposed to boil dry then the breaker trips off as the base gets too hot. That is how it shuts itself off. This does not seem like a particularly sensible design to me. It is basically designed to deliberately get very hot, when the temp rises too high in the base, it SHOULD stop before it catches itself on fire. Not a design I am particularly comfortable leaving run when I'm not home for example, and this is supposed to run for hours on end. It will take several hours to distill a full pot of water. Unfortunately, the little breaker on mine was defective, shutting off the unit after it ran for 10-15 minutes, instead of the 4 hours plus it was supposed to run. I checked everything over repeatedly, went through all the trouble-shooting steps in the manual - nothing helped. It was tripping off like it was overheated when there was still 95% of the water unprocessed. So now I have to go return it. Next unpleasant surprise. Even for defective units, you get to pay the shipping back to the manufacturer and this thing is big and heavy. My guess is that even slow shipping this monster back is going to cost me $40 or more. Doesn't really seem right that I have to pay anything out of my own pocket for shipping when I got a defective unit. If there was nothing wrong with it and I just didn't want it - ok, but I didn't get a working unit and now I am out of pocket a fair bit of money due to a manufacturing defect. Yes, I could have looked at the fine print on the shipping policies from a third party purchase, but I didn't and now I got burned. I have had occasional, defective products from Amazon, and they seem to always treat you right, sending somebody to come pick up the thing to make the return process painless and easy so you'll come back to them again in the future. Not so much for some of these third party sellers, apparently. If that makes you hesitant to buy this particular item - good. It isn't particularly loud in operation and there is nothing otherwise objectionable about it. The steel cylinder inside looks relatively easy to clean, although it cannot be immersed in water and would probably be a lot easier to clean if it didn't boil dry each time.

***Update*** Good Lord. It's hard to believe but we've been running ours every day FOR 8 YEARS! The only blip was when I broke the fan a couple years ago with a too strong air blower while cleaning it. It was easier buying a new head than trying to replace the fan blade. Megahome shipped us a new one pretty quick and we were back in business. But the base is the same. Just clean it maybe once a week with citric acid change the carbon monthly and that's it! Good Luck and Stay Healthy! ---------------------------------- Holy cow. Never thought I'd be updating this review 4 years later. Guess what? The distiller is still running strong! We run it anywhere between 1 - 3 times a day. Even if I only average 1 per day, that's still over 1,000 gallons we've distilled so far. Think about that for a bit. The most important advice I can give is to keep it clean. I clean the inside as needed (about after every 5 runs) with citric acid per the instructions. Looks new again every time. Then, once a year I clean the head assembly. Depending on how obsessed you are with cleaning, this can take up to an hour or more to take the assembly cover off and clean the coils and such. I just purchased an XPower Air Duster to help blast out the dust. (got tired of paying for canned air) The glass carafe is also holding up well and requires minimal maintenance. That's about it. Cheers! ************ There are many uses for distilled water. If you are searching for affirmation as to why you would want to distill your water for drinking then you should probably skip my review. I'd rather address those who have had their "come to Jesus" moment and are at the point of deciding between competing distillers. I live in South Florida but grew up in New York City. Like 100% of the New Yorkers that first encounter Florida water my first reaction was "Eww...wtf is wrong with the water down here". The water comes from the Biscayne aquifer and is processed by the local cities. It typically has a brown appearance and depending on the city either smells like a swimming pool or something worse. Most Floridians arm themselves with an arsenal of bottled water, under-the-sink filters, faucet filters or whole house filters. Then toss in a fair dose of denial and acceptance for good measure. It is what it is. I guess we're mostly happy to be alive and not leveled by a category 5 hurricane once or twice a year so crappy water is the least of our hazards. Moving on, I've watched endless videos and read tons of reviews on distillers and distilling water for quite a while before taking the leap. Although there are cheaper distillers on Ebay and elsewhere, I found myself constantly circling back to Amazon and the Megahome distiller. It just seemed like a decision I would regret if I was looking to cut corners. There is a video out there on unpacking and setting up the MH943SB and my experience was the same. I'll just move along to usage and just say it was all very easy to unpack and set up. The Unit itself is large but not as large as I imagined. The stainless steel is beautiful both inside and out and projects a sense of quality. Nothing looks or feels cheap including the carafe. The carafe is large in that it holds one gallon of water. The glass is thick and has weight which gave me a sense of it not feeling cheap like so many coffee carafes. All in all I was very impressed with the look and feel of the distiller and carafe out of the box. So on to actual use... On first use I filled the boiler chamber to a line clearly marked on the inside with straight tap water. Placed the top on and plugged that into the base. I plug the base into a cheap timer I bought that does 2/4/6/8 hours. From what I understand the distiller has two internal methods to shut off automatically but I'd rather turn it off than have it run until it is dry. I set it for 4 hours the first time just to get a sense for how it works and plugged it in. The fan is not as loud as I was led to believe. My microwave is way louder. My dishwasher is louder. My air conditioner is louder. Just for fun I used "Sound Meter" on my android and it clocked in at about 30db from a couple of feet away. Sound Meter describes 30db as "Quiet whisper at 3 ft, Library". It doesn't disturb anyone in the house day or night. I hope that helps. My wife also grew up in NYC and is a harsh critic of pretty much everything. I was concerned with the first batch as it had a strong chemical smell. She said she wasn't going anywhere near that so I dumped it. Let me say right away if you buy this unit don't be discouraged by this. It took 3-4 batches to clear out whatever was causing this. The second batch still had a slight odor so I dumped that one too. The third batch had no odor. I had a sip and it seemed incredibly pure but either I wasn't used to clean water or it was just still a little off somehow. I was getting concerned the horrible smell of the left over gunk from the tap water was impinging on the distilled water. There is a gas escape hole so I was hoping that wasn't happening. For the fourth batch I rinsed off and used two carbon filters in the spigot as directed. The next day I poured a cold glass for my wife. She simply gave it the highest compliment you could give drinking water. She said it tasted as close to NYC water as she has ever had. In fact, I am not allowed now to alter it in any way with additives like minerals or alkaline boosters. Her reasoning was simple. "You spent all this time removing all that stuff so why add anything back in?" As far as what remains in the boiling chamber, I can barely describe it. Yellow brown sludge of some sort with various crystallized particles and debris. I even ran a batch with a famous brand faucet filter with the same ugly result. I suppose it is mostly lime and maybe calcium. I can't account for why it would be a yellow/brown color though. This is also the only way to unbind fluoride from a water molecule so that must be in there too. I did clean the boiler chamber after four days of continuous use. The citric acid cleaner is fast and effective and brings the inside of the base back to new condition with no scrubbing or wiping. So in conclusion, it took three to four batches to maybe clear out the condenser coil and get a pristine batch every time after. It does take 5-6 hours to produce a gallon but if you time things out you can build up a little reserve. I did run some batches with hot faucet water and you might shave of a half hour or so. Just be warned this will ruin water for you everywhere. I became acutely aware of unpleasant tastes and smells in water at various restaurants etc. I'll update after a few months but so far early indications are the Megahome Countertop Water Distiller is a winner and exceeded my expectations.

Great investment, used ours consistently for 4yrs now. Clean, purified water, no metallic taste. Use it every day. Easy to clean and maintain. The plastic start button broke off, put a piece of duct tape over starter and had no problem since. Highly recommend, would definitely purchase again

The photo shows the pollutants left after one distillation of my “high salt” water. Family members have already noticed a drop in their baseline blood pressures and may soon be able to stop their blood pressure medication. The residual toxin is easy to wipe out after each use. I run this distiller 2 times a day. The distillation takes about 5 hours each time. The machine automatically shuts off after the cycle is complete. Each full distillation yields 24 cups. What I don’t like is, the precise placement required for the distiller spout to be over the receiving pot. A flexible hose is required to avoid water dripping onto countertop and floor all night - manufacturerer please make this simple adaptation.

This distiller is the gold standard for countertop purification. It’s the only UL-approved distiller in the UK, and it removes 99.8% of contaminants—including fluoride, VOCs, pesticides, antibiotics, and heavy metals1 . The stainless steel boiling chamber means water never touches plastic, and the glass jug keeps your final product clean and taste-neutral. It’s fully automatic—shuts off when done, so no risk of overheating. The charcoal filters polish the taste, and the included cleaning crystals keep the unit fresh for months. Whether you’re prepping for hydration, brewing, or bait mixing, this unit delivers lab-grade purity with zero faff. ✅ Big Wins Best-in-class purity—removes 99.8% of pollutants1 Glass collection jug—no plastic taste or leaching Stainless steel interior—durable and hygienic Auto shut-off—safe and hands-free Charcoal filters included—taste polishers 2-year warranty + money-back guarantee—peace of mind ⚠️ Minor Trade-Offs 5–6 hour cycle—not instant, but thorough Noisy fan during operation—normal for distillers Manual fill required—no plumbing hookup Bulky footprint—needs counter space Premium price—around £249, but worth it1 🧍‍♂️ Personal Verdict Tested for drinking, bait prep, and aquarium top-ups—crystal-clear results every time. For under £250, it’s a proper investment in clean water. Built like a tank, runs like a pro, and delivers the kind of purity you can taste.

Fast shipping. Quality product. Australian cords and plugs. One thing I noticed was Mega home is called spring flow in Australia. I thought they looked identical and I was correct, they are the same brand. Made in Taiwan.

No more buying Distilled water that comes in plastic jugs containing BPA s etc. ,Was shocked seeing the residue of 4Liters of city water, I now have clean water and no plastics . There are cheaper models on the market but reviews put this one on top of the list for quality and function

Exactly as described!