Grey water distiller

I use this water distiller for my CPAP and humidifiers, and let me just say: this machine is a game-changer. Does it leave a bit of a smell when in use? Yes. Does it leave behind some residue? Also yes. Do I care? Absolutely not. After suffering through the slow, messy torment of manual distillation—where you're juggling boiling water on the bottom and trying to keep water cold on the top like some kind of kitchen wizard—I will gladly take a whiff of metallic steam and give this machine a good cleaning now and then. The smell is temporary. The relief is eternal. This distiller makes a full gallon with way less fuss, and it shuts off automatically when it’s done—no babysitting required. The stainless steel design feels sturdy, and cleaning is straightforward with white vinegar or the included citric acid cleaner. Yes, you’ll need to do some maintenance, but that’s a small price to pay for not spending half your day hovering over a DIY contraption like a water alchemist. In short: if you're tired of plastic jugs, manual misery, or flaky scale buildup in your humidifiers and CPAP, this distiller is 100% worth it. My lungs and my sanity thank me daily.

As long as you are diligent in cleaning it operates great. About 4 hours per gallon. Sometimes I will get 8 gallons before cleaning. I replaced the filter after the first 6 gallons. I am about 12 gallons into the 2nd filter and no noticeable odor, but our water was rough the 1st time around. Acceptable for the cost and quality is adequate. If you buy the cleaning powder, it is easy to clean.

Works great - easy to use.

The original and replacement I recieved looked different from the positive reviews (no logo on side of pot and slightly different design of the top). Anyways, bought the "gray" aka stainless steel model. Inside pot/lid started rusting upon used. Cleaned throughly after each use and and kept progressively gotting worse. Returned it and got a replacement hoping it was just a defect. Replacement did the same thing and quickly returned it after a couple uses for the same reason. With a background in metallurgy (welder) it's opinion this model isn't food grade (USA) "stainless steel" and likely contains the lowest international standard of chromium (corrosion resistance) possible to start rusting so badly upon initial use with two seperate units. Value for money is F, Durability is F, Appearance C. Taste N/A, as I wasn't willing to risk ingesting rust particals.

Works well, water quality tests at 0ppm as desired. Water does have a slight sauna taste, most likely because the boiler heats up too fast or too hot. I might have gone for a less expensive model, the price for this is a bit high. Update: using zero filtered water instead of tap made a difference in that sauna taste. No sauna taste, no taste at all if you use zero filtered water in this distiller and don't let it run until dry.

This puts out a tremendous amount of heat and is extremely inefficient on power consumption. We did not like this product and returned. Investing in a reverse osmosis system is our plan.

Got this distiller last night, washed it, and ran a cleaning cycle. I tested the water before and after and it does what it says it should do! Went from over 221 ppm (acceptable range of tap water) to just 1 (ideal range of particles). Tastes great. Took several hours to run. I didn’t time it but it seems like it was about 4 or 5 hours. Fan sounds like the microwave is running. Does get hot at the base, so keep away from children and lets. Very easy to use. A qOverall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

I love this distiller. Easy to use. The stainless steel with glass water catcher looks really nice, and feels to be very good quality. I debated getting one in general, but can say it was a fantastic choice - so much easier than buying plastic gallons from the store. I use this to fill my humidifier each night and now I don’t worry about being stingy on water, because I can just make my own :) Cleaning is very easy - follow the instructions on the back of the cleaning salt (or whatever it is) that comes with it. Don’t scrub it - it doesn’t work and will probably just scratch it. I put in the hot water, then the salt, then turn it on with the lid off for a bit. Then just gently run a soft scrub brush over it and everything comes right off. Put a paper towel roll for size. Not small but definitely not terrible. Great value for the price!