Vevor Water Distiller, 1.1 Gal Distilled Machine, 750W Pure Distilling W/Bpa Free Plastic Container, Distillation Kit W/Button, Countertop Maker For Home, White

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1. DO NOT run these things until they're empty. The "breaker" on the front isn't the greatest, but nice to have if you get distracted once in a blue moon. 2. I have Alexa set to turn this off after 3 Hours 45 Minutes - perfect every time with ~3/4" water remaining; you can just set an alarm otherwise or a wall timer... just try to keep it under 4 hours. Be sure the TIMER is rated 15 Amps. 3. Do not allow the two electrical plugs in back to get wet AND plug them into the unit - they will corrode if they're making contact. Allow everything to dry completely before plugging them back into the main unit. If they get wet - dry thoroughly first. For cleaning: --------------- Each time the machine is used, minerals will get baked onto the stainless of the main unit. DO NOT try and scrub this off, you'll be wasting your time and possibly eroding the thin stainless shell. Instead, use the enclosed Citric Acid (Which you can buy a much larger jar at WalMart for ~$7 or here for $20 per 5lb bag!) How/When: --------------- With a clean device, run a full gallon of water - empty the jug into what ever storage you've planned. Leave 1/2" to 3/4" of water! Approx 3 1/2 hours or so. Rinse the unit and refill when it cools a bit. Never put COLD water into a HOT ANYTHING. It never ends well. Run a second gallon (there will be a little residue stuck from the first one. It has no effect on the process or the water distilled.) With the remaining 3/4" of water, sprinkle in about 1/2 TSP of Citric Acid (included with the purchase) and run it for half an hour WITH the water jug set up. Once water begins to come out of the unit and into the jug it's okay to shut it off. Clean out the unit with a little dish soap and rinse thoroughly. Soap and/or Citric will leave a taste -- make sure it's rinsed well! You will want to take the top half, "fill" it with water from the sink, allow some to fill the condenser coil and then turn it over and empty it into the sink - water will come out of the nozzle. I usually rinse this a couple times any time I use Citric to avoid potential "taste" of the citric acid from getting into the distilled water. (Imagine the "taste" of concentrated lemon peel... that's basically how citric acid is made if it's not man-made.) Run another two gallons like before, but this time, for cleaning, fill the unit to the water line and then add the Citric. The Citric water will only "clean" what it can touch - so now we're cleaning it to the water line. Again, once water begins to come out of the unit it's okay to shut it off - I have Alexa doing cleanings for 30 minutes which works splendidly. (You can do 2 gallons and then a complete cleaning every time - it uses and wastes more water this way, thus the directions above, but if you want "clean, clean" it shouldn't hurt the machine any.) * NOTE: This hot, citric acid water is like bleach for cleaning - without the bleach! If you have hard-water which stains your sinks/toilets/etc. slowly/safely pour the used Citric Water into the toilet and allow it to soak for a while -- it can visibly help! If you allow it to cool a little, clean your stainless appliances with it! * Citric Acid is potentially corrosive. Avoid getting it in the AC outlets of the machine as it can pit the copper. * Water in general is dangerous when dealing with electricity. For more thorough safety, be sure to unplug the unit from the wall before doing ANY of the above. (or use a smart outlet which in effect does the same thing.) * The unit itself is leak-proof if setup and maintained properly. There is a large rubber "seal" on the top half which you will want to wipe down when cleaning the machine and look for defects/tears. When putting the top onto the unit - do so with a GENTLE force. The WEIGHT of the top is usually enough force. If this seal gets damaged, leaking is easily expected when the "full tank" comes to a boil. * DO NOT leave Citric water in the tank for ANY extended period of time. Once it has done its job, let it cool a little and dispose of it. It may not have an "eroding" effect on Stainless, but my thoughts are "why take the chance?" Some of the reviews showing "burn holes" in Stainless make me assume large quantities of Citric being left for long periods of time or the machine being allowed to run EMPTY making the metal become brittle over time - but that's just an educated guess. (Trust me, I'm an engineer! :) No really, I am!) * Finally, you'll want to replace the carbon filter around every 20-30 gallons or so (you'll likely "taste" when it's time to do so) There's filters on amazon that claim $10 for 100 (1.5") and $18 for 48 (3") which should work with this unit (the 1.5" ones will probably last "half" as long, but should "fit" nicer in the distiller.) WARNING: If you CRAM the filter into the nozzle too tightly, I'd imagine the unit WILL leak as the water will not be able to get through the filter fast enough and thus overflow the same way a coffee maker will. There's plenty of space inside - no need to conserve! Finally, if you're weary, place the Unit as well as the Jug on a cookie sheet. (I've left my jug on it there as there's always going to be chance for minor spills, condensation or what-not.) It won't hold an entire gallon, but if the unit has been running 30+ minutes and you come back to check on it --- if there IS a problem, you'll SEE it and be able to stop it *before* creating a mess. I believe I've covered most of the common gripes and potential problems I read here before purchasing my first unit. We go through numerous gallons of water daily (multiple humidifiers, CPAP, etc.) and though I've only had my unit a bit over a month, it'll be close to paying for itself by the end of month #2 which is when I'll be buying a second one. You may also want to consider the extended warranty. For the cost of the unit and the warranty amount, it doesn't take very long for them to "earn their keep." A bottle of Wally-World brand Distilled runs about $1.60/gal here. That's up to $6.40/day in my household during the winter season. That's a LOT of plastic jugs heading off to the landfill I didn't want to sponsor. I'm only running the machine while I'm home (due to the negative reviews - tainted trust? though it's easing over time) so I'm down to $3.20/day store-bought and the remainder from this unit and weaning little by little. Even if the unit only lasted a year and even if I didn't have the extended warranty, that's EASILY 100 plastic jugs I didn't bury and $160 I didn't spend on doing so... minus the cost of the unit... you see the savings! "Oh, why don't you recycle the plastic jugs?" As noted... I'm an engineer. I know things... and people. At least here in NE Ohio, a good chunk of "recycle" trucks take your extra efforts from you and you feel good about yourself trying to "save the planet" and they head straight to the landfill. You PAID EXTRA to be able to recycle (in most cases.) Our landfill is only 7 minutes away from my house and I go there for manual deposits when I need to. I have personally watched recycle trucks enter the dump site. There's no sort building at our landfill... where' did everyone THINK it would go!? :) "Beam me up, Scotty??"

I am slowly implementing one healthy change at a time. 1 month ago, I purchased the least expensive home water distiller I could find at the time. I went with the plastic water jug to lower the price. I did purchase the extended warranty after reading other people's reviews. I have distilled a gallon of water almost daily since receiving the product. I did run the first gallon with the cleaning powder (citric acid) as per instructions, the citric acid powder ended up everywhere inside the cavity and inside the top portion, so I guess it probably got into the cooling coils as well. Of course I burned myself the first time, because I wanted to see how much water was left, and I pulled off the lid too soon after the 1 gallon was completed, so I got a steam burn. Beware of the hot steam when pulling off the lid - wear protective gear, or just wait until the unit is completely cooled down. See my photos. There is a marking inside the container which says FULL and there are two lines beneath it. I have learned to fill the container to the top of the upper line. I only run the unit for 3 hr and 40 minutes. I set a timer and also use my bluetooth connected plug thingy, which can control when the outlet turns off and on. I have only let the machine turn itself off one time. It's supposed to be designed to turn off once all the water has boiled off, but that left SO MUCH CALCIUM deposit on the bottom of the machines, that I decided that I couldn't trust the auto turn off design, and use my timers. In terms of clean up, when I run the machine for 3 hr 40 min, I am left with about 1/2 inch of water at the bottom of the machine. There is some calcium deposit on the heating plate, but I can easily scrub that off with baking soda, Bar Keeper's friend, or just my green tuffy that I scrub pans with. I have also tried putting a teaspoon of white vinegar and let it sit for several hours to overnight, and the calcium deposit just floats away, but I'm afraid that may become corrosive over time. I have not used the citric acid powder again. The design is not beautiful, but it's as compact as they can make it. It's not heavy since it's plastic. Carrying it filled with water is not too bad. I am very careful not to dribble water over the side where the plugs go. It's easy to use, just fill it, place it somewhere out of the way, plug it in, set the collection jug and leave it alone. I use it every day, so I just leave it out on my counter. It makes a noise like a very loud fan. It puts out quite a bit of heat - it's November and temperatures are dropping, so the heat is a bonus, but once it gets warmer, I will need to find a little table to put this on to use outside on my patio. Also, since I distill a new gallon of water daily, the water does not sit in the plastic jug for very long. I move the water into smaller pitchers that are easier to handle and I can put in the fridge, etc. You can also use a tall, straight glass jar/container if you're adamant that the water not touch plastic. Or you can spend the extra money and get the distiller with the glass gallon jug. The water coming out of the distiller is about 93 degrees Farenheit. But it cools down quickly as it's sitting on the counter collecting over the almost 4 hours. I measure my tap water at 97-100 ppm, and the distilled water I get from this machine reads 1 ppm. The distilled water from the store also shows 1 ppm. The orange graph is my bluetooth plug controlled doohickey - It shows that running the machine for 1 gallon uses about 2.8 kWh of electricity. (The higher ones are days I did a 2nd gallon right after finishing the first.) In my local area, that 2.8 kWh of electricity costs me $0.30, or $9 for 30 gallons over the month. I don't know how much the water costs me, probably less than $1. The cheapest distilled water at my local big box store is $1.37/gallon, or $41.10 for 30 gallons, before tax. I'm satisfied with my purchase. I paid just over sixty dollar including tax. I've saved thirty dollars already with one month of distilling water on my own instead of buying. I hope that I can keep this simple machine running for many many years.

Yeah, it's kinda priced competitively and some brand I'm not familiar with, but it seems to work well, as the other reviews suggest. I bought this based on the reviews and was not disappointed. The fan on top is a bit noisy, but it's fan noise and only lasts about 3½hrs, so I don't have any trouble sleeping while I hear it running in the kitchen. I use this for our humidifier in the few weeks of winter in Texas when the outside air is extra dry after being heated to room temperature inside the house. I assume the distiller is successfully removing all of the minerals and sediment from the water because we have no problem with deposits from the humidifier running in our bedroom. I'm tempted to drink it when I no longer need to use it for the humidifier. When I've tasted it, it tasted a little sterile, but not bad. And, if you're the kind of person who likes to sniff the potty before you flush, your gonna want to give the main unit after it finished running - if I was inclined to drink Texas tap water, before, this probably would have cured me of that desire. Maintenance has been a breeze. I pretty much abuse this thing. I would run it until it automatically shuts off when I go to bed and when I leave for work. Sure, the sediment sticks to the stainless steel tank, but no matter how many cycles I've run through it, letting water boil with the included citric acid is sooo easy and it cleans the tank right up. I've wiped it down with a paper towel between cycles before I refill the tank, but I'm not sure it makes any difference and may be hurting the tank for all I know (I don't see any indication of damage). Word to the wise: as the instructions suggest, don't taste the water that may come out while boiling the citric acid in the water - it's nasty and the acid might still be in the water because it kinda hurt my throat a little. 🤣 I use a cup under the spout to catch the cleaning water because I didn't want to contaminate the water pitcher. But, you don't have to run the whole tank through the system - just get the water to a boil (you'll know when it starts to come out). I've not had any issues with the seal - it works like a champ. The prepper tendencies in me like the idea of being able to clean up the clean up the tap water pretty well. It's already pretty satisfying to see the stinky stuff leftover after the unit shuts off. I'd recommend this to sometime I care for. 👍

This is actually the 2nd VEVOR distiller I am purchasing. I purchased my first one almost 2 years ago and it is still working like a champ even after I accidentally dropped it and the bottom plastic cracked on it. I use this to distill my water because I do everything possible to get my water to be H2O and nothing else. Distillation, for me, is a key step in this process. Setup is a breeze there's not much to it really just the reservoir, the lid, and the 1 gallon jug the distilled water goes into. There is this metal spout that you're supposed to put on top of the water jug, however, I highly advise against using that. I had it happen where the spout from the lid and the metal piece on top of the jug were not aligned properly and it resulted in water leaking everywhere. I tossed that metal piece into a drawer and just make sure the spout is aimed correctly so the water will drip into the jug. The jug has a really big hole so it's not terribly difficult to set it up without the metal guide piece. If you're going to use this in your house I would suggest putting in a room that is as far away from where you wish to be as possible because this thing will generate a lot of heat for the around 4 hours it takes to distill a gallon of water. My suggestion is set it up in a garage or something like that. Although a lot of stuff gets removed from distillation there is always some stuff that gets into the finished product as some contaminants have the same or even a lower boiling point than water does, so I suggest using some kind of filter afterward. I use a Zero Water filter for this. It does come with some cheap charcoal filter packs that you're supposed to install in the metal spout of the lid, but those don't seem to do much. I've noticed that without using the zero water there's a certain smell and taste to the water that isn't awful, but it's just odd and if I use the zero water that is removed. Sometimes I'll even filter the water before distilling it and then again after just to help keep the distiller clean. This brings me to the next thing, cleaning out all the gunk left behind. They give you a little bit of cleaning powder which is actually just citric acid. I got 2lbs for about $15 on here and it lasts me about a year. Could last much longer if you don't distill a gallon or two a day like I do. To clean this things you put the water a little higher than you see stuck on gunk and then just add in a tablespoon at a time while boiling the water with the lid off. Wait 20 mins if there's still a lot of stuck on gunk add another tablespoon and wait another 20 mins until you can see it's all clean. That's really it, this thing is very easy to use and like I said I've had one for over 2 years now so from what I can tell VEVOR makes a quality product and everywhere else I've looked for a distiller usually tries to charge $100+ for a basically identical device. Do not let the cheap price scare you away this thing is quality and will get the job done reliably for the foreseeable future!