DC HOUSEWater Distiller 1 Gallon Distilled Water Machine, Stainless Steel Water Distillers for Home Countertop, 750W Distilled Water Maker Tabletop Distiller to Make Clean Water

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.

Well worth the money, easy to set up and run. Does take a half day to distill a gallon. It took a couple of trials to be sure the unit water outlet sits right in the 1 gal. bottle top funnel. If pushed to close to one side of the funnel, it will leak, so take care to center it.

UPDATED review- Ordered on February 14, 2024, Ten months have passed and this distiller is still working great I've had no issues whatsoever with it plus the outside still looks new. The unit was smaller than I thought it would be I have electric burner covers on my stove so I placed the unit on there you can see this in the photo. I'm not complaining about the size it's perfect. I also turn on the exhaust fan above the stove to displace some of the heat from the unit to the outside, but if it's cold where you live it will heat the kitchen quite nicely. The distilled water is so clear, also to one gallon of water I add 1 teaspoon of 40,000 volts of liquid electrolyte I can'ttaste it and the water is perfect. Putting hot water into the unit helps it work faster it doesn't take so long to heat up. I turn the unit off before the glass container is full and leave half an inch of water in the bottom that way the distilled water doesn't have an off taste because of the cooked-on minerals and other impurities at the bottom. Also no more using plastic to store water or food is a plus I haven't bought any water for a long time now that saves me a bundle. I store my water in a two-gallon glass container with a stainless steel sprocket at the bottom (pic). Also, it says it turns itself off in four hours so I filled it to the top above the suggested water line thinking I didn't have to be around to turn it off early and that there would be water left in the bottom well not! as long as there is water in the distiller it keeps running so my glass container ran over and the water had a funny taste from the burned on residue. Buy this you will be satisfied it's easy to use I'm a 75-year-old lady if I can do it so can you. The handle once connected to the container is sturdy but I still grip it with two hands, because it is rather heavy.

I bought this so I wouldn’t have to buy, lug, and store gallons upon gallons of distilled water in my apartment to run the humidifier I use to keep my guitar from drying out and cracking in thecwinter air. This distiller works like a charm, so 4 stars. 1 star off because I do have a list of complaints:- I have very hard city water. The amount of junk left over in the metal tub after a cycle is shocking. It bakes on (stinks!) and is impossible to wipe off. Better than spewing it all into the air via humidifier though.- The cleaning process is both easier and harder than it looks. It ships with a bottle of citric acid crystals. Go ahead and order yourself a bulk 2 pound bag or two of those things, you’ll need them. Throw 3 or 4 tablespoons of crystals into a fully filled distiller tub, and run a cycle with the top off. The scale will disappear in about 30-40 minutes, no muss no fuss. I like to poke at the scale now and again with a spatula while this is going on, but I’m a neurotic overachiever. It is NOT clear or easy how (or whether?) to clean the top part with the coils and fan. Do these need to be unscrewed, taken apart, cleaned, reassembled? Who knows??- This thing uses a lot of electricity and puts out a lot of heat. I ran it about 15 times and my power bill jumped $9 for the month (from $50 to $59, so it was noticeable). That could be because winter and price increase, or distiller use. Can’t tell yet. It does release a LOT of heat. I run it in my bathroom and it makes the room into a sauna. Great for winter! Toasty tile floor! That’s not great energy efficiency though.- It’s loud! I run it in the bathroom so I can close the door. If I ran it in my apt kitchen I would not be able to hear anything else, it’s about as loud as the over-stove fan set on low.- If you have long hair and run this thing on the floor, FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULU hold your hair back when you turn this thing on. The fan on top WANTS to grab your hair. You will cry.Over all, this thing does the job and even with my list of complaints and increase in electricity bill, it’s nice having distilled water on demand instead of having to go to the store and put more plastic jugs in the recycle bin where they probably won’t be recycled anyway. And even with that $9 jump in power bill, for at least 15 gallons worth of water it’s half the price of store bought.