DC HOUSE Upgrade Water Distiller, 304 Stainless Steel 1 Gallon Distilled Water Maker Machine for Home Countertop Table Desktop, 750W 4L Making Machine with On Off Switch, Glass Container

This is a workhorse. We have used it daily for the last couple years, sometimes twice a day to make water for the coffee maker, for making soup, and drinking water needs. It has been a good unit, and easy to clean out if you forget to shut it off before it uses up all the water. A little vinegar and its good as new. We have had no troubles with it, and will gladly buy another when it no longer works.

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't taste 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.

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.

The distiller works great but after about a year i started to notice the power cord that plugs into distiller was awful warm and today I smelled plastic burning and sure enough the end that plugs into distiller was melting as shown so never leave this on while away and replace cord regularly. I don’t know if it was just there cord that was faulty or if after daily use for about a year it just gave out but so glad i use this only while home in case this happened and started a fire. Update: found out its not cord after getting new one it burnt through it first time running so now i know its the 2nd pic part is faulty and no clue where to buy and if easily changeable. So this doesn't last very long for the money spent.

Pay attention to how the spout aligns with the drip cover for the distilled water collection craft. The cover keeps dust and contaminants from landing in the water during the distillation process, but if the water dripping from the spout coming from the unit touches this metal cover the dripping water will created a stream which it will follow causing water to collect on the table or flat surface the unit is sitting upon. Another tip is to stop the distilling process before the distiller is completely empty as the unit will remain hot long after is automatically shuts off. This will cause the remaining contaminates to burn which can cause a bad smell while also tainting the finished product with a brunt taste.

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.

This distiller works well, but it is inadequately engineered in my opinion in the way it shuts itself off. It shuts itself off by boiling completely dry, and then, it depends on what is normally a protective disconnect to shut off its power. The result is that the bottom inside of the boiling tank gets discolored and degraded quickly. To avoid that happening, buy an electronic timer and set the electronic timer to no more than three hours and 45 minutes so that there’s still a tiny bit of water left when it shuts off. That way it will not get dangerously, excessively hot. When it is combined with a good timer like that, it works very well.