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| Water Distiller, Countertop, White Enamel | 
 enlarge | Brand: MegaHome
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $159.99
Buy New: $129.00
You Save: $30.99 (19%)
New (2) from $129.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 5768
Color: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 27
Dimensions (in): 9 x 9 x 13
Model: MH943
UPC: 471986196009
EAN: 0471986196009
ASIN: B00026F9F8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | One-year Warrantee | | • | 4 gallons per day output. | | • | Safety Shut-Off |
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Product Description
This distiller produces 4 gallons of pure water per day. Manual filling is easy and safe. Included with distiller are all parts and supplies to get started: collection bottle, cords, filters, and residue cleaner. Easy to follow directions.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 Great water distillers November 27, 2008
I have had my distiller for over a year and use it regularly, it has never failed me and I do enjoy the water. It's small and convienent and supplies all my needs for clean water.
XLNT Unit - Had 19 months - Owners Try This Longer Life Trick November 21, 2008
This unit is reliable and well made. For the last 18 months it runs nearly 24/7 as I use distilled water for everything. I was concerned about the fan being the weak link - but it has been as reliable as can be so far.
As far as the second weak link - the internal circuit breaker - below is how to get around setting it off every gallon.
It is designed so that it only turns off when it runs out of water and gets hot. I figured the internal breaker may eventually burn out from this. So I looked for a "countdown" timer. You can find these around Christmas - they are designed to turn off your holiday lights after X number of hours.
I found one and set it for 5 hours - it turns the unit off when about 1/2 inch of water is left inside. Much easier to clean when the residue isn't burned onto the bottom and the internal circuit breaker never needs to trip.
This distiller is a great investment - if it broke I would immediately buy another.
I put it in a part of your house that needs some heat - it is essentially a 500 watt heater as the fan dissipates the heat to turn the steam into water. Heats up a cold room quite nicely.
 Excellant Machine . . . November 16, 2008
I set the Distiller up in my bedroom. It is also a white noise generator & helps warm my room when I take nap ! (very relaxing). . .The water tastes great ! I fill it with 1 gallon of tap water but pull the plug when it produces 3/4 gallon of disstilled water. I don't want to risk problems of overheating etc. Try one, you'll like it too. . . . freon . . .
Valuable investment November 9, 2008
I have had this distiller for over 2 years now and it works as good as the day I took it out of the box. I live in an area where the water is very hard - I need to clean the distiller every 2-3 gallons. However, like many others have mentioned - it's a small price to pay to keep all of that gunk out of our bodies.
I bought my distiller for 2 reasons - to have better drinking water for my family and also to reduce the waste of the amount of plastic I was using in buying distilled water from the store. This distiller has worked above and beyond my expectations.
As for the fan - it is about as loud as a floor fan used for cooling. However, I "make" my water at night. The distiller is in the kitchen when it runs. If I try to listen for it, I can hear it. But as soon as I fall asleep - no one would know it is even there...and by morning we have a fresh gallon of water made. I have 3 noisy things in my kitchen - my dishwasher, my laundry washer and dryer - the distiller is by far, the quietest (and my other machines are fairly new "quiet" models).
The only downside, again as others have mentioned, is the on switch is only an on switch. The machine turns itself off when it is done; if you want to turn it off before then, you have to unplug it. I suppose a timer would be nice so that you can have the distiller turn off before all of the water boils off - this would help reduce the need for cleaning. But you can buy a timer at Home Depot and set it to stop at 4 1/2 hours...hmmmm, I have a timer...I am going to try that tonight!
You can use a Glass Ice tea bottle October 6, 2008
I used a 1 Gallon Ice tea Jar and cut out a hole on the top with a hot knife to fit the filter attachment. It does not fit flush against the distiller but its close enough and I use a dish cloth to slightly prop it.
I have been doing it this way for a month at 1 gallon a day so far it works great , no leaks or problems.
Pro: Not noisy at all , water tastes good, a ton of sediment left at
the bottom so I can see its doing its job
Cons: The filter attachment is quite flimsy and it gets quite hot
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