Customer Reviews for VEVOR Countertop Water Distiller, 1.1 Gallon/4L, 750W Stainless Steel Distilled Water Making Machine, Purifier Filter with Glass Collection, Distilling Alcohol Whiskey for Home Use, CE Listed, Silver

I have had this for almost 1 month and LOVE it. Before this, my water had a 385 ppm reading from the tap using 2 filters on the system. I tried Zero water when Britta did nothing. I found myself having to change the Zero water filters every 2 weeks and it was too expensive. Finally, I get the quality of water I was looking for by using this distiller. Since getting this, I distill 1-3 gallons of water each day. After minor problems, I finally have a setup that works well for me. I set the temp at 102 degrees Celsius and run on a timer for 3 1/2 hours. This leaves a little water in the distiller and avoids the dried residue and cleanup. I just dump the brown water out, rinse, and refill. Make sure you do not get the top plug wet when refilling or you will trigger your GFI. After I unplug the top, I loop the plug under the handle when removing and set it aside to fill the basin. When in use, I raise the glass pitcher on a folded dishtowel so it is closer to the spout, and I don't use the metal piece that directs the drip flow. I do this because I had a few spills when the water flow/drip was off a little. I keep it in my guest bathroom because it does heat up the room and the noise is about as loud as a room air filter on medium speed (It measured 60 decibels on a decibel meter). It does come with a charcoal filter installed in the metal spout section on the top. The charcoal will cause a water meter to register about 12 ppm for the first few gallons, but this is common with charcoal filters. I did not experience any "machine" taste or smell other reviewers mentioned but I did rinse well with vinegar before use and distilled a few "throw away" gallons before use for consumption. Sorry for the length of this review but I wanted to answer all the questions I had when buying a distiller. I am very happy with this purchase and would not hesitate to buy again.

I bought mine a month ago. My tap water is about 800 ppm. After using it about 20 gallons my output is between 1 and 14 ppm. I bought it for my cpap water. I had a problem with green water in my cpap using the distilled from the machine. Went back to commercial distilled for it. Then have no problem. I use the machine water for everything else. So good value still for the money. Just clean it often.

Was amazed how much it helped my water is so nasty. Machine makes it good

Haven't used it yet. Seems to be well made.

I have only used it 3 times and it worked perfectly. Took 500 PPM tap water to 21 Parts per Million distilled. This unit came set at 108 C so no need to adjust the temp. On and off switch in the front. Actually very pleased with the quality of construction and performance. I did see my electric consumption up 700 to 800 watts per hour just as manufacture estimated. For $70 price it was a good purchase.

Works great. Things you should know…. First it is larger than I imagined. I was thinking in terms of the size of a Mr. coffee type coffee maker, but this is about 1/3 larger. It’s not easy to have out or put away. Secondly, it works on the premise of a heating element and a cooling fan. The fan makes noise. Not awful, but also not quiet. Next, I took advice from previous reviews to buy a distiller with a glass carafe. People complained that the plastic carafes passed along a detectable “plastic” taste. This glass carafe is of an old fashion type of basic glass. Not thin like Pyrexx or a coffee pot glass, and not tempered therefore breakable. By the time you get a gallon of water into this heavy, thick glass, it might be too weighty for some folks to lift and reasonably pour into another container. For that reason, you might want to consider plastic. Also, this glass carafe requires you to assemble the handle. You will need smaller pliers and a Phillips screwdriver. The assembly instructions are not clear, and counterintuitively you have to reverse bend the stainless bands back around the carafe to assemble the handle. Yikes! That took me a day to figure out. The carafe doesn’t nest right next to the unit. You have to linen it up carefully with the drip spout to make it all function. As far as cleaning, it does come with a container of cleaning agent I believe to be granular citric acid for the interior of the main stainless unit. I have read reviews were folks are very dedicated to clean the unit every single time. I didn’t want to be dependent on continually buying cleaning agent. I tried using some lemon juice and it did the trick. I will continue to use lemon or vinegar to clean every second or third use not letting the white mineral buildup get too concentrated. Lastly, it does shut off automatically. That wasn’t clear to me either in the listing or in the instructions. All that being said, the unit works very well. I bought a budget friendly model and it does e

Nice product. Love the variable heat. I use this to distill fully extracted cannabis oil from ethanol. I love I can set it at the boiling temp and later lower it when I off the final bit.

My son is OCD and thinks our natural spring tap water tastes bad, so I bought this. Even filtered water tastes bad to him. He approves of the taste of water from this machine. It is a bit slow in my opinion but works as advertised. Fresh, clean, distilled water.

We bought this after our previous distiller (different brand) died horribly after a year of use. It was a serious upgrade, which we didn't expect at all, since the price was similar.The old one was finicky about the placement of the top. If we didn't get it just right, it would leak. The old one had a flat bottom that was hard to clean, as it would also boil itself utterly dry before stopping. This one leaves a bit of liquid, making cleanup much easier. It's even pretty.But there's an internal 110v 15A fuse. The original blew after two months. There wasn't enough wire, and I had to scrounge connectors, but the seller did ship an extra fuse. It too blew after about two months of use. Worse yet, the setup seems somewhat unsafe. There's a fire resistant sheath over the fuse (unless it slips). I will tell you that ours became quite toasted. I would prefer a fuse setup with a bit more margin for error. Also, the distiller is connected to a circuit with two 15A brakes, neither of which blew...so, basically, I think the fuses used in this are junk. Potentially dangerous junk, at that.Easily replaced, though. And otherwise the distiller is wonderful. We use it 2-3 times daily. Our kids are water snobs at this point.So, a little bit of work and the distiller is easily 5+ stars. But I'm only giving it 4, because of the junk fuses it came with. YMMV.