I ordered one of these for my neighbor but I own one myself and have for years so I will write a review.

Basically, it works fine. I have been told by another guy I know who owns one that it will even make seventy proof alcohol from his "secret" arecipe which is twelve pounds of sugar, two pounds of brown sugar, and one cup of molasses in a six gallon bucket. He turns a gallon into a quart and two quarts into his final "product", a term he got from watching that show on cable TV.

My wife and I stick to water. So does my neighbor who had me order this thing for him. His wife is a health store type and is terrified of tap water. This is okay in LA I guess but a bit paranoid here. By LA, I mean Louisiana, of course, NOT Lower Alabama.

One dandy thing to do with your distilled water is to make normal saline. You can do this by mixing about a shot glass full of pickling salt with a gallon of your "product". Use pickling salt or ground up rock salt since it is absolutely pure. Much to my amazement, I found out that even Kosher Salt is allowed to have one type of anti caking agent in it ans still remain kosher. Oi Vey.

My distiller has given me no trouble in years though I do not run it morning, noon and night the way my neighbor does. His lasted a goodly amount of time and he thinks the cutoff dircuitry probably went bad since everything else checks out. The overheat circuitry does go out on accasion with things like box fans, etc., but you want to have this on many things as a safety measure.

I would recommend this product highly since I have heard not so good things about a few other brands--not that there are overly many out there.

These were sort of a fad way back which is when I actually bought mine though I do not remember the year.

The only other thing is that this is a four liter device. This is slightly more than a gallon and you can read a milk jug to see exactly how much since I forget. Do NOT overfill it above the line inside the stainless steel interior. You may also clean the thing with vinegar or citric acid so I guess this is two other things.

For my last one more thing; you might want to throw in just a grain or two of salt. Distilled water without any ionic content tends to be somewhat cottony in taste. I mean one or two itty bitty salt grains--not shaking a shaker into it. That's all it takes to improve the taste.

This is a very reliable product. We live in a city with extremely hard water and the typical consumer water filters like Pur and Brita do not remove the funky taste. So we distill all our drinking, cooking, and coffee-brewing water with this Megahome unit -- then we pass the distilled water through a Pur pitcher filter too. The result is a taste as good as Aquafina without the waste of reverse osmosis. Our family uses it all day long, As soon as one batch is one, we start up another, caching up the filtered water in pitchers and 16-oz bottles we keep in the refrigerator.

After daily use of between two and four batches per day, our first unit finally died. But we bought that one almost six years ago so it's safe to say that unit produced over 6,200 gallons before it failed. We power it with solar panels so there is no electricity cost. That works out to 3 cents per gallon for safe, clean, great-tasting distilled water. We bought another one of these trusty workhorses immediately. Thanks Megahome!

I bought this one for my brother after having mine for over two years. I've probably used mine 4-5 times a week in the past year and a half (since I moved to my Dad's place) and have had no problems or complaints. I bought bulk citric acid - Citric Acid - 5 Pounds - Food Grade , Non-GMO, Organic, 100% Pure - Alpha Chemicals from Amazon rather than spend a lot of money buying it a little at a time from Megahome. I just pour in a dab and fill with 3-4 inches of hot water and it cleans the scum off the bottom in less than 5 minutes. Rinse and fill with water and it's ready.

This water distiller works like a champ and I highly recommend it.

This machine works great. I bought it to produce distilled water for a humidifier which I use 24/7 (room-size). There is enough extra for drinking water as well. I make at least 3 gallons of distilled water each day. Easy to use, easy to clean. Yes, noisy (on a par with my microwave oven) - but it's in my kitchen so I don't really find it distracting or annoying. Some people commented on exhaust heat emitted during operation - not a remarkable issue for me - but then, I live in a non-tropical environment (minus 11 this AM). I bought the white one with the plastic water canister because (1) it cost a lot less; (2) a glass water canister would probably break; and, (3) the white exterior seemed less obtrusive in my kitchen. I'm quite satisfied with the plastic water canister; after all, it holds water just as well as glass and is far more likely to survive. Glad I got it, hope it lasts for a very long time.

My parents have had distillers just like this one for the last 15 or so years. I took clean water for granted!
After getting married and living in NM (GROSS dusty, dirty, blaaaaaahhhh water) and then moving back to Oregon I thought this water here was delicious! HaHAhaHA....after 4 years of drinking tap water, and recently beginning to make cold brew coffee, I noticed that it had a chlorine taste, and when I'd use distilled water from the store to make cold brew, it was always better. So I decided to purchase this for our family of 5. I am very thankful! It makes the water taste so good. The kiddos say it's "sweet", which at room temp, I kinda agree:) It's GOOD! And my favorite way to drink it IS at room temp. That's how my parents did/do it and so I guess it just tastes more like home:)
If you fill the basin with hot water like the instructions recommend, it really does speed up the process. I think we drink/use a lot of water, but so far we've never run low. The counter is being taken over by pitchers and glass jars and water bottles of amazing tasting water!
The crap that is left behind in the distiller ranges from brown-dirt looking grime to nasty-smelly-white-sludge. Glad to not be drinking THAT anymore!