Nutriteam Countertop Water Distiller Stainless, Plastic Collection

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Price: $199.00    

Product Feature

• Distills 1 gallon per/5-6 hrs. Auto Shut-Off.
• Manual fill. Easy to clean. Quiet operation.
• Water is boiled killing bacteria. Pure steam distillation.
• Pure water, no chemicals, no unwanted impurities!
• Polypropylene BPA-free Plastic Collection

Product Description

Nutriteam's counter top stainless distiller is stainless steel inside and out making it very durable and attractive.Included in the package is:Water Distiller, 1 gallon polypropylene collection bottle, six pack of charcoal filters, and residue cleaner.You can be sure that you are drinking the freshest and purest water by distilling it yourself, in the convenience of your own home. We guarantee it! or your money back.Using pure distilled water is also recommended for many household appliances, irons, coffee makers etc, and will often extend their life. Our distiller have been used by individuals, dentists, and laboratories for over ten years.

Nutriteam Countertop Water Distiller Stainless, Plastic Collection Review

It isn't clear how the other reviewer had issues with steam coming OUT of this unit-- this is a pretty simple machine based on an even simpler concept. There are three main parts:

1. Steel cylinder (body) with two female 3-prong sockets
2. Top (condenser/fan) that sits on top of the body and seal via a silicone-looking ring. There's a little separate spout you should attach to the output to ensure 100% output collection.
3. The actual collection container. Yes, it is plastic (polypropylene), and no, it will not kill you, your baby, nor your dog. We specifically wanted the stainless steel body/PP collector combination because the stainless look is attractive, while the PP container is lighter than glass and won't make a mess if we drop it.

You fill item (1) with tap water to the "fill" line (marked on the inside). Take item (2) and attach the little spout to it. Put assembled item (2) on top. Plug the cord coming from item (2) into the corresponding female socket on (1). Plug the other power cable to the other female (edit: male) socket on (1). Plug into wall. If this is your first use, the fan should start and you're good to go; for subsequent runs, you'd just press the reset button and the same thing happens.

Our tap water is pretty hard-- over 380 ppm. The distilled water this little guy makes is a blip on the radar (<4 ppm, so essentially zero). The remnants are pretty interesting to see, but I drank tap water before, and I still drink tap water; we wanted distilled water exclusively to (a) top off evaporated aquarium water, (b) for our ultrasonic humidifier, (c) as a general cleaning agent, and (d) diluting our hard tap water to a more comfortable 100-150 ppm for coffee. I clean the unit after every use with a bit of white vinegar and a Scotch pad, and it isn't too big a deal. We could get away with a few runs without thorough scrubbing, but I like to maintain my tools well. A bit of Bar Keeper's Friend (oxalic acid) works for the more stubborn stains (make sure to rinse well after use).

As others have said, it's noisy due to the fan, and the surface gets to a toasty 44 C at peak-- so not scalding by any means, but enough to make you say "ouch" if you touch it. Takes about 6 hours to go from cold tap water to completion in 1-gallon lots. Once it gets going, the fan (outputs vertically above unit) pulls heat away from the coils and blows it right into your room, which is nice in the winter and less nice in the summer.

Bottom line: distilled water is a surprisingly useful thing to have around the house, and this machine produces it reliably and simply.

Pro tip for those who are terrified of plastics and "toxins:" it's fine to prefer glass containers, but be aware that many plastics (high-quality PP and PE variants included) leech essentially nothing when storing aqueous solutions (e.g. water), whereas your typical soda-lime glass (most of the stuff out there) is, by comparison, actually quite susceptible to leeching by tap water, and even more so with something like distilled/DI water. Get some nice German/US/UK borosilicate glass if you're scared of plastics. There's a reason we aren't allowed to store water in standard soda-lime glass containers in analytical labs (we actually prefer PP/PE/PFA but borosilicate with proper pre-treatment is fine as well). None of this actually matters for human health provided you stick with FDA/USP-approved materials, but if you're going to wear a tin foil hat, might as well use the best quality aluminum foil.

Update 2013/04/24

We've made a few dozen gallons of water since purchase, generally 1 gallon/day (overnight), and at most 3 gallons. The distiller has been flawless with one exception where the unit started but the fan failed to start, resulting in boiling without any real condensation-- and therefore no distillation (no harm done, just a minor waste of electricity). I'm pretty sure this was the one time where I plugged the power cord into the wall BEFORE connecting the (shorter) cord (attached to the top) to the distiller body. The instructions do state that the top should be connected to the body before connecting the longer plug to the wall, which seems prudent from a safety perspective, but perhaps also has functional implications. In any event, I disconnected the unit from the wall, unplugged the top, re-plugged the top, and re-connected to the wall and the unit restarted normally, and has been perfect thereafter.

For cleaning, nothing seems to work better than plain white vinegar. A tablespoon plus light scrubbing with a nylon pad gets the mineral stains out, and a few rinses completes the task. The top should be cleaned regularly as well, as slight accumulation occurs over time. We purchased a few 500mL Nalgene Wide Mouth Unitary Wash Bottles to store and dispense distilled water and vinegar, and these work perfectly for cleaning the distiller.

Update 2013/06/26

A few more months into use, and all remains well. At this point, I've easily made 100+ gallons of distilled water (one gallon per night on average) without issue.

Update 2013/09/30

A bit over the 6-month mark and going strong. Same 1 gallon/night without any issues whatsoever.

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