Nutriteam's counter top white distiller is stainless steel inside with a durable white outside.
Now includes glass nozzle (pictured above) so that your filter sits in glass instead of plastic.
Included in the package is:
Water Distiller, 1 gallon glass 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!
This steam distiller produces 1 gallon in 5.5 hours. Manual filling is easy and safe.
Using pure distilled water is also recommended for many household appliances, irons, coffee makers etc, and will often extend their life.
This steam distiller produces up to 4 gallons of pure steam distilled water per day.
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311 of 316 people found the following review helpful
I've been using this distiller for almost a year, and it makes the best water I've ever tasted. The only reason I don't give it five stars is that I think there might be a way to make it more convenient; I think an older or frail person would have a tough time removing the upper cover (fan unit) after distilling (it's fairly heavy, and it makes a tight seal with the body of the distiller).
When I first started using this distiller, I thought there was a slightly acrid taste to the water, even with the carbon filter. Eventually I figured out what was wrong. I live in an area where the tap water has a very high mineral content. The body of the distiller is essentially an electric kettle that holds a gallon of water. It shuts off automatically when the water boils off. But the mineral gunk left over gets burned onto the bottom and the sides of the "kettle", and that's what was causing the slightly off taste. By setting a timer so that I remember to shut off the distiller before the last few ounces of water boil away, I've been able to improve the taste of the water, as well as make de-scaling the kettle a less frequent task. (Starting from cold tap water, it takes about 6 hours to distill a gallon of water, so I shut it off at about 5 1/2 hours.) Curiously, the little button on the front of the distiller body is only an "ON" button; to manually turn the distiller off, you have to pull the power plug.
Another slight drawback to this product is that the cooling fan is pretty loud. I run the distiller in a downstairs utility room, so it doesn't bother me at all, but you wouldn't want to be in the same room with it when it's running.
When I first started using this distiller, I thought there was a slightly acrid taste to the water, even with the carbon filter. Eventually I figured out what was wrong. I live in an area where the tap water has a very high mineral content. The body of the distiller is essentially an electric kettle that holds a gallon of water. It shuts off automatically when the water boils off. But the mineral gunk left over gets burned onto the bottom and the sides of the "kettle", and that's what was causing the slightly off taste. By setting a timer so that I remember to shut off the distiller before the last few ounces of water boil away, I've been able to improve the taste of the water, as well as make de-scaling the kettle a less frequent task. (Starting from cold tap water, it takes about 6 hours to distill a gallon of water, so I shut it off at about 5 1/2 hours.) Curiously, the little button on the front of the distiller body is only an "ON" button; to manually turn the distiller off, you have to pull the power plug.
Another slight drawback to this product is that the cooling fan is pretty loud. I run the distiller in a downstairs utility room, so it doesn't bother me at all, but you wouldn't want to be in the same room with it when it's running.
184 of 187 people found the following review helpful
By Ronald King
It's now seven years after I bought this distiller and left the first review. It's still in use and works great. It has turned out to be one of the better purchases I've made. I don't have much to add to the earlier reviews, but it is still problem-free, and useful as ever.
The three-years-later review:
This is an update and some notes after three years of using this distiller:
1. It works as well as the first time I used it. This is a solid piece of work.
2. It's easier to keep clean if you rinse it well every two or three gallons, and give it a few seconds worth of a scrub. The deposits that build up on it come right off if you just pour a water/vinegar mix into it and let it sit a while. Scrubbing a little helps. This thing is not hard to keep clean, but it helps to be regular with the maintenance. Besides, the deposits don't seem to affect the water anyway. I've never let them build up really thick though. Also, if you catch it before it's boiled all the way down, there are no deposits at all.
3. You can make your own LCD-screen and CD/DVD cleaner with this: Mix rubbing alcohol (I use the 91%) with triple-distilled water, half and half. Pour it on to an LCD and/or CD-safe cleaning cloth, like one of those little microfiber lens cloths, and it works very well. It works as well as the commercial stuff, and is infinitely cheaper. Using the distilled water rather than tap water means it won't leave the white streaks on the screen as it dries.
4. I haven't used the little charcoal filter packs in years now. Not sure what that info is good for, but everything works just fine without it.
5. The collection bottle is a bit challenging to keep clean because of its shape, and we use a bottle brush to clean it. I can't think of any alternative design that would be easier to clean, so no points off for it. It's still neat to me that it fits perfectly inside the distiller when it's not in use. That kind of attention to detail still pleases me.
6. Coffee made with distilled water is more delicious and consistent.
7. The sharp taste I complained about in the original review has gone away. I'm assuming it was either caused by 'manufacturing residue' or something in the water bottle or the coils, even though I washed it well before using it.
The original review:
The distiller works as advertised, and it's cheaper to buy it here than direct from NutriTeam when you consider the shipping cost, and it arrived very quickly. If you're paying about a dollar per gallon of bottled distilled water, this appliance pays for itself pretty quickly. I give it five stars but with a couple reservations and a few specific kudos.
The negatives: The cooling fan on top is pretty loud. It's not loud like, say, an air-conditioner, but it's still pretty loud and can be heard a room and a hallway away. It's not loud enough to disrupt conversation, though. In addition, the distiller is larger than it looks in the photo. This isn't an item you can easily shove to the side of the counter when it's not in use, but if you're like me and make a couple gallons a day for drinking, cooking, and ice cubes, it will be in frequent-enough use to justify the space. A dedicated area for it, like a TV-Tray somewhere in the corner, is perfect.
The positives: The collection jug fits inside the main distiller chamber when not in use, and that helps a lot with counter space. The amount of water that fits in the collection jug is also the exact amount to hit the fill-line inside the main chamber. That's a bonus, because you don't have left-over water to pour out, nor do you have to make multiple trips. I'd expect it to be that way, but real convenience like that isn't often considered by manufacturers. In addition, the charcoal filter chamber is very easy to manage and fit the filter. The design is also quite simple and easy to clean, not complicated with weird flaps and parts like some other distillers. You cannot beat the price for a kitchen-ready distiller. I've seen several distillers with less capacity that cost four times as much.
The 4-gallons a day description seems accurate though I've never tried to make that much in a single day. It takes right at 6 hours to make a gallon. I start it with hot water from the tap rather than cold; I'm not sure how much a difference it would take if I started it with cold water. I've found that filling the collection bottle to the first ridge from the top, rather than all the way to the top, makes it easier to manage when later collecting the distilled water as a full jug is hard to handle without spilling any. There's surprisingly little waste -- pretty much all the water seems to make it through distillation and in to the collector, so the amount you put in is the amount you get out.
The distilled water it makes has that sharp taste to it that bottled distilled water had several years ago rather than the smoother taste of more recent bottled distilled water. I suspect that's because of the charcoal filtering, so I'm going to try it without the charcoal filter to see how that affects the taste. I've also found that like with the older bottled water, giving it a good hard shake improves the taste -- something or other about introducing air in to the water, or so I hear. Whatever the reason, it helps. It's still better than the stuff coming out of the tap.
The three-years-later review:
This is an update and some notes after three years of using this distiller:
1. It works as well as the first time I used it. This is a solid piece of work.
2. It's easier to keep clean if you rinse it well every two or three gallons, and give it a few seconds worth of a scrub. The deposits that build up on it come right off if you just pour a water/vinegar mix into it and let it sit a while. Scrubbing a little helps. This thing is not hard to keep clean, but it helps to be regular with the maintenance. Besides, the deposits don't seem to affect the water anyway. I've never let them build up really thick though. Also, if you catch it before it's boiled all the way down, there are no deposits at all.
3. You can make your own LCD-screen and CD/DVD cleaner with this: Mix rubbing alcohol (I use the 91%) with triple-distilled water, half and half. Pour it on to an LCD and/or CD-safe cleaning cloth, like one of those little microfiber lens cloths, and it works very well. It works as well as the commercial stuff, and is infinitely cheaper. Using the distilled water rather than tap water means it won't leave the white streaks on the screen as it dries.
4. I haven't used the little charcoal filter packs in years now. Not sure what that info is good for, but everything works just fine without it.
5. The collection bottle is a bit challenging to keep clean because of its shape, and we use a bottle brush to clean it. I can't think of any alternative design that would be easier to clean, so no points off for it. It's still neat to me that it fits perfectly inside the distiller when it's not in use. That kind of attention to detail still pleases me.
6. Coffee made with distilled water is more delicious and consistent.
7. The sharp taste I complained about in the original review has gone away. I'm assuming it was either caused by 'manufacturing residue' or something in the water bottle or the coils, even though I washed it well before using it.
The original review:
The distiller works as advertised, and it's cheaper to buy it here than direct from NutriTeam when you consider the shipping cost, and it arrived very quickly. If you're paying about a dollar per gallon of bottled distilled water, this appliance pays for itself pretty quickly. I give it five stars but with a couple reservations and a few specific kudos.
The negatives: The cooling fan on top is pretty loud. It's not loud like, say, an air-conditioner, but it's still pretty loud and can be heard a room and a hallway away. It's not loud enough to disrupt conversation, though. In addition, the distiller is larger than it looks in the photo. This isn't an item you can easily shove to the side of the counter when it's not in use, but if you're like me and make a couple gallons a day for drinking, cooking, and ice cubes, it will be in frequent-enough use to justify the space. A dedicated area for it, like a TV-Tray somewhere in the corner, is perfect.
The positives: The collection jug fits inside the main distiller chamber when not in use, and that helps a lot with counter space. The amount of water that fits in the collection jug is also the exact amount to hit the fill-line inside the main chamber. That's a bonus, because you don't have left-over water to pour out, nor do you have to make multiple trips. I'd expect it to be that way, but real convenience like that isn't often considered by manufacturers. In addition, the charcoal filter chamber is very easy to manage and fit the filter. The design is also quite simple and easy to clean, not complicated with weird flaps and parts like some other distillers. You cannot beat the price for a kitchen-ready distiller. I've seen several distillers with less capacity that cost four times as much.
The 4-gallons a day description seems accurate though I've never tried to make that much in a single day. It takes right at 6 hours to make a gallon. I start it with hot water from the tap rather than cold; I'm not sure how much a difference it would take if I started it with cold water. I've found that filling the collection bottle to the first ridge from the top, rather than all the way to the top, makes it easier to manage when later collecting the distilled water as a full jug is hard to handle without spilling any. There's surprisingly little waste -- pretty much all the water seems to make it through distillation and in to the collector, so the amount you put in is the amount you get out.
The distilled water it makes has that sharp taste to it that bottled distilled water had several years ago rather than the smoother taste of more recent bottled distilled water. I suspect that's because of the charcoal filtering, so I'm going to try it without the charcoal filter to see how that affects the taste. I've also found that like with the older bottled water, giving it a good hard shake improves the taste -- something or other about introducing air in to the water, or so I hear. Whatever the reason, it helps. It's still better than the stuff coming out of the tap.
109 of 112 people found the following review helpful
By Ken M
Amazon Verified Purchase
I have only had this unit for about a week (edit : now three weeks). After fifteen gallons of water, I thought I would share what I have learned so far.
My water is very hard (mostly calcium) and has chloramines added. I keep several aquariums (55, 30, & 20 gallons), so I am sensitive to the water quality of any device.
I purchased this device because my years old (recently serviced) reverse osmosis rental unit was putting out about 5 ppm of nitrates. My tap water has about 15 ppm of nitrates. The water that this distiller produces measures 0 ppm nitrates (with my test strips) so I am very happy, my problem is solved.
I did notice a slight metallic taste to the first two gallons that I made with tap water. I then tried an experiment, and used water from my 'PUR 3 stage faucet filter' to fill this thing and the 'funny' taste was gone. I researched this a little and mostly discovered that the distiller is not able to remove all of the VOCs (gases in this case). Pre and post filtering with activated carbon was recommended. I would have to agree. This morning I tasted some water from the distiller along side some of the reverse osmosis unit water, and, guess what? The RO water tastes a little 'funny', the distilled water tasted great.
For the aquarium water, I add back in some essential minerals, the fish require these to live. I experimented with the distilled water and added back in a few commonly available minerals (baking soda, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and citric acid) in small amounts (varying, about < 200 mg /liter of each) and was able to get the best tasting water that I have ever encountered.
If you are the adventurous type, like me, I buy high quality activated carbon by the pound (aquarium supply) and put two teaspoons of that into some coffee filter material, and use that as a replacement for the 'filter packets' that sale for about $1 a piece. My price, this way, is about $.10 per filter. That, and I trust aquarium suppliers, some people have many thousands of dollars invested into their fish, so the QC on the aquarium supplies needs to be high (or everyone will hear about it). There just is not much of the same QC on drinking water filter material.
I do recommend using a timer to shut the distiller off after about 5 1/2 hours. In my case, I have about four ounces of something in the tank that looks like a mild children's paste mix. The unit switches off (as I understand it) with a thermal switch. Running it out to a full cycle will not hurt anything, but all of the minerals will end up as baked on 'crispy critters' on the inside of the tank.
Hey, enjoy this distiller. I love the thing.
Ken Miller
Update May 27, 2008:
I have been using this device a lot (twice+ daily) in the past few weeks, producing over 75 gallons of distilled water. I have 105 gallons worth of aquariums, which explains my need for the amount of water, and I just love the taste (with my little bit of added minerals).
I do a 'rinse and wipe' after each use with a little dish soap and baking soda. The citric acid cleaning solution works well for removing any build up of minerals when used about once a week. Keep in mind, that the cleaning solution takes a little time to dissolve the minerals, so, you may need to swish it around in the tank every few minutes for as much as ten minutes until any built up minerals are dissolved.
As far as worrying about a #7 plastic collection container:
Originally, that #7 made me a little nervous, but after reading everything I could find on the subject, I had to conclude that time, heat, and harsh chemicals are what cause the unwanted chemicals to leach out into the water.
The water that comes out of this device is (average) warm, I would guess 90F degrees. I can only guess that that is a low enough temperature not to cause any immediate reactions, however slight. No worries for me there in storing water in the container for a day or so in the refrigerator. I do now use a stainless steel 'water bottle' at work as a replacement for my old 'non-reusable' plastic water bottle that I reused every day. I do not use detergents to wash out the collector bottle, as that was one of the things that caused a release of unwanted chemicals in a study that I had read. A good rinse with tap water (with maybe a little baking soda) will do a good job of cleaning the collector bottle.
enjoy,
:)
Ken
My water is very hard (mostly calcium) and has chloramines added. I keep several aquariums (55, 30, & 20 gallons), so I am sensitive to the water quality of any device.
I purchased this device because my years old (recently serviced) reverse osmosis rental unit was putting out about 5 ppm of nitrates. My tap water has about 15 ppm of nitrates. The water that this distiller produces measures 0 ppm nitrates (with my test strips) so I am very happy, my problem is solved.
I did notice a slight metallic taste to the first two gallons that I made with tap water. I then tried an experiment, and used water from my 'PUR 3 stage faucet filter' to fill this thing and the 'funny' taste was gone. I researched this a little and mostly discovered that the distiller is not able to remove all of the VOCs (gases in this case). Pre and post filtering with activated carbon was recommended. I would have to agree. This morning I tasted some water from the distiller along side some of the reverse osmosis unit water, and, guess what? The RO water tastes a little 'funny', the distilled water tasted great.
For the aquarium water, I add back in some essential minerals, the fish require these to live. I experimented with the distilled water and added back in a few commonly available minerals (baking soda, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and citric acid) in small amounts (varying, about < 200 mg /liter of each) and was able to get the best tasting water that I have ever encountered.
If you are the adventurous type, like me, I buy high quality activated carbon by the pound (aquarium supply) and put two teaspoons of that into some coffee filter material, and use that as a replacement for the 'filter packets' that sale for about $1 a piece. My price, this way, is about $.10 per filter. That, and I trust aquarium suppliers, some people have many thousands of dollars invested into their fish, so the QC on the aquarium supplies needs to be high (or everyone will hear about it). There just is not much of the same QC on drinking water filter material.
I do recommend using a timer to shut the distiller off after about 5 1/2 hours. In my case, I have about four ounces of something in the tank that looks like a mild children's paste mix. The unit switches off (as I understand it) with a thermal switch. Running it out to a full cycle will not hurt anything, but all of the minerals will end up as baked on 'crispy critters' on the inside of the tank.
Hey, enjoy this distiller. I love the thing.
Ken Miller
Update May 27, 2008:
I have been using this device a lot (twice+ daily) in the past few weeks, producing over 75 gallons of distilled water. I have 105 gallons worth of aquariums, which explains my need for the amount of water, and I just love the taste (with my little bit of added minerals).
I do a 'rinse and wipe' after each use with a little dish soap and baking soda. The citric acid cleaning solution works well for removing any build up of minerals when used about once a week. Keep in mind, that the cleaning solution takes a little time to dissolve the minerals, so, you may need to swish it around in the tank every few minutes for as much as ten minutes until any built up minerals are dissolved.
As far as worrying about a #7 plastic collection container:
Originally, that #7 made me a little nervous, but after reading everything I could find on the subject, I had to conclude that time, heat, and harsh chemicals are what cause the unwanted chemicals to leach out into the water.
The water that comes out of this device is (average) warm, I would guess 90F degrees. I can only guess that that is a low enough temperature not to cause any immediate reactions, however slight. No worries for me there in storing water in the container for a day or so in the refrigerator. I do now use a stainless steel 'water bottle' at work as a replacement for my old 'non-reusable' plastic water bottle that I reused every day. I do not use detergents to wash out the collector bottle, as that was one of the things that caused a release of unwanted chemicals in a study that I had read. A good rinse with tap water (with maybe a little baking soda) will do a good job of cleaning the collector bottle.
enjoy,
:)
Ken
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