Megahome Water Distiller

I drink a lot of water since I ride my bike a lot and it is hot in Austin.

Distilling really makes a huge difference in the quality of water. It's easy, affordable, and simple to do. It's gives you consistently pure water and removes the vast majority of contaminants. It is very effective at getting rid of dissolved salts and heavy metals (fluoride, lead, etc.) that a typical filter (i.e. Britta, Pur) will miss. Most of my friends can also taste the difference between the Austin tap and the water out of a distiller. There's none of that metallic, chlorine flavor. If you want to try some, let me know. ;)

I got mine at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00026F9F8?ie=UTF8&tag=leonfucom-20&...

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• Distiller

[DianeDi]

I am looking into purchasing a water distiller. I am sick of buying 30 gallons at a time and hauling them to my storage area. Although, it's a good workout, I think it's about time I became more self sufficient. I am looking for the best there is and Megahome name keeps popping up. Do you store gallons or just make enough for daily consumption?

[leoncfu]

@DianeDi I store the water in some glass jars. I run this either every day or every other day.

[681observer]

have you tested the water with a tds meter?

[leoncfu]

@681observer Nope, but I'm sure you can find someone on the Net that did.

[leoncfu]

@AznDuD333 I know, but I'd rather get these nutrients from my food not from my water. The amount of nutrients in water is trivial. The crap from drinking all that does more harm than any nutrients you get from drinking it.

[wfg3james]

@AznDuD333

Don't be stupid, you don't get nutrients from the city tap water, the city doesn't add vitamins and minerals in your tap, the minerals in your tap water are residue. One of the dumbest things I've heard was that you can die from drinking pure water, well you can't. You get minerals from fruits and vegetables.

[abbyovitsky]

one more thing...if you fill it up using fridge water, you're making the machine work harder, the booklet does say it's cheaper/more efficient to run if you start with WARM water, since the first step is boiling.  I'm wondering if you put your carbon filter in your nozzle? because it should be doing exactly what the fridge filter does! Thanks for taking the time to produce and upload your video, i always prefer to watch than to visualize from words, and i have the same model as in yours.

[abbyovitsky]

1. carbon filters come w/ the unit. remove from the little box, fold in half, insert into the nozzle; 2. insert nozzle into the slots in the top front of the unit, where it drips. There is no need to double carbon filter water, just replace the charcoal; 3. the water collection vessel is packed INSIDE the unit. 4. Handle Assembly: put bands around vessel, line up screw holes, set aside screws. Place bottom of handle over holes, hand tighten, screws, then put the top piece of the handle on....

[rainbowsalads]

Do you know what this machine does not filter out? Incidentally I emailed a few companies regarding trace mineral drops for distill water, none of the companies want to discuss fluoride content.

[garlicdawg]

does it use a lot of power....?

[garlicdawg]

can you boil it on a grill if U have no power........or do u need electricity all the time...?

nice work on the video....thanks

[samljer]

@prodigal1978 the only way it could be bad for you is if the equipment used to distill your water wasnt food grade, and it can happen. but not likely.

Discount of that what you will.

[samljer]

@681observer If it was distilled common sense would suggest total disolved anything is going to be 0