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This might get me slammed, but I love Dr. Mercola's. The water quality in Phoenix is soooo, bad and reading the reports in my area, I actually first use Mercola's, but still run that water through another picture filter called Clearly Filtered, before chilling the filter in the fridge. I won't use ice that runs directly through the refrigerator system, so that was disconnected and we run that line directly to the Mercola filter. Very clear and easy to understand instructions come for this type of installation. I'm lucky that we have a counter top right next to the refrigerator for all my appliances, and Mercola's is very attractive with the coordination of black and chrome accents.I have a family member wanting to get a decent counter top water distiller that is affordable. Any recommendations?
I recently bought the AquaTru countertop as well.I have had my AquaTru for a few years now and I love it. It’s a counter reverse osmosis system. They also have under the sink systems. I’m not sure if the new ones remineralize water. I know the under the sink system can have that addon.
Very cool, I am going to check it out!This might get me slammed, but I love Dr. Mercola's.
Very nice, its on my list to research. Thank you!It's maybe not affordable but the Pure and Secure distiller has worked well for me for 1.5 years.
Very cool, thank you. I am torn between RO and Distilled. I use RO right now but family members are getting into clean water now and still trying to figure out the best way to guide them on it.I have had my AquaTru for a few years now and I love it. It’s a counter reverse osmosis system. They also have under the sink systems. I’m not sure if the new ones remineralize water. I know the under the sink system can have that addon.
Very cool thank you. I have not had a personal distiller yet so wondering if I would notice the same for distilled versus RO.recently bought the AquaTru countertop as well.
I like the mouth feel of the RO water better than the distilled.
However, I'm still tinkering around with it, to get the ph a little up to around 7-7.5. The pure RO water is too acidic for me and gives me issues.
Perfect, gonna check it out!The megahome that is sold on Amazon is tried and true.
yes but i dont know if id call it affordable. It is the best investment you can make in a distiller however. One thing to consider about distillers is that one should vent out their home every day if their tap water is especially contaminated. Hot steam rises, even if the compounds one is distilling is heavier than air, (while its heated) so giving such contaminants an escape route is ideal during distillation. This is probably my only complaint about it (besides the time it takes to produce the water) when compared to RO + DI. Also please dont put them in confined spaces unless you want hot damp moldy cupboards.Check out @RealNeat ‘s recs on water distillers. I bought the one he recommended and it’s been great.
if going for the Megahome you want to get a timer that stops the distiller before it "boils dry". This will carry over the contaminants into your water because they will overheat when the water runs out. Leaving even just a smidge of water at the bottom at the end of distillation cycle will prevent this. The AquaNui and Pure n Secure water distillers (same company) dont have this issue, they are simply the best design available today.Very cool, I am going to check it out!
Very nice, its on my list to research. Thank you!
Very cool, thank you. I am torn between RO and Distilled. I use RO right now but family members are getting into clean water now and still trying to figure out the best way to guide them on it.
Very cool thank you. I have not had a personal distiller yet so wondering if I would notice the same for distilled versus RO.
Perfect, gonna check it out!
I also forgot to mention, what I like most about the RO countertop vs Distiller, is that it's so much quicker to produce the same amount of filtered water.Very cool, thank you. I am torn between RO and Distilled. I use RO right now but family members are getting into clean water now and still trying to figure out the best way to guide them on it.
I hear you! I would love to have clean water too. I just don’t know how I could go around to get that. What are they doing to achieve this?Very cool, I am going to check it out!
Very nice, its on my list to research. Thank you!
Very cool, thank you. I am torn between RO and Distilled. I use RO right now but family members are getting into clean water now and still trying to figure out the best way to guide them on it.
Very cool thank you. I have not had a personal distiller yet so wondering if I would notice the same for distilled versus RO.
Perfect, gonna check it out!
I have decided to stick with RO systems. The off-gassing from distillers can be an issue, so until I have the way to put the distiller out of the house I am sticking with RO. This is the company I went with and I did not get the re-mineralization add-on.I hear you! I would love to have clean water too. I just don’t know how I could go around to get that. What are they doing to achieve this?
My primary concern is fluoride in water. I just don’t know of any other system besides RO that is able to take it out effectively.
I have decided to stick with RO systems. The off-gassing from distillers can be an issue, so until I have the way to put the distiller out of the house I am sticking with RO. This is the company I went with and I did not get the re-mineralization add-on.
Mosaic,I use a countertop activated charcoal filter with 0.3 micron pore size that filters out all organic compounds, for example bacteria and gaseous compounds (like chlorine), before the destillation process. The distiller then only has to deal with the dissolved solids (minerals).
The waterwise distiller I got also has a small charcoal filter where the water goes through before dripping into the can.
What I like about distilling is that it may also remove any theoretical "memory" of the water associated with toxins and reset it, so to speak.
The problem with water distillation is if you do not use a really effective charcoal filter beforehand, you will not eliminate all gaseous compounds from the water.
Distillation does not remove volatile or semi-volatile compounds. These compunds either gas off into the air, or stay in the water.
By using a charcoal filter that filters out chlorine and VOCs and then distilling the water, you basically have water with 0 ppm TDS, and zero organic compounds, but it takes a lot of time to distill water.
Using a high quality RO system is probably the most efficient way to filter drinking water, as you basically filter out everything that matters in one go, even though RO does not filter out 100% of TDS.
Distillation Treatment and Removal of Contaminants from Drinking Water | IWA Publishing
Distillation treatment typically removes most of the dissolved materials. In addition, the boiling process kills biological contaminants. Nevertheless, there are certain volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds that may not be removed by distillation (CDPH 2009). Organic compounds that boil...www.iwapublishing.com
Mosaic,
What model of distiller and countertop activated charcoal filter do you have?
Pore size in µm (micron) | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 1.5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
Flow rate | 1.5 l/min | 2.5 l/min | 3.5 l/min | 6.7 l/min | 13.5 l/min | 24 l/min | 37 l/min |
Pesticide retention | >99% | >99% | 88% | 78% | 65% | 50% | 32% |
Chlorine retention | >99% | >99% | 92% | 87% | 79% | 70% | 59% |
Heavy metal retention | 93% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 57% | 43% | 26% |
Filters bacteria | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |