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Question: Does the water ever touch plastic or rubber parts? The spout looks like possible plastic and maybe a plastic junction that is the grey area?
Document: Having a reliable distiller is important to us.The SteamPure comes well-protected in a really BIG box. Happily, the unit is no where as big as the box. It's maybe 4 inches taller than the thermos-looking units, and it takes up more counter space...maybe 50% more. It looks very industrial, appears to be well built, and everything is stainless steel, except for the big glass collection jug. It's not as heavy as it looks, so when it's empty there is no problem getting it up onto the counter.Cleaning and setting up is not a problem.
If you have a large family you may need a larger machine because it takes a while to make a gallon, but overall I am extremely happy with my purchase! I may get another of the same model because I like it so much.I followed the directions of another customer to clean it out first and that did help reduce initial odd taste. Now the water tastes amazing and it is very easy to operate. FYI the filter does not fit with the plastic lid on as shown in this photo so you have to leave the lid off if you are using the filter arm that comes with it.
Got this distiller about a week ago and have made about 3 to 4 batches a day since.We've had 5 or 6 of the cheaper plastic (and sometimes stainless steel) distillers shaped like a big thermos. They always seem to fail after a year or so. Instead of dropping another $100 + to get distilling capacity for only another year I thought I'd break the bank with this unit....so it had better last us 5 years!We're on a well. Even though our water goes through a treatment system we distill water for drinking and cooking.
The distilled water does not leave a white scale residue in the bottom of our stainless steel ice cube trays like our filtered tap water did. I am confident that I am not drinking chlorine, fluoride, and who knows what else. It's great!WHY THIS DISTILLER? :I have never owned any others, but looked at many online. At first I was looking at the cheaper plastic ones from several other companies. I didn't like the idea that they kept burning until the water was completely gone, as some people mentioned it's a fire hazard, and others have said they burn through the plastic and water gets onto the electrical wiring.
Instructions for rinse, clean, and sterilize are all in the manual.DOES IT WORK?We live in Florida, so we have extremely hard water that is of poor quality (I know right...so THAT'S what's wrong with everyone in Florida ;). We live in an area that is heavily agricultural, so we also fear there is a lot of pesticide and fertilizer in the water. In our city, the tap water smells heavily chlorinated (like it came straight in from a swimming pool), and we have on occation gotten letters in the mail saying they are obligated to inform us the water didn't meet quality standards.The distiller does it's job because the water tastes and smells odorless after it goes through the distiller.
First you fill it maybe half way and drain the tank through the petcock and drain in the back. Then you fill the tank and run it till it turns off and throw out that first distillation. Then you're ready to go.Filling the tank (there's a hatch in the top of the unit) gives you a 3/4 to 7/8 full glass jar. There's a float switch inside the tank, so the unit shuts off by water level compared to the excess-temperature switch in the other thermos-shaped units.
The plastic ones have gotten mostly good reviews, but I tend to not discount negative reviews just because a product has 4+stars (if a lot of people are saying the same thing and it's a legitimate concern) because I have had bad experiences where I went back and wished I took the negative reviews more seriously (I'm looking at you, Izunami flat iron). If you're buying a product that is mixing electricity and water, a stainless steel product that stops heating before the water burns off completely makes more sense (and this is the cheapest one on the market).
I haven't owned it long, but I feel really confident about this product and hope to have it for many years to come. Add to it the fact that it's made in the USA and I say you can't beat this product!! ***UPDATE***6 months later, and I'm still loving this distiller! A couple of things to consider about drinking distilled water full-time:ALKALINITY:Some people will say distilled water is alkaline, but that is only in theory. In reality it will have to touch the air.
I purchased this distiller so that I'd have one that doesn't break down easily. It meets that need. What I don't like about it is that it does not distill a complete gallon at a time. It only goes about 2/3 of a gallon. Then you have to let it cool before opening it to add more water. A good aspect is that it's easy to fill through the top entry cap,  The machine always maintains abut 1/2 gallon of water after distilling the 3/4 gallon, and it's nice that you don't have  to clean the inside after every use.
Being so devoid of minerals, it bonds with the carbon dioxide in the air and forms carbonic acid. This means your distilled water is very acidic. If you add 1/8 teaspoon of BAKING SODA to 1 gallon of distilled, it will put the PH level around 7 (neutral). Otherwise, the water will test very acidic, like under 6 (my tap registered very high almost 8 and the distilled was lower than 6 very acidic, yes, I bought some PH water testing strips). The baking soda puts it exactly between pure distilled and tap.
Answer: no