Megahome Countertop Water Distiller Stainless, Glass Collection

***Update 10/5/2024*** I purchased this the end of October 2011. I run it at least every other day, sometimes daily, and occasionally twice a day. It is still going strong. Well worth the money! It's been a workhorse for almost 13 years. Now the nozzle is having difficulty staying in. When I purchased the white version, from Mega Home, I noticed that they are now selling replacement nozzles. My original nozzle is all plastic, the new one has a porcelain insert. So I quickly added that to my cart! Other that the nozzle tending to fall out after 13 years, there have been zero problems! I only drink, cook, and make coffee with distilled water. I have started keeping a bottle of distilled in the shower to do a final rinse of my hair to get rid of left over tap water chemicals... like rinsing with rainwater. It's made a big difference! ***Update 11/25/2020: I just started a batch of water and it crossed my mind that I have had this machine for quite some time now. Can you believe I purchased this distiller in October of 2011 and it is still going strong! I have used this machine steady since my purchase. When I have time, I clean it with vinegar and water, let it come to boil with the lid off, once it starts boiling, I unplug it and let it sit before rinsing. I have to admit that I probably Don't clean it as often as recommended, yet it still preform like a champ. Usually I just rinse it between batches. The only thing I use tap water for is washing, everything else is distilled (cooking pasta, coffee, tea, any recipe that needs water)....so needless to say, this machine gets a workout. I used to fill bottles with reverse osmosis water from the vending machines, it was pretty good, but a hassle... The taste of of RO water was better than tap, but it was nothing compared to distilled. A friend was raving over the taste of my ice tea, she couldn't get enough of it. The only thing I did different from her was use distilled water. This distiller was well worth the investment and I can honestly say it has more than paid for itself! Original review: I have had this distiller for two months now and it works great. It takes about five to six hours to distill from cool tap water but yesterday I used hot tap and heated about half of the water on the stove to almost a simmer and it only took four hours (I didn't want it completely boiling because I wasn't sure how that might affect the element in the machine). Previously I would fill big three gallon water jugs at reverse osmosis water dispenser and that was a pain lugging those bottles back and forth so this is a bit more convenient because I can just fill it up and go. But the big difference everyone in the house noticed was the taste. I always thought that you couldn't beat the taste of reverse osmosis water but I was wrong. I don't notice the difference in just drinking a glass of water but when I make coffee there is an extreme difference. Coffee made with this distilled water rocks! People ask me what kind of coffee it is because it tastes so much better than before and the only thing that is different is the water. UPDATE January 20, 2023 I purchased this in 2011 and it is still going strong. I use it everyday ... that is an appliance life span that is almost unheard of in this day and age. It removes all the chemicals and leaves only pure water. Everything tastes so much better, coffee, tea, spaghetti, anything you need water to make... you can taste what they are really supposed to taste like. This is a a real value!

The distiller works very well. I don't use the water for drinking, my water tastes fine. I do use the water for my CPAP, Sinus rinse and humidifier. I have only had the distiller for three weeks. Got it because I couldn't find distilled water in the stores. They tell me it's because distillers can't get bottles. So recycle, please. I am currently running two batches a day. My humidifier goes through that much. But I've brought the humidity in my house up to 20% from 3%. I've cleaned the distiller twice; once with the cleaner that came with it. The other time I used 2 cups of white vinegar and filled it up to the fill line with water. I left the top off and let it come to a boil. Takes about an hour. Both work equally as well and the distiller comes out looking like new. When I distill water I use water that goes through a Pur filter on my faucet. I'm sure that cuts back on the amount of mineral deposits on the bottom. I run the distiller for 5 & a half hours. It takes about 45 - 50 minutes for distilled water to come out. During these cold months my water comes out of the faucet at about 45°F. I sure it will take a little less time in the summer when the water is warmer. I've followed other reviews advice and use a timer so the distiller doesn't run dry. This keeps the minerals in the water from burning on the bottom. I gave the taste review a 5 star review. But as I said before I don't really drink it. I did tast it and compared it to the distilled water you buy in the stores. I couldn't tell the difference. One more thing. You do have to put the collection container together when you get it. The metal rings and handle need to be attached. I just followed the directions. It was no problem. I'm a 74 year old female, if that makes a difference. If you can see how much water is in the collection container, in the picture above, it's the amount after the distiller has been running for an hour and that hour includes the 45 minutes before water starts coming out. I've had this distiller now for 1.5 years. I love it. I'm sure I've gotten my money's worth out of it, and then some, as the price of distilled water has gone up from 78 cents/ gal to $1.29/gal since I got it. I run the distiller once a day for my humidifier. And twice a day about once a week as I use a gallon of distilled water/week for my humidifier and sinus rinse. Since I have the distiller on a timer and don't let it run dry, I only need to clean it about once a month. It still comes out looking like new when I clean it. I do recommend running a bottle brush around the sides and across the bottom after each run. Dump that small amount of water, then rinse it out again before filling it up to run again. It keeps it cleaner. I run it at night in my spare bathroom, which is off the kitchen, so the noise doesn't bother me.

I love this distiller and love Megahome (Nutriteam) even more. The hard water in the three Utah neighborhoods where we've lived have given me three kidney stones, but that problem vanished when I started using this distiller. My family and neighbors are shocked to see how much gunk this thing removes from our tap water. Within a year of purchase, though, the distiller developed first an inch long dent, then a crack within the water chamber near the top fill line. This crack rusted and grew to be about as long as my fist (see my pictures in this review). It allowed water to leak through the chamber into the inner parts of the distiller, and onto the counter below. I had to stop using it because I didn't want to risk an electrical short, arc, fire, or electrocution. I emailed Megahome with the pictures in this review. Even though I emailed them after the warranty period had expired, they sent me a new tank, free of charge (including shipping) without me even having to mail them the defective unit. (The photos showed the defect clearly.) To clarify, the company that replied to my email and sent me the replacement was Nutriteam. They explained that they are the exclusive U.S. distributors of the Taiwanese company that manufactures the Megahome distiller. (I originally thought the product was manufactured in the U.S. and that was a selling point for me, but I'm happy to support Taiwanese manufacturers as well since I like to support companies that operate in republics with elected presidents.) Here's the timeline, which is useful in order to understand how much this company stands behind its product. I originally purchased this distiller from Amazon on July 16 2021. I emailed them about the defect on 11 Feb 2023 (almost 19 months later), informing them that the tank had developed an inch long dent within a year of my purchase, but since it started as a small dent, I initially was puzzled as to whether the dent existed when I first bought the item or whether it had emerged several months later. (I knew for a fact that I hadn't caused the dent because I never used anything but citric acid to clean the tank and even used my hand as a scrubber so I wouldn't scour the tank.) I explained in the email that it became clear somewhere between 11 and 18 months after purchase that this issue was indeed a manufacturing defect because in that time it developed from a dent to large dent to a large rusty crack which eventually leaked water from the tank into the inside of the unit's internals. Not only did Megahome/Nutriteam send a replacement for the tank; they also stated in their reply that the replacement tank also would include a new warranty. It means that their replacement of the tank essentially re-booted the warranty period. That was an excellent surprise. Note: To improve longevity of the distiller, I use a timer that prevents it from running out of water and tripping the overheating switch. I chose the "BN-LINK 7 Day Heavy Duty Digital Programmable Timer, FD60 U6, 115V, 60Hz, Dual Outlet, Indoor, for Lamp Light Fan Security UL Listed" because it has an internal battery and a clock, which means it can be programmed for different times on different days (I sleep in on Sunday), and also won't be thrown off schedule if a power outage occurs when the unit isn't supposed to run. I set it for about 4.5 hours and it leaves about a cm of water in the bottom of the tank which should improve the unit's lifespan. I also clean my tank once a week using a couple tablespoons of citric acid granules in a slightly overfilled tank with no heat. If I just leave it to soak for an hour, the citric acid dissolves the lime scale enough where I can literally wipe the remainder off with my fingertips and it just whisks away in a cloud underwater. Then I rinse it (I don't want the metal to rust from constant exposure to citric acid), refill, and get back to distilling. My tank still looks like new 6 months after it was replaced. Update: Today, 9/5/2023, the replacement tank is working flawlessly, and my wife asked me to order an identical distiller for her. She did the math and found that after paying the initial $300 price tag of the unit, the distiller will save her $1,000 per year in bottled water (she only drinks Arrowhead brand because she likes the taste, but has found she also likes the taste of the water this distiller produces.) If her distiller lasts as long as mine has so far (25 months), it will save us $1,700 in the first 2 years alone.

I bought this on 12/31/2013, and am writing this review on 10/18/2014. I've ran about 250 gallons water water though the distiller. It is easy to set up, very easy to use. When we first bought it, I washed the main stainless steel container, and the glass flask. We filled the distiller with about a gallon of distilled water I bought from Walmart and distilled the first gallon of water just to initially clean the internal parts that one cannot clean, and discarded the first gallon. After that we use it almost every day and store one gallon of distilled water in the fridge, and the other gallon we keep in a separate covered glass container on the counter (for cooking, coffee making, drinking when one does not want cold water, etc.). If we fill it with cold water, it takes about 6 hours to complete the distilling process (about a gallon); if we fill it with hot water, it takes about 4 1/2 to 5 hours to distill a gallon of water. At the completion of the distilling process, the unit shuts off automatically, and the glass container holding the distilled water will be warm, this is to be expected; this is one reason why we store a gallon in the fridge and have another gallon at room temp on the counter. How much noise does it make? It's not real noisy, similar to a bread making machine during the baking portion. The part that makes noise is the fan blowing air over the condensing coils. We run it either when we go to bed or when we leave the house for the day; the noise is then not an issue. It is supplied with charcoal filters that are meant to be placed in the discharge portion, but we never used them. We think the water tastes fine without using the filters; I think that would be a preference based on each individual. There may be a reason why they supplied the filters, but for us they aren't necessary. I wash out the distiller after every use just to get rid the the stuff left over from the distilling process. We throughly clean the distiller about every 7 to 10 gallons of use to get rid of the accumulated minerals that stick to the interior surface. At first we used the cleaning chemical they included (citric acid, in powder form) and followed the instructions. It worked very well. When we ran out of the cleaning chemical, we just used vinegar. We place about 1/2 inch to 1 inch of vinegar in the distiller, and leave it work on the bottom part first (about 20 minutes for our cleaning needs), then we have a setup where we turn the distiller on its side without letting the vinegar spill out (i.e., tilt it and rest it on a piece of wood or something so the vinegar doesn't spill out, I hope this is clear), then just rotate the distiller every 20 minutes or so. This way the vinegar will remove the minerals along the sides of the distiller too. It takes time, but it works. I usually set a timer and put the distiller out in the garage so the house doesn't smell of vinegar. I can imagine that some people will need to clean the distiller more often; it depends on your water source. We live remotely, and our water supply is a mountain stream, or water that we stored. The distiller will definitely kill anything in the water that may make you sick, without adding the chlorine taste. The distilled water is crystal clear. I hope my experience with the product is helpful to those reading this. I would highly recommend this product. It works well, is easy to use, easy to clean, and the price is very reasonable. I've had no problems what so ever so far.

****200 GALLONS UPDATE**** Since I love improvements I wanted to share we've made 200 gallons with this unit and I have an update to how I clean and maintain it. I've changed how I fill the reservoir. **I fill it using two 1/2 gallon glass canning jars. **As soon as I've emptied those jars into the distiller reservoir I go straight to the tap and fill those jars up again. **I let the jars sit, full of water with no lid until I'm ready to make the next gallon. **The chlorine in the tap water evaporates while sitting. **There is much less residue in the distiller. Chlorine was accounting for a lot of it! We still have a good amount of limestone and other minerals but w/o the chlorine it is about 1/2 the residue as before! We can now go 2 weeks in between cleaning the reservoir!!! I clean the same way as the last update, but I've reduced the citric acid down to 1/3 - 1/2 cup. ****UPDATE**** We've now made over 150 gallons and this unit is still running strong! We mostly make a gallon a day, there is a day or two per month where we need to make an extra gallon. After all these gallons I have developed a routine: Once the water is distilled I unplug the unit, remove the lid, and pat out all the wet leftover minerals with a single paper towel. After that there is still some residue stuck on the unit and I'm fine with it. I leave it to build up all week. On the weekend I sprinkle 3/4-1 cup of citric acid all over that residue, like I'm flouring a cake pan. Then I fill the unit with hot tap water and let it sit while I do laundry or run to the market. An hour or more later I dump out the water and the unit is mostly clean leaving only a little residue that needs to be gently scrubbed away. This method requires less effort and uses less citric acid than before when I was doing it every other day. ****ORIGINAL REVIEW**** We've made at least 50 gallons with this and are very pleased with its performance. I would say that it'll take a while for it to pay for itself compared to the price of distilled water at a supermarket since the power consumption is pretty high, but the convenience is totally worth it. Convenience meaning I don't have to lug big bottles of water from the store anymore. I don't have to worry about the bottle water limit at the store anymore. And I don't have to deal with all the plastic because we go through 1-2 gallons a day so the recycling impact was pretty high. I did save 10 of those plastic jugs to keep extra distilled water on hand for a power outage but other than that we're done with the plastic which makes us real happy. Cleaning isn't too tough - I bought a 10lb bag of citric acid and I use 1/2 cup with hot tap water and a scrubber brush to clean the reservoir every 2 days to get the sediment off the sides and bottom. It takes me just a couple minutes. Then I rinse it with water and then fill it up and start running a distillation cycle again. Ours did not come with the charcoal filters though it said it did. I guess they forgot those, but it isn't necessary. We test the water every 10 gallons and it is always 0 ppm so I don't see the use in the charcoal filters. Our tap water is 244 PPM with a lot of limestone so its been really great to have distilled water that doesn't clog my iron, my steamer, his CPAP, or our espresso maker. We do sometimes remineralize the water after making tea or coffee just for the taste - we use electrolyte drops (unflavored) and that works great. If you're thinking about it I recommend this. It isn't the cheapest or the most expensive but it is very reliable, very easy to use and manage, and there isn't too much assembly - just the silver bands and handle need to be put on the pitcher and you're pretty much ready to go. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED If this review helped you to make a decision: please consider tapping the helpful button. Thanks!!

Color me not impressed. You take the unit out of the box and then you have to assemble the glass pitcher yourself. The whole thing is enormous - it looks from the pictures like it is about as big as coffee maker - wrong. You are going to need a lot of counter-space to house this beastie. For scale, the glass carafe is easily 3x the size of a typical coffee maker carafe. Next weird thing: there is no actual on/off switch anywhere on the unit, just a breaker reset on the front of it. Basically, it boils the water, the steam rises into a condenser where it is cooled back into water by a little fan using the ambient air to cool the coils. The condensed water drips down into the glass pitcher. Rather than run on a timer or somehow sense that there is no water left in the unit, it is supposed to boil dry then the breaker trips off as the base gets too hot. That is how it shuts itself off. This does not seem like a particularly sensible design to me. It is basically designed to deliberately get very hot, when the temp rises too high in the base, it SHOULD stop before it catches itself on fire. Not a design I am particularly comfortable leaving run when I'm not home for example, and this is supposed to run for hours on end. It will take several hours to distill a full pot of water. Unfortunately, the little breaker on mine was defective, shutting off the unit after it ran for 10-15 minutes, instead of the 4 hours plus it was supposed to run. I checked everything over repeatedly, went through all the trouble-shooting steps in the manual - nothing helped. It was tripping off like it was overheated when there was still 95% of the water unprocessed. So now I have to go return it. Next unpleasant surprise. Even for defective units, you get to pay the shipping back to the manufacturer and this thing is big and heavy. My guess is that even slow shipping this monster back is going to cost me $40 or more. Doesn't really seem right that I have to pay anything out of my own pocket for shipping when I got a defective unit. If there was nothing wrong with it and I just didn't want it - ok, but I didn't get a working unit and now I am out of pocket a fair bit of money due to a manufacturing defect. Yes, I could have looked at the fine print on the shipping policies from a third party purchase, but I didn't and now I got burned. I have had occasional, defective products from Amazon, and they seem to always treat you right, sending somebody to come pick up the thing to make the return process painless and easy so you'll come back to them again in the future. Not so much for some of these third party sellers, apparently. If that makes you hesitant to buy this particular item - good. It isn't particularly loud in operation and there is nothing otherwise objectionable about it. The steel cylinder inside looks relatively easy to clean, although it cannot be immersed in water and would probably be a lot easier to clean if it didn't boil dry each time.

**update** 14 months and I cannot get it to stop popping loud. It's clean and dry and on a level surface. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WILL NOT BUT ANOTHER ONE. DANGEROUS. Read a lot of reviews and did a lot of research before deciding which water distiller to purchase. Upon using my MegaHome countertop for the first time, I was satisfied with my decision. Hopefully it will last years like others who have reviewed it. Sturdy, fan has noise as expected, average speed, great water quality (see below), feels/looks like good quality, great packaging, easy to clean. *IMPORTANT* Like some other reviews say-stop the distiller before the water level gets low. This not only makes cleaning VERY EASY, but prevents (or helps) the stainless from becoming pitted which will mean you'll get rust. In fact, to all those who reviewed this and complained about rust and pitting, please know that this warning IS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. I started by using others recommended times. For me, 3.5-3.75 hours leaves approximately two inches of water remaining. IMPORTANT - for your safety let the machine cool down before touching and removing the cover. The manual says 20 minutes minimum. My sensitive fingers need at least 25 minutes. Water quality-my first test was 0.01 TDS/PPM. The start T.D.S. of my bad & hard water varies from the 290's upwards of nearly 500. Yes, nearly 500 at times! I did decide to use the carbon filters since they were provided. The water has NO taste - PERFERCT TASTING WATER. Moving forward, I'll do a cost/value analysis to find whether the filters are worth my time and cost as compared to passing the water through my existing Brita carbon filter, or experiment with no filter. Packaging - IMHO the packaging was designed by an American Engineer. The styrofoam is perfectly cut to fit each item. The only exception is the glass cantor. I can see why some might get damaged if the package is handled roughly or dropped. It is packaged inside the base with plastic and one polyurethane sheet. Due to the fact that the base is tapered with the top side smaller, you cannot completely secure it to prevent all damage. Mine arrived in PERFECT CONDITION. Speed - I would like it to be faster and wish it would shut off before drying out; however, these are conditions that cannot be improved at this time with any brand or model that I'm aware of - at least not in my price range.

Great investment, used ours consistently for 4yrs now. Clean, purified water, no metallic taste. Use it every day. Easy to clean and maintain. The plastic start button broke off, put a piece of duct tape over starter and had no problem since. Highly recommend, would definitely purchase again

The photo shows the pollutants left after one distillation of my “high salt” water. Family members have already noticed a drop in their baseline blood pressures and may soon be able to stop their blood pressure medication. The residual toxin is easy to wipe out after each use. I run this distiller 2 times a day. The distillation takes about 5 hours each time. The machine automatically shuts off after the cycle is complete. Each full distillation yields 24 cups. What I don’t like is, the precise placement required for the distiller spout to be over the receiving pot. A flexible hose is required to avoid water dripping onto countertop and floor all night - manufacturerer please make this simple adaptation.

This distiller is the gold standard for countertop purification. It’s the only UL-approved distiller in the UK, and it removes 99.8% of contaminants—including fluoride, VOCs, pesticides, antibiotics, and heavy metals1 . The stainless steel boiling chamber means water never touches plastic, and the glass jug keeps your final product clean and taste-neutral. It’s fully automatic—shuts off when done, so no risk of overheating. The charcoal filters polish the taste, and the included cleaning crystals keep the unit fresh for months. Whether you’re prepping for hydration, brewing, or bait mixing, this unit delivers lab-grade purity with zero faff. ✅ Big Wins Best-in-class purity—removes 99.8% of pollutants1 Glass collection jug—no plastic taste or leaching Stainless steel interior—durable and hygienic Auto shut-off—safe and hands-free Charcoal filters included—taste polishers 2-year warranty + money-back guarantee—peace of mind ⚠️ Minor Trade-Offs 5–6 hour cycle—not instant, but thorough Noisy fan during operation—normal for distillers Manual fill required—no plumbing hookup Bulky footprint—needs counter space Premium price—around £249, but worth it1 🧍‍♂️ Personal Verdict Tested for drinking, bait prep, and aquarium top-ups—crystal-clear results every time. For under £250, it’s a proper investment in clean water. Built like a tank, runs like a pro, and delivers the kind of purity you can taste.

Fast shipping. Quality product. Australian cords and plugs. One thing I noticed was Mega home is called spring flow in Australia. I thought they looked identical and I was correct, they are the same brand. Made in Taiwan.

No more buying Distilled water that comes in plastic jugs containing BPA s etc. ,Was shocked seeing the residue of 4Liters of city water, I now have clean water and no plastics . There are cheaper models on the market but reviews put this one on top of the list for quality and function

Exactly as described!