I am just 'blue-skying' here but... what about those water filters called 'Zero' filters? Could one of those be used to filter distilled water to help remove any undesirables or would it add TDS amounts? I know zip-doo-dah about distilled waters and/or filters. Just wondering.Lola ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Baugh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 19 May 2016 16:48:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CS>distilled water
Hi, What happened with Great Value/Wal-Mart distilled water was, it worked great in the CS machine but then I got a whiff of overwhelmingly offensive odor. I have no idea how long this had been going on but it was enough to make me stop in my tracks. I decided to go ahead and make another batch of CS but it too stank to high heaven. I have never used another gallon of Great Value distilled water. All the gallons of distilled water and the new batch of CS were tossed. The odor was in the plastic jugs. Out of curiosity, am I the only one who has noticed this? I think you all are right, when you find a good source of distilled water, stay with it. In this case it will be Walgreens even if I have to pay triple. Interesting thought that if distilled water was unavailable, rain water would probably work fine. Thank you, Jean ******************** I agree. I have a TT distiller and find that I am much better off buying the DW. As I recall Jean got a bad batch from Walmart. I get "Great Value" distilled water there - steam D, microfil & ozonation with never a bad gallon. I have had a bad Arrowhead brand from Groc. store. Might be worth trying Walmart again. Ron On 5/19/2016 2:17 AM, Ode Coyote wrote: Lots of people seem to like the "Love" table top distillers. Distillers require maintenance and you will run into the same circumstances as the commercial distillers. Source water counts. Minerals build up Boil over contaminates coils. Volatiles come through first. Rain water is natures purest as it is distilled by nature..but comes out of a dirty container that should be well rinsed before using. [Let it rain a while before collecting] Ode On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Jean Baugh <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I called the toll free phone number of Clover Valley distilled water, last Friday but no answer nor a machine message. I called back on Monday and asked if they were EST; the man laughed and said, No, this is the Philippines. He transferred me to their water expert but no answer and no message. I called back a second time later to be conveyed to their water expert, Amanda Cannon but again, no response. A forth and last time I told them I suggested they fire their water expert because no one answers and there is no message. They excused themselves twice and found out the same thing. The man asked what information I wanted about their distilled water and was told the two questions. He said they would contact me by email. Looking at the Walgreens distilled water label, I’ve decided it is harder to acquire but possibly worth it. The brand is: 'NICE! distilled water distributed by Walgreens. Purified by steam distillation, micro filtered and ozonated to ensure quality, bottled by Magic Mountain Water Co, LLC. Source from a pure deep well in Shrevesport, LA’. I’m going to look at the steam distillers again. Has anyone bought a steam distiller and been satisfied with it. If so, could you please tell us the brand and any other information? Thank you, Jean
