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I was previously buying plastic gallons of distilled water at $1 a piece. I was horrified by how many plastic bottles I was accumulating.
This wasn’t an easy purchase, Your return on investment will take about a year. It had been previously mentioned it will cost about .34 cents a gallon in electricity costs. So you figure .34 x 365 is $124, plus filters and cleaning supplies and the cost of the machine being $200, you’re looking at around $350 vs $365 for plastic gallons. That being said, you are not drinking out of plastic, or having to to leave the house. This Megahome makes the cleanest water I have ever tasted. I have had no issues over the past few months using it daily. I have two small gripes.

#1. This thing burns deposits on the bottom of the distiller. This makes it extremely challenging to keep clean everyday. You want to get yourself a digital timer and set it for five hours. This will leave just enough water at the bottom to prevent that from happening.
#2. I dislike the carafe. i love that it’s glass, but it leaks when pouring, so pour slow and steady.

I highly recommend this machine to anyone looking to improve their health and well being. It has provided me peace of mind about the quality of water I consume, and more energy to conquer my day.

[9/19/2016]
I like this distiller and would recommend buying it. The only flaw is the plastic cap on the pitcher. They were smart enough to make a glass insert in the spout so the hot water would not pick up chemicals from the plastic and then they went ahead and made a plastic cap for the pitcher. All during the distillation process, the water collecting in the pitcher is hot enough that steam rises up and collects on the plastic cap and then falls back down into the pitcher. The fix was simple. I went to a glass company and for about $5 I had them cut a 6″x6″x1/8″ plate. I use that to cover the top of the pitcher while I am using the distiller. I still like this pitcher better (even with the flaw) because it has a wide mouth for easy cleaning if needed. Buying the glass didn’t break the bank and it was an easy fix.

It makes a gallon in about 5 1/2 hours. I use a timer to shut the distiller off at 5 hours 20 minutes which leaves about 8 oz of water in the chamber. This 8 oz contains condensed impurities. Better to throw it out than to boil it further. It also makes cleaning easier. I had a distiller a while back, and the noise from the fan is a little quieter than the other one (but not by much).

I am able to distill water down to less than 0.2 ppm. I use a PWT (pure water tester) instead of a traditional TDS meter. The difference is that it is more precise in the lower ranges (0.0 – 99.9). Traditional TDS meters do not read in the tenths. Just a note that the end result does fluctuate up to 0.4 ppm, which I am assuming has to do with other variables (i.e., water, how clean the chamber is before use, etc.) Also, I filter my water with a zerowater pitcher before distilling (I do not use tap water in the distiller).

I am going to try a few experiments to see if I can distill down to 0.0 ppm. I’ll let you know if I succeed.

I just thought I would repeat my response post to someone’s question about adding minerals to the distilled water: (copy of post below)
This is no down-side to adding liquid minerals to the distilled water. I add vitamin-c, magnesium and calcium to mine. I am not a doctor; however, this notion that drinking distilled water leaches minerals from the body has just got to stop. You do not (repeat – do not) get enough minerals from regular water to supply nutrition to the body. If you were fasting and you drank distilled water, then your body would start to deplete itself since nothing is being consumed. Guess what, the same thing would happen if you fasted and drank regular water. Water just does not hold enough minerals to make a difference on a grand scale. As far as trace minerals, you should be getting those from consuming sea salt in your diet – not from water. I hope that clears things up. I’m not a doctor – only someone with common sense.

I had no idea how disgusting our tap water was… after using this product I now know. I urge everyone to research how gross public water is and how dangerous fluoride is for your body. ANYWAYS… this product is an affordable and convenient way to ensure safe drinking water an not having it in plastic bottles. Those filters most people use do not remove many of the contaminants and pharmaceuticals that you are drinking… ummm… gross.
The following pic is from distilling aprox 7 gallons of tap water

10/29/2017
tap water 343 PPM
distiller 0.01 PPM

Excellent product. My well water is undrinkable because it has a strong odor of hydrogen sulfide, but I have cheap electricity (about nine cents per kWh) so this unit makes a gallon of distilled water for only about thirty cents compared to one dollar per gallon for bottled water. I’ve only made three or four gallons so far, but mineral buildup on the bottom of the stainless steel boiler doesn’t seem to be much of a problem. I try to practice another reviewer’s suggestion to shut the unit off just before it has completed distilling a full gallon of water. This leaves most of the concentrated minerals in solution before they have a chance to crystallize on the bottom of the distiller, which means you don’t have to clean it as often.

I add a little (about 1Tbs/gallon) mineral solution to the distilled water so it doesn’t leach minerals from my bones and shake it a bit to aerate it and I have the perfect mineral water with no contaminants. I recommend the “Multiple Minerals 18 Ounces” by Eidon Ionic Minerals over the “Ionic Minerals with Acai” because the latter tints the water red.

So far so good. I like having pure water around. This does the trick.

As others have stated, do not run it completely dry. I run it for an hour or two and then let it cool for several hours and empty the reservoir, put in fresh water, and start again. I plan to find a timer for it so I can run these batches for longer intervals.

Do not run it dry.