Don't Buy Distilled Water. Save Money and Make It Yourself in 5 Easy Steps

[Justin Case]

Interesting article .

But I don't have an ice machine. I just buy a huge jug of demineralized purified water from Costco and boil the water (sometimes).

[Respirator99]

Seems like an awful lot of effort for not much return.

By the way, your link is broken - you need to remove the "//" at the end of the URL.

[clownbell]

I recently stumbled on another strategy. We have a Brita water pitcher. I used water from the Brita pitcher and did not have any residue in the bottom of the water tank -- compared to using tap water which resulted in a lot of residue. Of course, the residue can be easily cleaned by soaking the tub in a vinegar solution.

[D.H.]

Seems like an awful lot of effort for not much return.

By the way, your link is broken - you need to remove the "//" at the end of the URL.

For some reason, my original post is not present, so I can't make the correction.

I really think that this is not worth the effort, at least not for US and Canadian consumers. I'm not sure about distilled water availability in the rest of the world, so this is a possible option.

[Pugsy]

Seems like an awful lot of effort for not much return.

By the way, your link is broken - you need to remove the "//" at the end of the URL.

For some reason, my original post is not present, so I can't make the correction.

I really think that this is not worth the effort, at least not for US and Canadian consumers. I'm not sure about distilled water availability in the rest of the world, so this is a possible option.

You didn't make the original post in this thread here.
You made your post about this same topic here
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=185324&p=1423909#p1423909

Your post is still very much hanging around.

[ozij]

I recently stumbled on another strategy. We have a Brita water pitcher. I used water from the Brita pitcher and did not have any residue in the bottom of the water tank -- compared to using tap water which resulted in a lot of residue. Of course, the residue can be easily cleaned by soaking the tub in a vinegar solution.

Me too.
Have been doing this for a number of years.

I started with 8 cups of water in the large pot. After 1 hour, I had produced about 1 1/4 cup of distilled water.

Think of the waste!