Distilled water for humidifier?

thetylerose · Post by **thetylerose** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:02 pm

OK. Everyone has me curious now! I also use distilled water that I purchase at Walmart for .63 cents a gal. My hubby used to just use regular tap water and it created such a mineral deposit on the sides and bottom. OK. Have to go read this silly bottle. BRB

thetylerose · Post by **thetylerose** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:16 pm

OK. I am back. This is very disturbing. My distilled water bottle says nothing about not using it for human comsumption. HOWEVER.... I did a google searcj on it and there are about as many opinions on distilled water as there are regarding the presidential candidates. I have witnessed the gunk that regular water leaves in our machines ( and they are thoroughly cleaned regularly ) and I believe at this point we will continue with the distilled water. [/b]

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:25 pm

dieselgal wrote:I have never seen that on a bottle of distilled water either. I also buy mine at the grocery store and it costs about 65 cents.

I'm definitely shopping at the wrong store. I pay 1.19. Sheesh. I wonder how much gas cost it will take me to find it cheaper : )

thetylerose · Post by **thetylerose** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:27 pm

Uhhhhhhhhh lets see now. Both of the quotes are from Texas. You do the math.... lol

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:47 pm

Right! The only way I would expect to pay over $1 for distilled water would be if I purchased it at a convenience store. I usually shop at HEB and it usually runs from 60-70 cents.

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:19 pm

Needsdecaf wrote :You have to be careful about consuming any kind of significant quantities of distilled water. The distillation process removes all kinds of stuff from the water, including those minerals that are beneficial. If this is your sole source of water, it can start to alter your electrolyte balance as they will flow out of your cell walls to balance the water that lacks them__________________________________________________________________________________________________ try and tell that to my 90 year old mom who still drives. thats all she drinks, although she doesn't mind if i drink from the tap

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:39 pm

GagReflex wrote:It suggests I use distilled water in my humidifier, so off I went to the chemist/pharmacist and grabbed a bottle. It states on the bottle "not for Human consumption" and "not to be used in theraputic devices".

At this point I asked the pharamacist if this was ok for a CPAP humidifier..I was met with a very blank stare and finally he muttered "it should be ok" before running off.

Needless to say I wasn't filled with confidence, so thought I would check here..

Don't know what kind of a bottle you grabbed, but that doesn't sound like any distilled water I've gotten from Wally World. In fact, I jut checked the label on one of the gallon containers I have and it had none of those qualifiers/warnings on it.

Den

roster · Post by **roster** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:39 pm

[quote="GagReflex"]It suggests I use distilled water in my humidifier, so off I went to the chemist/pharmacist and grabbed a bottle. It states on the bottle "not for Human consumption" and "not to be used in theraputic devices".

At this point I asked the pharamacist if this was ok for a CPAP humidifier..I was met with a very blank stare and finally he muttered "it should be ok" before running off.

Needless to say I wasn't filled with confidence, so thought I would check here..

packer · Post by **packer** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:57 pm

We have an RO unit on our kitchen sink- we use the water for drinking
and cooking
when I was brand new to the hose I asked here about using RO water and someone told me I should buy distilled- so I did for a few months

then one night I ran out of distilled- thought " what the heck" have been using reverse osmosis
water ever since in the Aflex- seems to work perfect-
packer

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:20 pm

thetylerose wrote:OK. I am back. This is very disturbing. My distilled water bottle says nothing about not using it for human comsumption. HOWEVER.... I did a google searcj on it and there are about as many opinions on distilled water as there are regarding the presidential candidates. I have witnessed the gunk that regular water leaves in our machines ( and they are thoroughly cleaned regularly ) and I believe at this point we will continue with the distilled water. [/b]

At $0.63 a gallon, with shipping from China, they can't afford the warning label too. Jim

That distilled water from Austraila, has to have the special label, because of what's added to it so it will flow down the drains backwards.

thetylerose · Post by **thetylerose** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:20 am

I was thinking that at that price..... it would be cheaper to use some good tequilla.... and there is no doubt the quality of sleep you would be getting...

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:32 am

Tylerose...you may have hit on something! That may be the key to keeping me alseep through the night! Tequila in the humidifier!

GagReflex · Post by **GagReflex** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:39 am

xyz wrote:> It states on the bottle "not for Human consumption" and "not to be used in theraputic devices".

You stated some things that were printed on the bottle, but you didn't specifically say whether the words "distilled water" were printed on the bottle or not. Please clarify.

Your first sentence simply said that distilled water is suggested.

The reason I mention this is that over here there are so many types of water on the shelf: distilled, purified, spring, etc.

The bottle was most definately labeled "Distilled" water. I'll go buy a bottle this weekend and have a good read.. Fo the time being, I'll stick to using filtered good old fashioned water from the tap

Needsdecaf · Post by **Needsdecaf** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:18 am

Goofproof wrote:
At $0.63 a gallon, with shipping from China, they can't afford the warning label too. Jim.

Bought my distilled water from Stop & Shop for about $0.75 / gal

Made in PA!

Velbor · Post by **Velbor** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:57 am

GagReflex wrote:....distilled water in my humidifier .... It states on the bottle "not for Human consumption" and "not to be used in theraputic devices".

I've wondered since this thread began whether this labeling might originate from an emphasis on the distinction between "distilled" and "sterile" water, two terms which have quite different meanings, and neither of which assures that the other condition is fulfilled. But I would have thought that this would be more likely in the litigation-oriented US.

So, I searched to determine whether there were any government-required labeling rules in OZ for water. All I could find was the following, an Australian MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), for distilled water. Please look at this link. It is a riot!

http://www.davidgray.com.au/files/MSDS% ... 060106.pdf

Note particularly: under Health Effects: Inhaled: "The acute inhalation toxicity is extremely low although excessive inhalation may cause drowning." and under First Aid: Inhaled: "Not harmful when inhaled unless in excessive amounts."

It's also nice to learn that water is not flammable, that it will not burn, that it is soluble in water, and that it is not harmful on the skin. We are assured that "No adverse health effects are expected when the product is used in accordance with label directions." Fortunately, "The acute oral toxicity is extremely low.", but nonetheless "Not harmful if swallowed although the product is not intended for human consumption."

A comparable US MSDS for water (not necessarily distilled) is not anywhere near as much fun to read:
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/w0600.htm

So, bottom line, I guess one should not inhale distilled water in Australia via CPAP humidifiers, at least not in excessive amounts (wonder if that's a reference to rain-out?)!!

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