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I purchased this unit to distill water for my humidifier for sleeping. It seemed to be a good value of features and function, given all the choices. After attempting to use this unit I will likely return it.First, for the cost and my consumption, this cost about two years of distilling water fror myself. That is my fault for not making the calculations first.Second, the instructions are worthless and in some cases wrong.Third, the handle for the glass pitcher is very poorly made. The metalpieces designed to attach to the handle are flimsy and will not line up straight with the screws. I could get neither of them to thread properly and after about 10 minutes of trying one of the metal straps simply broke into parts, Useless.Fourth, the unit does perform its function. It is very loud and heavy. Mine sits on my basement floor which becomes really inconvienent for transfering water.Fifth, the unit controls are poorly explained and do not work as you would expect. Upon setting up and plugging in the unit, the red reset light comes on. Ok, push the reset button, it will not go off. No matter what I did, changing outlets, using a power strip (like the instructions suggested) did not work and there is no reason why that would. The red light is on constantly even though it is working. Only after completing a full cycle and powering off the unit, setting it up to do another cycle, turning it back on, is the red light off. Now with the power switch on, you push the reset button (which should reset the unit) which turns the red light back on and the unit begins working. Completely backwards.As I type this out, I realize I am going to return it after all, not worth all the time effort and money.

First, I must say the instructions are a little light. But it's worth setting up. Here are MY instructions:1. Wash the interior with the crystalline detergent provided, and use only a tiny amount of this.2. Dry it.3. Set it up somewhere you will not be bothered by the fan on the device running for four hours. We put ours out in the sun room. NOT in the kitchen.4. Fill with tap water (or filtered - your choice; I chose tap)5. The fan top plugs into the bottom part with an electric cable, then the bottom part plugs into the wall outlet. Place the fan part carefully onto to seal it correctly.6. Make sure you have the metal top on the carafe turned to "closed" so when you go to pour (after the distilling is complete) you don't pour freshly distilled water all over the place).7. Set it up with the control cap on the carafe, then press "reset". The red light should come on. If the red light does NOT come on, check your electric cables to be sure they are seated correctly in sequence.8. In about 30 minutes it will begin to drip water into the carafe.9. In about 4 hours it will have distilled ALL of the water from the first vessel, and WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT ITSELF OFF. (The instructions do not mention this)10. The distilling chamber will have residue in it after this process. Wash it (unplugged, of course) with a very tiny amount of the provided crystal detergent, then dry it with a clean dry cloth.UPDATE: March 25, 2025I started to have the problem of the system leaking - well; technically, "overflowing" the outflow nozzle. I would go to my sunroom where the device sits, and despite having placed everything correctly in set up, it seemed to put water everywhere but into the pitcher.I wrote to the company for advice the other day have not seen a reply yet, but I came up with a solution to this based on a review someone else posted, showing a funnel used as a wider catchment device over the opening of the carafe, and this has solved my overflow issue. I bought stainless steel wide mouth - small constriction delivery end funnels (set of three from amazon) and use the largest one on the carafe. This seems to be adequate for collecting all "overflow" from the drip nozzle.At first, I thought my problem was because I put the little charcoal filter in wrong. So I tried many different permutations of placement, all to no avail. (this was a LOT of water over a week of attempts, all over my sunroom.)You will be amazed at the residue! It is helpful if you have around a couple of borosilicate glass pitchers (Amazon) to pour this into, so you can keep the water available in the kitchen while the fan and machine are distilling in another room for 4 hours.Taste: it reminds me of the water we used to get up at our cabin (high in the mountains, long ago) which was from snow melt.

I use a lot of filtered water for coffee and tea. I was using the Zero Water jug - which you can now see repurposed in the photos, but got so miffed at the cost of the filters and how they wear out so quickly (If you've had one and live in a hard water area, you'll know the problem - they start brilliantly then the slight metallic taste, then the fishy smell - and then that's another £12.50 gone. We were getting through about a filter a week. My Bobby basic maths was: this basic unit is the same cost as 7 Zero Water filters (amazon price is £12,50 each at time of review) and then there is that plastic waste. So I thought "Hey, lets see if this distiller is any better and cheaper!!" and that's what I did.FYI, I live on the Surrey/Hampshire/Berkshire border ... and our water is hard. We find that our kettle will have visible scale after one use unless you use filtered water.First impressions of this bottom of the range model are mostly good. However it's not without issue. Let's cover some of these. I am pretty certain that the basic method of working is identical across the range, so don't expect the quality of water to change in any model.The jug it comes with has a little metal guide to steer the distilled water in. If it's not perfectly aligned (which is quite easy to do), the water can escape and you end up with water everywhere - drop by drop. I now keep that jug in the fridge with my cold distilled water and discovered the zero water filter fits perfectly and is 100% leak proof.The next issue I will bring to your attention is the white plastic is very prone to dirt catching. Rather than letting scale build up, I have been scrubbing the unit with a bit of stainless steel wool. This works brilliantly and is chemical free. The photos show a before and after. This goop at the bottom is a mix of scale and brown slime. No idea what it is, but that is in my water and I am glad it's out. It's quite easy to clean with the steel scourer, but you end up with brown grey muddy water. I found that if my wet hands touched the plastic, it absorbed it and was really difficult to clean the brown water stains off. The plastic is textured. The best analogy is if you imagine a flower pot that you expected to be glazed, but discover it is a little porous. This textured surface feels nice, but sucks the dirt off your hands and holds on to it, just like a terracotta flower pot might. The effect is almost certainly only cosmetic, but i would have appreciated an easy clean surface. Hence I wonder if I should have got a stainless one? With hindsight, yes - but hey, it's cheap and times are hard and I will upgrade if and when this unit dies.The next bit you all want to know is "How much does it cost to run?" and what power does it consume? Well I've separated the rather iffy estimates I've seen in other reviews with some facts. I connected this to an electricity monitor for a complete full 4l cycle. The unit's peak power draw was 932 watts (more than the 750 on the specs); and the total number of kwh consumed was 3. At time of writing (Aug 2022), the price cap rate is £0.30p per KWH ... so four litres of distilled water is costing me about 90p. If you've got solar power and storage ... I am envious and your run costs might be nil and your house a little warmer.Now in summer ... when you don't need to heat the house, that money is wasted and just causes global warming (Sorry Greta). However in winter, when its cold outside, you could argue that the 90p of electricity consumer is turned completely into heat (OK pedants, there is a small amount of noise from the fan - but in the grand scheme of things - that's irrelevant); so if you are heating your house - it's now 100% efficient (OK pedants, I know if I had an air-source heat pump I'd get five times that heat - but they cost £10,000).Things to note ... it works like one of those old electric fan heaters. The heating element boils the water, the steam goes through a condenser and the fan blows ambient room air over the fins so the water condenses. This creates a gentle warm breeze in your kitchen at around 750-900W, which if you had a fan heater of that rating, it would achieve pretty much the same heat output (because of the law of conservation of energy).The finished water is condensed boiling water so you need to leave it to cool if you want to chill it (don't put it straight in the fridge while hot as you'll get food poisoning).The TDS in the water I've been producing has been showing as zero. The taste is great, especially I think as I clean the boiler every time to prevent build up of sludge - and that does smell.The spout has what looks like a teabag in it which is full of activated charcoal. These are supposed to be changed every now and then. Their purpose is to remove some of the more nasty stuff in water, namely organic volatile compounds - but they wear out. I see they are cheap as chips.Noise wise, this is pretty quiet. The sound is that of a fan going for a few hours and while the water is initially boiling the heating element makes a noise like a kettle when it gets going. Also, you may think you've left the tap dripping in the kitchen as it's a constant drip drip sound as the water comes out.So if you clean the insides (which are stainless); with a bit of stainless wire wool - you'll save a lot on descalar costs too. I seem to be able to keep it really quite clean with a quick scrub.Size wise, I actually thought this unit would be bigger than it actually and thought it was quite compact.I did like the way the water jug came inside the unit for storage ... but in reality, if you want regular distilled water, it's never going back in.My coffee machines and kettles are now 100% scale free. However with coffee, if you are obsessive, you'll know that the perfect brew water is made by distilling water. Then to your 4L of distilled water, add back 0.75 grams of Epsom salts (Magnesium Sulphate) and 0.25 grams of the baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) - and shake. This may sound like "Local woman discovers crazy zany trick to make perfect coffee and pensioners are going wild" but annoyingly, it is noticeably better.The other thing I make with the water are super large ice cubes. These are very very clear with only minor air bubbles. When they melt into your whisky/gin/lemonade, you'll not find any sediment or nasty taint.

If you own an Aerogarden or several and live in an area with hard tapwater you quickly discover the importance of having at hand an ongoing supply of distilled water. Under present circumstances as well as from an economic standpoint, a home distiller is a good investment. There are many available and what I found is that, compared to this CO-Z unit, you can spend twice as much for one made of plastic which takes half as long again to distill an equivalent four liters. You also can spend well over twice as much and get one made of stainless steel and glass which does the same thing in the same amount of time. At this very reasonable price and given its features and build quality, my opinion is this CO-Z model is the best overall value.You'll see, above, a one-star review or two warning that the glass carafe is brittle and prone to breakage because the lid is too hard to remove. You can take that at face value or, firstly, consider that (spoiler alert): Glass is brittle and prone to breakage. Secondly, read the manual and note the warning against attempting to remove the NON-REMOVABLE lid.Other reviewers complain about having to scrub mineral deposits from the reservoir upon completion of distillation. Consider that the purpose of distillation is, in this application, to remove minerals from the water and they have to go somewhere. The unit has an auto shut-off which evidently works by sensing excess heat, such as would be expected when the reservoir has boiled dry. You can easily minimize after-use maintenance by not relying on this temperature sensor and instead using a with a countdown function. I set mine to three hours and forty-five minutes and have no problems with baked-on deposits. In addition, scrubbing or the use of specialized cleaners is, in most cases, unnecessary. A half cup of white vinegar allowed to sit for a brief period, followed by light wiping and rinsing of the interior of the unit will easily remove the mineral residue. A (the one with a thin plastic mesh for light scrubbing on one side and sponge on the other) is ideal for this.[NOTE: I noticed the particular timer linked in the preceding paragraph is no longer available. It was rated at 1800W/15amps. The distiller is stated to operate at 750W, which is (according to online calculators) about 6 amps. I am NOT an electrician or electrical engineer but know enough to know that you need a timer that can handle the load, for safety's sake. It appears to my untrained eye that there is with the same 1800W/15amp capacity.]Incidentally, the unit is much larger than it appears in the photos, about the size of a medium-sized coffee urn. Not having extra counter space in my small kitchen, I keep it and the jugs of distilled water on this (see photo).One final tip: I strongly recommend placing a small plastic funnel in the spout of the carafe during the distilling process, and not relying on the strange metal cap provided (see photo). This will ensure the distilled water reliably dripping into the carafe during operation.Overall, I am entirely pleased with the value, quality and performance of the CO-Z Water Distiller.ONE YEAR UPDATE: This distiller continues to give excellent results. I have five small hydroponic units and distill from six to nine gallons of water per week, usually over a two to three day period. Cleaning is done after all distillation is completed, using only white vinegar and the soft scrubber pad mentioned in the review, above. If there is especially heavy mineral buildup in the tank but I still have a few gallons to go before completely finishing, I will use a (the blue ones, NOT the green--which are very abrasive) to remove it.I noticed one or two reviewers reported rust and corrosion. I suspect that is the direct result of improper maintenance and storage...leaving the distiller assembled and wet between uses or overnight when it is not being operated. After cleaning I set the components on wooden trivets (see photo), the distiller head upright and the tank inverted, to air dry thoroughly. The unit looks as good as new with no signs of corrosion. [I assembled these trivets from scrap wood but any similar object of sufficient diameter with an open design will serve the purpose.]One other small tip: Using a makes transferring water into storage jugs much faster and easier.TWO YEAR UPDATE: As seen in the accompanying photo, proper care and maintenance ensure reliable, long-term operation. After two years of regular use, using the tips and procedures outlined above, there is absolutely no corrosion or degradation of performance.Incidentally, I've never used any of the activated charcoal filter packets and see no reason to do so in my application.