Waterwise 4000, Countertop Water Distiller System for Home and Office, 1 Gallon Glass Collector Bottle

Great water distiller. Completes a gallon distillation in about 4 hours. As long as you use the filter that goes with this distiller, the water tastes good. It is a good value for the money. My husband and I are senior citizens and this is the third Waterwise distiller that we have owned, and we have gotten a LOT OF USE out of each and every one! You do need a little bit of counter space to set this up in your kitchen, but if you have a laundry area or other sink, you could easily set it up there. The noise produced as the distiller works is not overly loud or distracting. We highly recommend this product.

I love this machine. I rarely write reviews but thought I could add a couple helpful hints to this. I am on my second machine. The first lasted years and years. It eventually burned out. The carafe has changed immensely since the last one. This one pours well and doesn't dribble half away like the old one. You will need to buy the Kleenwise powder. It does a great job and lasts a long time. When the cycle is done I store the water in half gallon glass containers in the refrigerator. It's easier than the big carafe. One very helpful hint would be to not let it completely finish the cycle. When it is about an inch from the top, I unplug the machine. Pour off the water into containers and clean the unit. Since you left about an inch of water it doesn't get as crusty and fused which makes cleaning much easier. I only us the powder about every 5 cycles. Otherwise I just clean it with a long round brush and fresh water while it's still warm. You don't need to let it cool down before taking off the lid. It isn't a pressure cooker! Just aim the lid away from you because it is hot steam. The sooner you clean the tank, the better. I also think that stopping it short of it's cycle might prolong it's life. When my old one failed, it was one of the few times I wasn't around to stop it before it auto shut off. It was dead after that. Maybe coincidence, maybe not!

Makes a tank of water in just over 3 hours. Can be refilled and run again in a few minutes. The wait is to let it become cool enough to remove the top without steam coming out and burning you.Makes more noise than a fan or a hand-held hair-dryer, a little more that a blender, much less than a vacuum.Works well and should last for a decade or more. I've owned two previously. I bought this one because I gave my last one away.Had a little trouble with the silicone gasket around the top. It kept shrinking up so water leaked out. But it finally stretched enough to stay in place and the leaking stopped.I contacted the seller; very helpful people. They sent a new gasket, but I suspected I might not need it so didn't use it while waiting to see if the original one would stretch out. I am sending the replacement gasket back.The cord is 33" long, at least a foot shorter than I'd like. It limits where you can put the distiller if you don't have an outlet every 30" along your countertop. It is much too stiff; it will not make a close bend such as around a corner, if that's what you need it to do. It is much stiffer than the cords on all my other appliances, even the cords on my big microwave and my shop vac. I'd say it's about twice as stiff as my industrial-type (orange) extension cords. If you want to coil it up and tuck it to one side, the smallest coil I could bend it into was 6" in diameter.

Waterwise has the best customer service bar none. If you have a problem with your machine you can call and actually get someone on the phone. An email also gets a prompt response

I never seen a distilled machine make water like this every time. I wanted to exchange they said it was my water and would not exchange it. I had one just like this I used for years made the best water and didn’t burn on bottom every time you made it. Please beware if they exchange it I will update review. 😔

I know these things are expensive, but how much is your health worth? Ive used these devices (I have 3!) for over 20 years now and they are worth every penny! Once you taste this water nothing else will do, it goes through your system and removes toxins as it winds up in your bladder, you will see and smell the garbage it removes. Makes the best coffee and tea imaginable and once refrigerated, its unbeatable for thirst.

My husband and I were buying distilled water by the gallons each week, because we use so much for our humidifiers and CPAP or BiPAP machines. We want the purest water available for those products, to reduce the possibility of contaminants. Well, once we got the Waterwise 4000 Water Distiller Purifier, we don't have to buy distilled water anymore. This product has paid for itself twice in just a little over a year. What a better way to do things than to have to lug cases of di..stilled water home from the store and have to recycle all those bottles. It's a money saver, and it sure saves on our backs, too!(...And, below is an update from us after having had this product for over two years, now.)Just an update from me (YooperGal) on our purchase of this machine. Despite having distilled hundreds and hundreds of gallons of water for the past two years, our distiller is still working great! Like I said before, this distiller has paid for itself many times over. Before we started distilling our own water, we were paying a lot to buy distilled water just for CPAP and Bi-PAP machines, but once we started distilling our own water, we began to use it for our humidifiers, as well. Also, having such nice clean water to put in our home humidifiers and CPAP/Bi-PAP machines is wonderful, and all our devices stay so much cleaner. This is a product you won't regret purchasing.