Customer Reviews for VEVOR Alcohol Still, 5 Gal / 19 L Stainless Steel Water Alcohol Distiller with Copper Coil, Home Brewing Refining Fermentation Kit with Thermometer, for Wine Whisky Brandy, Silver

Ottimo

I use it to distilll water... I decided to buy this as a smaller repalcemebnt of my bigger 8 gallon one which takes over so much of my stove range real estate. Moreover , the lid should be with more than 4 latches to hold it down.. because of great circumference the lid edge is not thick enough to keep the pail sealed with steam in it that keep escaping through the edge .. I figure tha tthe smaller 5 gallon wont have same issue as the lid is smaller and the stainless steel lid is inversely more rigid.. Morever, it takes longer to get the 8 gal one to get steam than 5 gallon but this will mean more frequent reflling for the latter while the larger 8 gallon allows you to forget it for much longer between refillings. I still have to use 4 mini vise pliers to pinch the edges between the four latches all around to keep the steam in instead of hissing through the edge which is not energy efficient. As for water distilling, you must not allow any steam to escape throughout the system from pail to the receiving pail.. if steam escape , this mean wasted energy and longer to produce distilled water. I live in a state where well water is everywhere. I got tired of seeing white chalk film at bottom of my pots and pans.. Wtih distilled water, you dont see any anymore.. I use it for making coffee, rice, etc. it taste better without the well water chalk ./ The brass tubes are prone to leaking steam though.. I wrap special tape over the fittings and the ends of the pipes where you use nuts and seal washers.. they leak steam The steam distiller needs to be redesigned better to keep steam in. and they should come up with replacement seals and nuts and brass tubes .... it is hard to make rep;lacement brass tubes by bending it in circles and bend elbows to fit.. I had to improvise with better fittings and n uts and seals myself by looking for them in the interent. The steam distillers are desgined poorly. I need distilled water badly that I am forced to buy what I can find.. and