Hi List: I have had my Sears water distiller about a month and a half now, and make ALL of my water for consumption - drinking, cooking, coffee, CS, etc. It is the best tasting water I have ever seen and makes awesome coffee. So I am very puzzled about the bad tastes being reported. Perhaps it something in particular with the local water. Try distilling some bottled spring water, and see if you can isolate the cause. Also, there are two little carbon bags which go in the spout which do the final filtering. Be sure those are in place.
Let me know if I can help. BTW: The unit is not made by Kenmore, but by a Japanese company. You can find the original manufacturer's name on the literature which comes with the unit. Dean -----Original Message----- From: likow...@earthlink.net [mailto:likow...@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 1998 12:55 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: SEARS WATER DISTILLER Hi Joyce and all - I just got my SEARS DISTILLER but haven't tried it yet since I was waiting to find out about the "aluminum factor", so I can't comment on the "burnt taste". But I called KENMORE - who actually makes the machine which SEARS only sells - and they checked with their tech dept and assured me that it *was* stainless steel, then faxed me a copy of the tech sheet with a description of the boiling pot as being stainless steel. Then, I was re-reading the directions and noticed that they say "stainless steel boiling pot" (which I'd missed the first time) in the "first time use and set-up" section. Then someone on the list said that there were 2 types of stainless steel and that a magnet would stick to the safe one, so I took a little refridgerator magnet and it sticks just fine! I guess it passes all tests for safety. I've noticed other companies selling what looks like this model for A LOT MORE $$! WaterWise has what looks like the exact same thing for $300 and a place out of Australia is selling it for $500+! I paid $120 on sale! Joyce: Did you sample water from the FIRST batch?? They say in the directions that you have to "break it in" because there's factory residue in it that will affect the taste! Dameon _____________________ I tried the SEARS water distiller, but the water did NOT taste very good--sort of "burntish". I tried adding Microhydrin to make it more like Hunza water, but the "burnt taste" was still there. Drinking burnt water doesn't appeal to me very much. Do any of you know how to "clean up the taste" of this water? Also, the pot seems to be made of aluminum like Daemon mentioned, and I noticed that although the aluminum content went down in the distilled water, it did not go down as drastically as the other metals did. :) Joyce P.S. My school dumped my mail, so please re-send if you emailed me anything between: July 1 to July 7 July 18 to 20 Thank you! -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
