Megahome Water Distiller review and Giveaway

I live in an area where the water is very hard and it tastes awful. We are forced to buy bottled water and this is not only costly but it’s inconvenient to have to lug heavy water bottles from the supermarket each week.

I use water filter jugs but still the water does not taste that great, so when I read about the Megahome water distiller from J D Harris, I jumped at the chance to try it out. Megahome water distiller is a domestic water distiller which filters out all impurities that we find in tap water such as like lead, mercury and asbestos plus contaminants like fertilizer.

The distiller is easy to use, all you have to do is fill it up with water and press the on button, it switches off when the water is distilled. The distiller first boils the water, the steam released from the water is captured, which is cooled to convert it back to water. The cleaned water is passed through charcoal before its ready to drink. It takes around five to six hours for the distiller to produce four litres  clean water. The newly filtered, distilled water is collected in a BPA-free polypropylene jug that you can keep in your fridge. There is also an option to purchase a separate glass jug.

The unit is not compact but it’s not overly huge either. It can be easily plugged in and left on the kitchen top for daily use. On average it costs 9p a litre of water to distill which compared to bottled water is a lot cheaper.

The unit is made of stainless steel with an option of black or white fittings, it comes with a power lead. Included with the unit is a 4 litre plastic or the option to purchase a glass jug at an additional cost and 250 g residue cleaner and 6 carbon filters. It retails at £ 124 with an extra £10.00 for the glass jug.

The Water distiller is very easy to use and clean too, however you do need to plan and be organised as distilling the water takes up to six hours and  you can’t rush the process. It is recommended that you distill the water overnight so that's its ready for use for breakfast.

I have purchased some glass bottles and I fill them up with my lovely distilled water for drinking.The rest I leave in the glass jug for cooking with or for using it to make infused flavoured waters and cordial. My family have certainly noticed the difference in the taste and I don't think we will ever go back to drinking tap water again.

To encourage my family to drink more water  I have started to infuse my distilled water with fruits such as berries, melons, oranges and mint. Not only does it give the water a refreshing kick, its delicious too and with the recent hot weather it keeps every one fully hydrated.






Here is a very quick and delicious recipe for cucumber and lemon infused water that my family absolutely adore.It not only is very refreshing but it healthy too.

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Cucumber and Lemon water

by Nayna Kanabar July-22-2015

Refreshing citrussy cucumber and lemon water.

Ingredients:

• 500 ml Distilled water
• 10 Cucumber slices
• 10 Lemon slices

Method:

1. In a jug add the distilled water and add to it the cucumber and lemon slices 2. Place the jug in the fridge to chill the water for 30 minutes and to allow the flavours from fruits to infuse into the water. Serve chilled.

Details

Prep time: 2 mins Chill time: 30 mins Total time: 32 mins Yield: 500 ml

I was sent the Water distiller to review, all views and opinions expressed in this post are my own and unbiased.

As always I love my readers to have a chance to try out products that I use. J D Harris have been very kind and they have agreed to send one simplyfood reader a Megahome Water Distiller to try.

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