Easy DIY Pressure Cooker Water Distiller

[@mousetrappingvideos]

I've watched a few videos about distilling and my advice is this, since there are some things lighter than water in the water, hydro carbons, which evaporate with the water: since they will evaporate first, let the still steam for a minute before you start collecting the water, or toss out your first 2 or so ounces of water you produce.

[@dfgdfbsdfvv832]

yes 150 ml 200 ml throw it out ur good then u can taste n spit it out till it tastes better

[@Dan.Parker]

seems like very important info to know. thanks.

[@TheSentientParadox]

I was actually looking for this just to see if using a pressure cooker was possible to use both easily AND safely. This answered the question with a resounding YES. I want to distill my water for use in a CPAP (BIPAP actually), and for mixing my own windshield washer fluid among other things, so I don't really care what it tastes like. This will work very well. Now if I can only find a cheap 6 quart to two gallon pressure cooker and a cooling coil for cheap. Marketplace and Craig's list, here I come!

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

5yr old comment but for those in the future: my Ikea 6L/6.3qt is around 60% of the cost of a same sized Hawkins. The Hawkins is much better but the Ikea item does the job eventually - but when it comes to boiling water.. essential oils .. etc, LETS GO!!

[@falsehoodbasher7240]

Whenever someone says “IN MY OPINION” They basically just admitted to you they’re saying nothing important or useful or worth your attention. And *thank you great video*

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

HUH!?!? i think, in my opinion, that you mean something like opinions vary based on experience & therefore an opinion _MIGHT_ be "saying nothing important or useful or worth your attention" - but that's just my opinion.

[@JCG0001]

Great idea, saving a lot of lives as SHTF. Also distills microplastics (endocringe disruptors), supposedly, like from pvc pipes, any liquids with higher boiling points than water will not be distilled. We have hard water, way too much minerals, iron, calcium carbonate, I agree, distill and then add sea salt, store in glass bottles with cork tops.

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

Other way around ... - liquids with lower boiling points than water _WILL BE_ distilled: ie: alcohol is distilled at around 80 to 95 degrees Celsius, whereas water is distilled at 100 degrees Celsius ... in other words, the steam/vapour from the chemicals will be distilled _BEFORE_ the water vapour. That's why alcohol distilling has foreshots, heads, hearts & tails.

[@spaceoddessy1]

Thanks for this video you just saved me about $200 i was going to buy a water distiller from a company who wants about $400.

[@tsvandyke]

$22 for supplies ... NOT $400 ... Goodwill - $6 pressure cooker ... Lowes - $2 gas coupling ... Lowes - $10 copper pipe ... Lowes - $4 plastic bucket ( for the ice water ) ... a ( free ) soup can to wrap the copper pipe around ... = $22

[@JoshuaAppelt]

John, this is a great project and I'm happy I watched! Ya did good with this one.

[@genmasaotome3503]

I think what you need to do is have a thermometer... while the water is getting closer and closer to 100C... don't connect your distillery stuff... let that stuff boil off... once it is at a steady 100C that is when you should put the lid on. To be on the safe side once you have 1/2 to 3/4 of the volume distilled from the original water... stop. That will prevent you from boiling off the chemicals that want to boil off at temps greater than 100C and contaminate your water.

[@jellobiafra4660]

Make much whiskey?

[@karlbuchanan1363]

Good advice

[@jonjones5152]

Added minerals must be organic. I don't mean 'Organically grown' btw. I mean minerals from living foods (veg and fruit). I'm no expert at all , but I've been learning this much lately. Great unit!👍

[@TheEmptynester]

That was really interesting. I really never thought about distilling water. But the knowledge may come in handy one day.Thank you for sharing your ideal.E

[@jwwm2]

+TheEmptynester Well, it's not really my idea, but I think distilling water is a good thing to be able to do.

[@MalikahJ]

Wow, mind blown! I will be trying my best to make one and share. So Awesome!!!

[@jwwm2]

+Malikah J That kind of distiller is easy to make. I have a lot more videos than that, though, and some of them have far more original ideas.

[@carolconny2763]

John Strabismus subscribed 👍

[@Skipperj]

Thanks for the video ! Himalayan salt is what I use too.And actually I use store bought distilled water.

[@sandybarbee8401]

So , you don't "INTAKE" enough salt and other "nutrients" just from the food you consume ?

[@kiranfernandes2261]

@@sandybarbee8401 Yeah the whole point of drinking distilled water is to remove the salts, and minerals and get it from the food instead of the water.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Great setup you have there! I'm in the process of trying my hand at this too. I got the stainless steel tubing and am using the stainless steel 6 quart Presto pressure cooker. I'm going to the hardware store today to hopefully get the rest of the supplies needed to finish the project. Thanks for throwing your hat in the ring with this one and sharing it. In an emergency situation, making potable water with this thing could make the difference between life and death. Take care my friend. :-)

[@jwwm2]

+imasurvivornthriver Thanks. I think your stainless equipment is really the smart way to go.

[@AmanyIbrahim2005]

WOW! this is a great idea... you always provide easy useful projects.... We can use supplies we have without spending more money... Thanks for sharing John...

[@jwwm2]

+‫أطبخ مع أمون Cooking With Ammoon‬‎ I'm glad you found this interesting.

[@AtHomeWithJenn]

I thinking how to create one of those. great info, John!

[@jwwm2]

+jennram1 Thanks. It'e really very easy.

[@seunseun202]

Does the copper pipe not leave a strange taste in the water ? in fact could the microparticles its leaves in the water be unhealthy ? (in the same way bpa from plastic is unhealthy)

[@ericrowland1851]

I run my tap water through an RO filter to take out the gunge first. Leaves the distiller nice and clean.

[@maxyperson]

Looks like a cool way to purify water!

[@jwwm2]

+maxyperson It works pretty well. Thanks.

[@wtam69]

What would you use distilled water for? I use it to top up lead acid batteries myself. Liked!

[@jwwm2]

+wtam69 It's for emergency drinking water. Thanks.

[@ChristopherBix2]

I'm looking for a way to produce distilled water for use in my cold humidifier. It produces mist by an ultra sonic vibrating disk, but minerals in tap water can leave residue around the humidifier. You can also use distilled water in steam irons and fish tanks.

[@toomuchtruth]

Super useful information. Nice, clean design. Thanks!

[@pakawanngak2282]

You are a care giver. Thank you.

[@theresamanenkoff488]

I realize that this video has been around for awhile, but this is my 2 cents anyway... chances why you don't like the taste of the water might be the copper piping. Happened with one refrig we had. It had copper piping to the ice maker and that ice tasted awful. I was the only one in the family that felt that way so I'm guessing not everyone can taste the copper.

[@jwwm2]

I think the taste problem came from the fact that the pressure cooker had been used to cook food. As time went on the taste improved.

[@AbideinChristFully]

Stay away from rubber and aluminum!

[@TheSentientParadox]

I don't plan on drinking mine so I don't care.

[@diniathome7930]

Did you wash your copper tubing and then rinsed it well? Aluminum is not good either, perhaps the reasons for the poor taste. All in all, a good setup, and thanks for sharing. Blessings!

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

4 year old comment but I was curious about that too as water will foul if not dried quickly & next time that foulness will be reintroduced (ie. sanitising, disinfecting, sterilising are ALL ineffective if the surface has not been 'cleaned/washed' - you can keep soaking your plates, utensils, bowls, fry-pans, etc in boiling water but the stuff that remains can literally hurt you)

[@V.Z.69]

Talking about solar, or free energy, they sell large plexi magnifiers or you can use concave mirrors for heating at the focal point. I purchased an acrylic bowl and using the techniques I found online how to mirror (not chrome paint).

[@bjay1956]

very good John, a great diy project, very nice indeed, thanks for the share, John

[@jwwm2]

+bjay1956 Thank you, sir.

[@madisonciowa3920]

This is an excellent video! After watching your water filter videos I had actually been pondering distilling water with my tea pot. LOL My thought process was for what I had on hand right now. Could the off taste come from metal of the canner? I know the water from my teapot tastes a bit like metal.

[@jwwm2]

+Madison C Iowa It could be that the metal leaves a taste in the water. A glass distiller would be optimal. I'd trust the water from my distiller to be safe, though. There are already a lot of videos about the type of distiller I show in my video, though. The important thing in my video is the part where I mention that distilling water with antifreeze. or petrochemicals is a deadly idea. Finding comprehensive information about that is challenging, nearly impossible to do.

[@RoseBud-fk4qg]

❤ I just happen to have one old one and bought a new 6 qt one at garage sale $2.00 my best find

[@stevenrobertson4470]

My personal opinion, for what it's worth, is that you get enough minerals in your food that you really don't need the minerals in hard water. But hard water definitely tastes better - maybe because we're accustomed to it.

[@DarrylADavis-rb4ji]

If the pot is aluminum, that may be the source of the odd taste. Go with a stainless and copper or brass.

[@Dayrile]

you can improve the performance of your set up by making a dedicated cooling can where the steam enters the coil of copper line at the top and then the coil spirals downwards with the output end exiting near the bottom of the can through the side and then use an elbow joint or bend the copper line downwards so the drips will fall in a consistent pattern/manner. use an empty restaurant sized can and then where the copper coil exits at the bottom through the side, seal up any leakage there with some food grade silicone calking. then fill your cooling can with ice water which will surround the coil and greatly improve your distillation rate and possibly increase your out put and should still fit inside your cooker. if it does not then trim the can down from the top until it will fit. yes this will mean that you have to put the catch container below counter top level or raise the cooling can up above counter top level but the gains should be worth the extra bit of trouble that goes into adjusting your set up. another thing to consider is wider the copper tubing will speed you up but only so much. anything over 1/2 inch for this size pot still would be overkill

[@tejnamburu7409]

Nice Setup and may i know what is output water per hour in this method

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

answer at 7:29

[@TheronGBurrough]

Thanks, this was great, but I agree with the suggestion to choose stainless steel and avoid aluminum.

[@jwwm2]

I mostly agree. Stainless pressure cookers are pricey, though.

[@arthurx333]

www.amazon.com/dp/B00006ISG6/ref=asc_df_B00006ISG65130976/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00006ISG6&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167144008776&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10768898765294526397&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032425&hvtargid=pla-285920216589 This one is perfect. Only 40 dollars. 60 if you want the 8 quart. Aluminum is HORRIBLE. My grandparents all got Alzheimers from using aluminum their whole lives. They didnt know any better. In Europe in the olden days they didnt even have stainless steel. Not remembering your loved ones is and having memory problems is worth spending the 20 extra dollars i think. You will have the cooker for at least a decade.

[@nickabel8279]

What if it's waste water that ppl have been dumping antifreeze n oil in without your knowing? Thought distilling moved all but water?

[@JohnSolar283]

Great Idea there John.

[@jwwm2]

+John Solar 283 ™ Thanks, John. It's a simple thing, fairly inexpensive and easy to make.

[@JohnSolar283]

Yep I have a solar one

[@jwwm2]

+John Solar 283 ™ Hey! No fair! Let's see!

[@kmaker9554]

Does copper from the copper tubing leach into the distilled water?

[@frankr7239]

Hello I'm a wanted man and there poisoning my water supply through pipes through the tap or water that I buy from the shop I'm trying to make distill water to clean the poison just in case they have if I distill it would it remove the poison that's in it like maybe snake poison

[@troyyarbrough]

If you're only distilling water, get rid of the copper tubing. You need stainless steel tubing. You only need copper if you're distilling alcohol. The copper helps remove sulfides from the alcohol, but it puts a mineral like metal taste in water.

[@zen_of_I]

Well, I've been drinking distilled water for around 7 years now. My health is fine. If anything its better. I cook with it also. If I could get ahold of enough I'd shower in it too.

[@aponherz]

hi John, a question as liters or gallons of distilled water you get with this method and how long, thanks

[@dianavidal7633]

I am using a stainless steal pressure cooker i will let you know on the taste, I used a peice of rubber hose made for heat to conect pipe to cooker lid

[@carolconny2763]

Diana Vidal "Rubber hose made for high heat" is worse than pure copper tubing. Your body needs copper as a micro-nutient, so trace elements of copper will not hurt you. Another video on this subject matter, said only use copper for the tubing.

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

old comment (5y, but for future readers) : is the hose 'food grade'? ie KegLand (homebrew kings nowadays) have several types of soft & stiff 'food grade' hoses - some may be high temp too ...

[@2079karen]

Wow good for you ,I use a water distiller my self now for the past few months! And yes Himalayan pink salt, fine organic is the best all you need is a pinch to about 3/4litres in all ready done water and store it in glass Demi johns with a bung ,don't store water in plastic,! Bottled water supply just as bad even worse than tap water ,don't buy it, they are taking you for a ride for your money !!!!

[@jwwm2]

+Karen Grainger-Allen Some sources say distilled water becomes acidic when exposed to air. Those same sources say if the distilled water is filtered through charcoal the problem is eliminated.

[@Carrotless_]

what water do you put in your distiller?

[@arttrombley7385]

Karen Grainger, I use Sea-Salt, is this pink salt natural or processed ?.

[@arttrombley7385]

Jasminn, it doesn't matter what you put in your distiller, you could put mud in it and pure water would come out, not that I would put mud in it, lol.

[@dennismckeown5863]

It's natural, Himalayan pink salt is the purest salt on the planet. you don't have to add it to your distilled water as distilled water only removes inorganic minerals from the body and leaves the healthy organic minerals in the body,if you want more minerals use Himalayan salt on your food,if you put to much in your water it taste's like crap.

[@skok58]

Thanks for sharing this knowledge!

[@LouiseGardner412]

great video! I subbed! sent over from This N' That

[@jwwm2]

+Louise Gardner Thanks for subscribing. I hope you find my videos useful. Thanks, also, to This N That.

[@LouiseGardner412]

your welcome!

[@bigbadlouroma]

Does it matter if its an aluminum pot? What about using an induction cook top or something?

[@vetterfellow]

Hi I commend you on what you are doing. the taste may be coming from one or all of the fittings, or faucet you're using. This is why I stumbled on your channel. Along with Himalayan salt. Celtic sea salt is another good one. Another thing is a mineral supplement. I run to my super market and buy Great bear distilled water. I just make sure were the cap is there's no bubble from the cap to the product ( Water ) and there's no taste. I got stuck twice in 15 years with bad water, and it won't happen again. I am looking to make my own distilled but I don't know if my faucet water will taste any better. Thanks for putting your video out here.

[@jwwm2]

+vetterfellow Thanks for the information on Celtic sea salt. That's something I never heard of before. I think the odd taste is due to the fact that I used to use the pressure cooker to cook food.

[@scratch8751]

What can I use other than copper tubing? You know if your in the bush in a survival situation that copper tubing may last a day or two before it gets screwed up.

[@jwwm2]

A day, or two? That seems a very short time.

[@scratch8751]

honestly how easy is it to screw up copper tubing, question was can I use something else?

[@arthurx333]

Stainless steel tubing You're going to have to buy it in 20 foot long straight tubes and then have a steel shop roll them into a spring shape for you. Or whichever shape you need.

[@Edmonds6091]

Hi J How would you clean the receiving glass jug

[@bushd1644]

your condenser unit would work more efficent if you had no high points in your copper tubing. it wont pool up

[@jwwm2]

Absolutely correct. Thanks.

[@rankiad]

This is what I was wondering. I'm going to build one just like yours but condenser outlet to the bottom. Thanks for the video!!

[@bernardpopp541]

+John Strabismus did u correct the tubing yet?

[@bernardpopp541]

+Bernard Popp should make lots more yield...👍👌

[@traceyburzynski]

Is this stainless or allunimium, I want a stainless or copper one

[@gee70usa]

Thumbs up John! am your new subscriber now.

[@jwwm2]

+ToToh Gee Thanks. I appreciate it.

[@sogman7265]

That teeny little brass insert that you put into the fitting before you tightened it was unnecessary. That insert is to be used as a stiffner if you were using plastic pipe. Copper pipe does not use stiffners.

[@MarkRemovedChannel]

Thanks!! My brain had NO idea of what was going on there..

[@ATinyPillow]

Once distilled, run the distilled water through an activated charcoal filter to remove the bad taste. .

[@thomaspigg306]

I'm just wondering what made your pressure cooker fail in the first place? I have the same one that my Mother used when I was a child and with the exception of getting a new rubber ring to go on the inside of the lid it still works great. Just wondering.

[@jwwm2]

I'm not 100% sure. The handle that locks the top failed, and it wouldn't hold high pressure any more.

[@thomaspigg306]

John Strabismus I'm sorry for your loss of a pressure cooker. I've never had that problem (and hope I don't!). The one I inherited was been used and washed so many times I can't even tell you who made it. Mom told me (before she past away) that she got it shortly after her and Dad got married. Figuring they got married sometime in the middle of 1945-1946 it's a wonder it still works at all. But you know things that were made back then weren't "disposable" as they are now. Hoping you many more pressure cooker memories to come!

[@jwwm2]

Not to worry. I have other pressure cookers now.

[@thomaspigg306]

John Strabismus​ Good Deal!!! Happy canning/cooking!!!!!!!

[@jessiejamesrides2012]

distilled is good water !!!

[@aaroozz]

Is there a rubber washer that doesn't leech out?

[@alejandroveliz1740]

To drink distilled water you gotta put into the fridge for 3+ days. Or hold it at room temperature for a week. After that water tastes as it is from mountains.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

While it would be a bit costly, I’ll bet an InstantPot could be used - nice as it has timers & heaters all built in. I’ll try to find an old dead IPot and use the lid from it on my good / working IPot - to make a water distiller. Plus the ‘pot’ inside the IPot is stainless steel so that would address the concerns about aluminum.

[@rosscannon5404]

this is exactly what i have in mind...

[@projectjster]

I actually bought one today just for this purpose, I’m going to use high temp food grade silicone tubing to catch the steam.

[@101AOK]

styling ,,,,welcome to fall ole friend

[@sosteve9113]

very simple and effective atb steve

[@ayehodgy5675]

is pool water fine?

[@chrisem79]

Thanks for the share!!

[@systeme92]

how much ppm it has ? electric distiller contain filter

[@tonik2734]

In the event Of SHTF time distilled or regular water and knowing how to distill water is better than no water or drinking dirty water.

[@Frank-ue6eg]

Watching this video is like watching a pot boil - ohh - wait - it actually is watching a pot boil!!!

[@jartotable]

You read my mind.

[@jennarose3088]

How much water do you get per hour ?

[@2079karen]

Oh to clean ,just use half a fresh lemon and sodium bicarbonate of soda soak for 10 minutes then rinse then wash in Luke warm soapy water and rinse well

[@trevorstolz8580]

I am a Power Engineer and I work in a Power Plant. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get 100% pure water from making steam and condensing it in one stage. The reason you see steam is that it has suspended (liquid) water droplets. If you turn the heat up on a stove, the water just boils away faster. More heat does not cause suspended water droplets to vaporize completely. In a power plant this is important because water suspended droplets in steam erode turbine blades very quickly. You must make 100% pure steam with no suspended water droplets in a power plant. All gases, including steam, are invisible when there is ONLY gas. So, this video is correct in that distilled water does not necessarily remove all contaminants. So how do power plants get 100% steam that is only gaseous and has no suspended water droplets? They superheat the steam. Basically, this means that a boiler produces wet steam - steam that has some suspended water droplets. Then that wet steam goes through a section of piping where it is exposed to heat from the boiler a second time. This part of the boiler is called the "superheater". It "superheats" steam, i.e. raises it above and beyond the boiling point of the water. Having said that, you shouldn't try to rig up a system at home that superheats steam if you don't know what you are doing. People have done stupid things at home like trying to boil water in a propane bottle to create high pressure steam. In one case, the propane bottle exploded and one person was killed. In Canada at least, all pressure vessels have to be properly rated, licenced, and tested, etc. This is not a criticism, just an explanation of why distilling water does not necessarily remove all contaminants, although it does remove almost all.

[@marshallcahill4958]

With drinking distilled water, some claim that it will eliminate trace minerals in the body. Ninty five percent of the trace minerals come from food. I drink distilled water for joint health. Doing this for about five years - no problems so far

[@barryputnam2873]

I can tell you why you didn't care for the taste... you got brand new copper tubing and never mentioned doing anything to ensure it is as clean on inside as can be; (no doubt someone else made you aware of this). If not, just running the same for a few hours should remove the mfg chems from inner surface of the tubing / fitting (think lubricating "oils" associated with the inner shaping mandrel). A design for the tubing coil which lets the far end exit the condensing vessel at a lowest point with no feature of necessary pushing of condensate back "uphill" would be a significant performance improvement. your glass bowl does require that uphill flow, causes pooling of condensate in the tube ahead of the edge of the bowl where it may pass over. if you have a possibility to provide a constant flow of "waste water" to the cooling vessel, especially entering coolest at bottom, and flowing excess heat away at a upper level limiting exit flow hole, this will maximize the efficiency of your condensing heat exchanger. think of Bc truck video and blue bucket. he didn't incorporate the cooling flow option for his cooler tank, but that leaves you with a lessening efficiency as the cooling water temp comes up from steam heating. Ideally, this cooling flow could be gravity fed from some supply of "free" water, ie creek, rainbarrel, etc. I guess I should design and build my own.

[@jwwm2]

You may well be right. I was thinking the off taste was due to the fact that the pressure cooker had been used to cook food. You're also right about the cooling tube not being set up properly.

[@W_H_K]

As to the safety of it, there's two schools of thought on it: 1) The establishment view; the same one that supports fluoridation etc, and 2) Those of us who know far better that the establishment and it's false narratives and have much knowledge over many vast fields of interest. Simply ask any experienced and qualified survivalist what to drink when all you have is sea water, filthy fresh water, or water with which you are unsure. They will tell you to distill your water with either a solar still (very slow process), or a method similar to the above video only collected on a campfire setup. In all the survival literature, military and civilian, that I have collected over the years it states nowhere that it isn't safe to drink. In fact, it states that it will keep you alive indefinitely.

[@SweetsAndCandy]

nice destiller :)

[@jwwm2]

+SweetsAndCandy Thanks. It works well.

[@Daniel4Style]

There's a big difference between organic and inorganic minerals. We do not need inorganic minerals In our system right?

[@blasperez4378]

Distilled= pure. still water=Loaded water= contaminates. The minerals are not organic in reg. water. Sea salt=82-92 minerals. Table salt= 2 minerals. Both INorganic. Dist. water "unloaded" draws inorg. min. and metals from body. Leaves what the body needs behind. You would think by now we wouldn't be asking about dist water if only we start researching.

[@freetrailer4poor]

The water taste might have a lot of copper in it.

[@jwwm2]

Not really.

[@dennismckeown5863]

Try drinking it for a week and then go back to tap water and you will see how bad tap water taste's,it doesn't take long to get use to distilled water.

[@nickabel8279]

If you're remineralizing you are wasting your time distilling. Would be better with a gravity filter to remove what u listed. I believe a coconut husk filter would do that

[@SteveMack]

...Wouldn't happen to be a copper taste, would it? - Like; as in from your COPPER tubing? You should use stainless steel.

[@jwwm2]

I'm not sure what copper tastes like. Still, copper pipes have been used widely in plumbing for hundreds of years.

[@SteveMack]

This is definitely true, but we're now realising that water can leech colloidal amounts of it into the water...What an economical alternative could be, I'm not sure.

[@tsvandyke]

An American doing it the same way ... CHEAP ... ... $22 for supplies ... Goodwill - $6 pressure cooker ... Lowes - $2 gas coupling ... Lowes - $10 copper pipe ... Lowes - $4 plastic bucket ( for the ice water ) ... a ( free ) soup can to wrap the copper pipe around ... = $22

[@SuperTimVideo]

Thanks for sharing! LK

[@jwwm2]

+Super Tim Thanks.

[@normal1011]

Good video. The body only uses organic minerals (plants) You will not find any of these in water from non organic sources Removing inorganic minerals from the body and water supply is ideal

[@Kurt-Ahmet]

CAN IT BE USED FOR ALCOHOL DİSTİLLATİON ? I AM AFRAİD OF THAT ALCOHOL VAPOR CAUSES BLASTİNG OF PRESSURE COOKER

[@gnuPirate]

+mehmet olcay Please calm down and stop shouting.

[@heinousnesslesssweetness5857]

+SixSixSix lmao

[@jellobiafra4660]

Yes!

[@matthewkiefer6744]

Use stainless-steel tubing and if you can find it a stainless-steel cooker. you can't do much about the rubber gasket but that's life. By the way, I wonder how much it cost to run the gas stove that long. You also can buy distilled water at the store.

[@lokidurden6473]

People who make their own don't tend to trust buying distilled water.

[@AlieNation4Paul]

you need to use a activated charcoal filter to remove the compounds that have a lower boiling point than water.this will eliminate that plasticy weird taste...

[@jwwm2]

That's probably the right way to do it.

[@billkrause4585]

Great videp friend. I was thinking of doing the same setup with a stove top pressure cooker like your's, but with stainless steel tubing to eliminate any copper trace in the drinking water Also, I would install a 0 - 20 Psig guage on the lid as a safety percaution to monitor pressure. Now, if I could find a pressure cooker like your, I'll be set to purify water from our back yard swimming pool as one water source, but as a last resort. But hey, would'nt it be easier to locate a clear water spring near by, that you can filter and treat with 2 drops of unscented clorox bleach that kills germs to 1 Duart of this filtered water, then shake and let stand for an hour before drinking. Its great to figure different methods of making your own drinking water, because the rule is, you'll last only 3 days without good drinking water. I just bought a Katadyn Pro Water filter for when I go hiking, I also viewed the Swamp Boss youtube video on how he did a homemade water purifier on the cheap, which I duplicated for myself.

[@sandybarbee8401]

My first concern is the ALUMINUM pot . I will not COOK in aluminum . Don't know for sure if this process would leach any aluminum into the water or not but I believe I'll PASS . Have you ever seen a NON- aluminum Pressure cooker ?

[@daveyjones9930]

Just take a mineral supplement by capsules or tablets every day rather than adding minerals to the water. Bad taste can come from the copper tubing or plastic container.

[@thomaswade5506]

The pressure cooker is aluminum, that is why it tastes funny.

[@kensellers6713]

I want to use this for my clap for sleep apnea, so I wouldn't add back the minerals.

[@deanrobillard2667]

you're smart

[@gittyuprv]

When adding back minerals, only use organic minerals found in living things, not minerals from the earth!

[@TheSentientParadox]

You do realize that all minerals come from the earth? And ultimately from the stars, right?

[@E-BikingAdventures]

Great video on how to make a distiller out of a preasure cooker, but you are not properly informed about distilled water and inorganic minerals. Here is a good rule of thumb - Don't believe any man that has disburbingly creepy long finger nails.

[@pychohobo1832]

Ok the whole distilled water isn't safe B.S. First this comes from people that are against salt. If you are adding salt to your food you have no problems. For every 10 gallons of water add 1 teaspoon of salt. Iodine salt is best. You don't need no fancy salt. Just regular generic iodine salt. Iodine salt is sea salt. You will see salt labeled as sea salt that is much more expensive. If it is iodine salt it is sea salt. However not all sea salt is iodine. You can buy sea salt that the iodine has been removed. And not all iodine salt is taken from a sea. Back when it was deposited it was a sea. But there are deposits that are NOW in mountains. I own some land that is 5000 feet above sea level. Less then two foot down I have iodine salt. Not worth mining due to the price of salt. But I have more salt on that land then I'd ever use.

[@blasperez4378]

Straighten the copper tubing, make a small steel wool ball and string, polish clean the inside of the tubing and rinse. Stainless is best but at a cost. Also , the pot should be stainless. Wah lah , no dry taste to the water. For smooth drinking water, put a "Tri-vortex " under the drinking glass or holding container for a few minutes to five. Distilled water is H20. Period. If you need to know why it's said to be bad, follow the supressive. The minerals in water are not organic as in food. If you want to know who is right, It's the person using true protocol of science. Not pseudo. Question everything.

[@alaahassan53]

Good

[@shepherdspathrev]

I think a lot of the bad taste is coming from the aluminum pot you are using. It would be much better to use stainless steel. My opinion.

[@Fastlane05]

Rocket Stove is the solution to your heat source!

[@Dr.Stein99]

How often does someone mistakenly distill their radiator fluid instead of using tap, lake or river water? And WHO distills WASTE water ?!?!?

[@jwwm2]

Those remarks were made as advice for people that intend to use a distiller in an emergency situation. If someone was in a dry climate and was desperate for drinking water they might think they could drain a radiator, and distill it. Not everyone lives near rivers and lakes, you know. Beyond that, I've read accounts of people in the desert distilling urine and other kinds of waste water for drinking water. It's usually done with a solar still because it stinks, but if that's all someone can get, it'll work. Satisfied?

[@Dr.Stein99]

Ok, I was probably ignorant. What I did get out of this, is the precaution to use only water without any petroleum / oils that could also vaporize and be distilled back into a fluid again. Without the skills and tools to test - nobody knows what is in their tap water. My tap water taste like it could actually be pumped into my house from someone else's waste water.

[@AmericanExpatInThePhilippines]

It's me, John Strabismus. I don't feel like switching accounts again. Right. If I was in your situation I'd drink distilled water, or I'd filter it. Over here in the Philippines I filter all of our drinking water with a Sawyer .01 filter. The water here is good, though, and I probably don't really need to do that. We're living on a very small, very mountainous island with numerous fresh water springs and rivers. Additionally, each municipality has its own water supply. I'm going to make a video about that one of these days. Anyway, I wish you well.

[@englishassecondlanguagensa]

The odd taste is likely from your copper tube.

[@gailcravener9598]

Sorry, I meant 1/4 tsp in every quart of water.

[@UserUser-yq4ug]

Copper leeches into your water and is bad for you as well. You should switch that copper tubing like yesterday