I live in a super hard water region. So hard in fact that it destroys every appliance despite regular descaling. I’ve remineralized 5l jugs of demineralized water for years but I feel it’s not very sustainable in the long term. Plus demineralized water is not supposed to be safe for human consumption.
I’m looking for an affordable RO system that removes most if not all TDS so I can remineralize it using my favorite recipe.
Do you use any? What are your thoughts? Thanks !
It’s worth mentioning that you really need to hit these with a metal scrubber after every batch. I used one for espresso for about 4 years. I was fine with the scrubbing routine but some might hate it. I wound up going to a pumpless RO system after my distiller started leaking and caught fire…so yeah that’s another consideration. Mine was the cheapest one off Amazon, so that’s a pretty low bar, and it’s probably a miracle it survived 4 years of consistent use.
You don’t use a metal scrubber to clean. Just a bit of citric acid and boil again and it’s good as new. I have no idea what distiller you bought but catching fire is not a thing with any normal distiller like this.
I only use citric acid once every 7-10 batches.