Is distilled/deionised water a scam?

[wildone63]

Dont some flojet water cutting machines use gallons of it?
I also know a milk delivery company who still use the old style electric milk floats who buy it in bulk

[Fastpedeller]

Greg66 said:

Probably. Rainwater also would be better than hard tap water.

Have a look at water softeners. Cheap, reliable, and they work.

No No No - A water "softener" replaces calcium salts in the water with sodium salts - so no good at all as a substitute for deionised or distilled water. If you have a water softener on your incoming main then you also need a separate (ie not through softener) drinking source, and I'd advise caution because the sodium salts now in your water may wreck the heat exchanger in your boiler.

[sars]

scdan4 said:

Distilling the water (boiling it, condensing then collecting the steam) removes the ions as they remain in the boiling water

Okay, I know this is picky but it's water, steam and then condensate

and don't drink it, it's not good for you, seriously we need the minerals in it