I checked this out.
Questions!
You had yours long?
Seems to be reliable?
I hate buying chinese stuff with it only to crap out in six months.
I never had a problem for as long as I used it. It’s basically a version of the table top water distiller sold through various names. They say it heats up to a lower range to allow the alcohol to distill out rather than the water. Alcohol becomes a vapor at 172 degrees or so if I remember right. Water of course boils at 212 degrees but becomes a vapor somewhere around 200-208.
In my humble opinion it doesn’t really matter that much if you use the so-called water distiller or the so-called alcohol distiller because both will distill the alcohol first. If your product ends up being 80-90 proof rather 110; it just means you will get more product at what most alcohol is sold at.
If you want it stronger; put some through a second time to raise the percentage/proof level. If you keep an eye on ebay; you can find the water distillers used for much cheaper. I recommend this for people who just want to play with it for a while to see what it’s like. If a person wants to take it up to the next level; that site I mentioned, and others, have more expensive and more involved equipment to do so. Just be sure to throw away that first part of every batch because it will make people go blind. I don’t know if it alters the taste but it’s methanol and not the drinking ethanol.
The goal is to make a tasty drink; not the most powerful although most people do make an extra batch of the kicker 180 proof just to have it around to offer those who just have to try it at that level. Mason jars work great for this.