The 3-Stage IDF™
Process
(Ion Exchange/Distillation/Filter)

Step 1 - Ion Exchange (softening)
Water flows through a Pre-Softener to remove hardness minerals, preventing scale, and to minimize maintenance of the Boiling Chamber, allowing the unit to work more efficiently and last longer.

Step 2 - Distillation
Water is distilled by boiling in the Boiling Chamber. Steam rises, passing through a Condensing Coil. A Cooling Fan chills the steam in the Condensing Coil to re-liquefy it into fresh water, virtually free of contaminants. Substances that cannot evaporate are left behind in the boiling chamber and are drained away.

Step 3 - Filtration

The distilled water flows through an Activated Carbon Filter, removing any remaining VOCs (Volatile Organic Chemicals) and polishing the taste. The finished water flows into the Dispenser upon demand through up to three separate spigots for hot, cold or room temperature water.Nearly one-third of U.S. consumers currently use a home water treatment device other than bottled water, according to the 1997 National Consumer Water survey. But if the device is a one-step treatment system, consumers may be under the false assumption that all impurities are removed. Filtering systems improve water taste, reduce chlorine and organic contaminants and trap such biological contaminants as cryptosporidium. But they don't catch viruses and are minimally effective in blocking radioactive pollutants.Reverse osmosis systems do a good job reducing inorganic contaminants and some radioactive materials, but bacteria and viruses may remain in water after treatment. Unless these systems are closely monitored and maintained, water quality can deteriorate. They also waste more water than they produce, using 3 to 10 gallons for every gallon produced.Distillation shines as the most effective of all single-step water treatment processes. It removes all organic, inorganic and radioactive contaminants.