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I would use distilled water, available at Superlake by the gallon for about $50.

Sterile Water vs Distilled Water. ... Sterile water has usually been boiled to kill anything living in the water, but it still has other things in it. Distilled water is made to get you as close to pure H2O as possible - no bacteria, no chemicals, no impurities, etc

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I have never seen the requirement or recommendation to use sterile water and only see distilled water suggested when a mineral deposit is possible in the jar. Are you chasing a problem that may not exist?

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"How about buying bottled water and boiling it? Seems easy and inexpensive, or am I missing something."

Personally, as hard as the water is here I won't use anything but distilled in anything needing water where mineral deposits will affect performance and longevity. Concentrators, like CPAPs are expensive to replace and simply boiling the water does not remove all the minerals.

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2 hours ago, chapalence said:

"How about buying bottled water and boiling it? Seems easy and inexpensive, or am I missing something."........

You are missing the most important part:  You must condense the steam back to liquid water. That will involve boiling questionable water in a closed container, forcing the steam into a cooling coil, where it will condense and drip into another container as distilled water.

This process is well known by uneducated hillbillies in the far reaches of Appalachia, and is often refered to as a "still".  However, few of them stop at distilled water; nor do they start with just plain water in the boiler.

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8 hours ago, chapalence said:

I would use distilled water, available at Superlake by the gallon for about $50.

Sterile Water vs Distilled Water. ... Sterile water has usually been boiled to kill anything living in the water, but it still has other things in it. Distilled water is made to get you as close to pure H2O as possible - no bacteria, no chemicals, no impurities, etc

Distilled water is actually quite unhealthy to drink for any period of time. No bacteria, no chemicals, no impurities, but also no naturally occuring minerals. It's "dead" water.

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