Where to find distilled water??

[leonthebum]

Hey guys - I've just moved to Seattle and need to re-humidify my humidor beads. But I can't find any good distilled water.

I've checked five stores and only can find it in cheap plastic milk-jug-type containers, and...it smells and tastes plastic-y. I certainly don't want to infuse all my cigars with the delicious aroma of...plastic.

Any ideas where to look? Any suggestions would be most appreciated!!

Many thanks,
David

 

[blooz4u]

I've always used the stuff in the jugs. No problems, and no plastic-y smells!

 

[rubiconaz]

Thats all I could find even at Walgreens.

 

[njstone]

You could but Avian or something, but I use the milk-jug water and have no issues with it.

 

[Wink]

The gallon jugs of distilled should do the trick, not sure why it would have that smell though.

 

[COYOTE JLR]

I've been using the milk jugs for a while now without any difficulty. If you're really driven, you could always distill your own water. Though I think it'd be more trouble than it's worth. lol.

Are you simply new to Seattle or are you new to the state?

 

[SlipperyPete]

You could always distill your own. Although your neighbors may think you are cooking up some hooch.

How about maybe buying some 50/50 propelyne glycol (sp?) solution? I have never used it, but that may be helpful.

 

[Docbp87]

Rite Aid. I work in a Rite Aid Pharmacy, and we sell distilled water. Crystal Lake is the brand I believe. Store brand, works great.

 

[tmoney2007]

You are probably smelling the bottle. It won't hurt anything.

 

[Clint]

I think the plastic smell you get is from the actual container....Don't think the water has much of this smell infused in it. I have been using this for years as well...Arrowhead is the brand I usually try to get if available.

 

[GoingPostal]

ive used several different "milk jug" brands and they all work fine for me with no problems

 

[AlohaStyle]

I like jugs

And welcome to Seattle! You should drive south and hang out at Smokey Joe's in Tacoma/Fife sometime.

A great shop in Seattle just south of the stadiums is J&J Cigars. They are the shop that has the Tatuaje SODO and the owner John is a good dude.

 

[NickThePyro]

I live in an outskirt of Seattle and every store such as Walgreens, Walmart or Target have it in stock.

 

[Fourtotheflush]

Thats all I could find even at Walgreens.

+1 totally use the walgreens stuff and it work sout just fine.

 

[dpricenator]

You could but Avian or something, but I use the milk-jug water and have no issues with it.

Evian and most other bottle waters are not distilled. They still have lots of solid particles and minerals in them.

 

[leonthebum]

Hey guys - thanks for all the info! I won't worry about using the "milk-jug" bottled distilled water then...

And thanks for the Seattle welcome! Though originally from MI (& NH respectively), my wife and I just moved here from the SF Bay Area...I'll have to check out the good local spots mentioned...

 

[r3db4r0n]

I've only ever used the distilled water from the bottle and like the others in this thread I've never had a problem. It's cheap and does the job, I suggest springing for it!

 

[JimmyC]

Rite Aid... Gallon Jug around $1... no smell.

 

[danthebugman]

I have a jug I got from Wal-Mart. It's lasting forever since I only have a desktop and a modified Sterilite container. Don't use much. Had an issue with a weird smell a while back, but it was briefly and didn't effect the cigars...and I'm not entirely sure where it came from :dunno:.

Dan

 

[jwintosh]

distilled water? what do you use that for? :fencing: