# Opinions on this quack (?) and his healthy water. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100 "2005-09-04T21:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/1 "2005-09-04T21:58:01Z")
[http://www.johnellis.com/fs\_main.htm](http://www.johnellis.com/fs_main.htm) Are his statements about being the only person in the word who can find “disease markers” in purified water true? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/2 "2005-09-04T22:01:03Z")
Pure, 100%, Grade-A bullshit. Now, with 50% more pseudoscience. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/3 "2005-09-04T22:06:35Z")
[If it quacks…](http://www.chem1.com/CQ/johnellisbunk.html) I wonder how many suckers he’s ripped off? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/4 "2005-09-04T22:06:38Z")
[http://www.chem1.com/CQ/johnellisbunk.html](http://www.chem1.com/CQ/johnellisbunk.html) I’m not sure about the “disease markers” but this one might help. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/5 "2005-09-04T23:33:17Z")
Serious question: could I distill ethyl alcohol with this thing? If I made vodka with it, would there be any advantage to using this device over a more traditional method? Would the device be easier to clean, and/or would it yield a tastier vodka? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/6 "2005-09-04T23:40:39Z")
I like this bit of small print: > [@](#): > > REFUND POLICY > Since we are the MANUFACTURER, concerned about your health, > we ship ONLY brand new machines and DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/7 "2005-09-05T01:04:04Z")
> [@Fuel](#): > > [http://www.johnellis.com/fs\_main.htmAre](http://www.johnellis.com/fs_main.htmAre) his statements about being the only person in the word who can find “disease markers” in purified water true? Old Chinese Proberb states: \*\*What one fool can do another can. \*\* Too bad he hasn’t applied his “genius” tallents to extract energy from the ether or solve the problem of converting water to pure hydrogen without energy consumption! The gas shortage would have not come to pass. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/8 "2005-09-05T01:07:43Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Serious question: could I distill ethyl alcohol with this thing? If I made vodka with it, would there be any advantage to using this device over a more traditional method? Would the device be easier to clean, and/or would it yield a tastier vodka? The disadvantage would be that it costs $1,500. For a fricken’ light bulb in a plastic bulb. And even then, I seriously doubt that it would work as a distiller. The alcohol would go into the bubble chamber but then wouldn’t be distilled anywhere. You can do better with $25.00 blown in the O-Chem supply room. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/9 "2005-09-05T01:37:28Z")
> [@threemae](#): > > The disadvantage would be that it costs $1,500. For a fricken’ light bulb in a plastic bulb. Yeah, I know—later I read far enough to see the $1500 price tag. I’ll just take the $1500 and go to Bevmo and get enough cheap vodka to fill a Jacuzzi. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/10 "2005-09-06T00:51:16Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Yeah, I know—later I read far enough to see the $1500 price tag. I’ll just take the $1500 and go to Bevmo and get enough cheap vodka to fill a Jacuzzi. Pour it through a Britta if you want some really nice vodka for cheap. Trust me on this. Threads lay about on this topic. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-quack-and-his-healthy-water/320100/11 "2005-09-06T03:56:27Z")
The [Aquascams home page](http://www.chem1.com/CQ/) will lead you to many tales of grotesque quackery involving water and water devices. Add in all the anti-flouridation activists and others convinced that their Precious Bodily Fluids are being altered by the Worldwide Water Conspiracy and it is apparent that water is a major focus of weirdos and those who exploit them.