VEVOR Essential Oil Distillation Equipment, 2L Capacity, Made with 3.3 Borosilicate Lab-Quality Glass, Includes a 1000W Heater and 24/40 Joint Connections, Comprehensive 28-Piece Kit

The quality is good, and I received everything in good condition, but please if you include a small water pump, at least in words will be great because it's not optional.....the hot plate take time to boil the water

Great product easy to use.

Seems well built but incomplete by nature. Could at least throw some cheap food grade screens in the box so it can be used immediately.. and an aquarium pump.. and a hot plate worth a dam* You will need to modify this if you want it to work, wrapping the upper chamber in several layers of tinfoil or some other insulate. Otherwise it will condenser in the material chamber and then fall back into boiling flask. Would be cool if this company gave instructions for some basic tests / experiments. After 3 runs, each 6+ hours long, the only thing I have done is make distilled oregano flavored water.. while the boiling flask is a dark brown color. The distance the steam must travel to reach the arm connecting to the condenser seems to be too far. (I got the 2000ml one). The hot plate, dont even try it. You'll never get to boiling temps. I used a better one with a magnetic stir and an electric feed back thermometer to keep it at a consistent temp. Not sure what im doing wrong... cause... no instructions whatsoever besides how to piece the thing together. Pipetts included are unmarked, so dont expect to be able to measure any millimeters out with anything in this "kit". They even skipped on the sealant(Vaseline). The container its in (small) wasnt even 1/3 full. Glass seems good quality with a few flaws (lines in the glass, not cracks tho so I wont complain about that). I've tried a few different methods now for steam distilling the same herb over and over. Oregano. And every time, all it does is slowly cook the oregano causing it to collapse in the chamber to where the steam/oils simply drip back into the boiler flask where it stays indefinitely regardless of temp.

Great quality glass. I’m really impressed for the price. You can’t really beat it. This is a great set up. I’m about to try our first distillation of vanilla as we speak. After the attempt I’ve found that the heating plate is not compatible with the setup. The base is too large and therefore not distributing the heat well enough to actually boil the water. But really, if you’re serious about any of it, get yourself a proper heater, one the you put the flask inside and it heats all sides and the bottom, they come with magnetic stirring options as well. At least the glassware is top of the line :-)

I received my kit yesterday afternoon. I set it up, which wasn't as difficult as I had previously thought. My only suggestion would be that you put the hot plate on a fire/heat safe platform and adjust all the flask holders and what have you according to that height. Setting it up on a flat surface doesn't allow for a proper distance between the beaker for catching hydrosol and the catcher itself. I started some plant material with about 1150mL of water in the flask, at 430/5 PM and took everything down at around 1 AM, and the water never reached boiling point, even at the highest setting. The thermometer is in Celsius, so I had them converted to Fahrenheit and only made it to 90 degrees Celsius. The hot plate wouldn't stay on for longer than 10 seconds. it would click on then, right after turn-off, and did that for 6 hours. Ultimately, don't bother with the hot plate; the flask has a sort of rounded bottom, that isn't fully flat and I think that also may have been a part of the issue. Buy a better one or use your stove somehow, it will get a better distribution of heat that way, otherwise, you may end up wasting HOURS of your life waiting for it to boil water. I wouldn't recommend this hot plate as a cheap alternative to other cheap hotplates; spend a few more dollars on the better ones. All in all, besides the hot plate being janky, it's not a bad setup for the price range.

Heat pad was not strong enough had to buy another one.

The 'hotplate' doesn't heat up enough to distill anything. The company keeps offering a partial refund. I'm holding out for a full refund since I can't use it.

Excellent quality. Very Well packed. The company Vevor has great products and prices. There is quite the variety of products available for every part of the home (or business).