Hi Sarita. After about 10 batches run through the filter, the plastic taste is gone, from what I can tell. I actually narrowed it down to the ceramic filter itself, not the plastic container. When we first set it up, the instructions are to "shock" the filter by running almost boiling water through it the first time, that apparently "sets" the unglazed ceramic so that it doesn't have the powdery residue. I'm not sure what other reasons are for doing that. The filter is mounted inside a flat plastic "dish," and I think is basically glued around the rim. My suspicion is the very hot water either melts the glue or causes the plastic to off-gas. There is no way to see or clean the inside, the water drips slowly through one little hole, but the taste is better, now.

However.... now I am pouring in the reverse-osmosis, ozonated and distilled water we have been getting delivered for the past 15 years. When I use tap water (our city water is fairly clean) even when pulling it from the shower where I have a chlorine filter, it still tastes like tap water to me after running through the roxtract system with the minerals. Or, I should say it tastes like filtered tap water. I've been used to really good tasting water, so that was unacceptable, and I am also not convinced that it's really clean if it still tastes like tap water. I think fluoride is very hard to remove, too, and I am not actually convinced that it properly removes chlorine, either, so I would really like to see an independent water test done. I could probably pay a couple hundred bucks to have it tested myself, but right now I don't want to spend the money.

Interestingly, I experienced more overt "detox" when using it with tap water - my usual headaches were worse, acid taste in mouth, more salivation and painful canker sores. No idea why, or whether that was a good or bad sign. I actually had to back off a bit. Now I'm drinking the Roxtract water exclusively with no noticeable detox symptoms, but I'm also using the already purified water in it. I might try going back to tap water and see what happens. I do get a sense that with or without using the purified water in the system, the water that comes out the spout (which has the magnets and apparently is where the structuring takes place as it passes through) is "wetter" with less surface tension, so it probably does have the smaller molecules for easier absorbtion like they talk about. I had hoped this would eliminate our plastic bottles, god only knows what chemicals are in my body as a result of drinking water stored in plastic all these years, but right not I'm not sure I'm comfortable that the results from tap water are any safer. If I ever pay for a test on the water the system makes, I will post my findings.

My new chiropractor loves it and recommends it to everyone. I have no other testimonials to go on other than from people selling it, or from what's written on the website. If you decide to try it, I'd be curious about your results. I've got some little bumps on my eyelids that I believe are calcium deposits and I'm watching to see what will happen to those. It's too soon to tell. Oh, this is interesting but may or may not be related - supposedly it clears any constipation and tends to make you poop more. I'm not sure I've noticed that, though I take herbs to keep things moving. My husband, on the other hand, has noticed the opposite. More gas and less poops. He was pretty regular before.

Jury's still out for me, but by the time I know whether it's "working," it will probably be too late to return it.