the only website I went to was the one they gave the guy who sold it to me. I can't remember if I read about the ceramic filter, or whether he told me. It's a little dome that sticks up in the top chamber, that's where you put the designated amount of minerals with the tap water, and it drips from there into the lower chamber.
We had heard that distilled water tends to attract contaminants, so we filled up the lower chamber with that and let it sit for about a day and a half, I didn't smell the plastic at that point, so I decided to run another batch through and it's doing it's thing right now, haven't tasted it yet.
If the plastic taste isn't gone, I'll try the ACV, but I'm not sure I should put that through the filter, maybe just fill up the lower chamber with the ACV in water. What ratio would you suggest? It holds about 10 quarts.