Mine is a little more expensive -- I buy my distilled water at a health food store and pay about $1.39 for a gallon of distilled water and I usually buy 2 at a time so I have enough distilled water to rinse everything off. But still, you can't beat $2.78 for a gallon of CS. I paid about $28 for my silver 12 gauge wire (I got it before the price went up). But I've made probably 3 gallons so far with it. Compared to Utopia's Advanced CS at $222 per gallon, I've saved over $600 dollars so far and my investment in silver wire has more than been paid off. If I had to buy my CS, Utopia-Silver is the ONLY brand I would ever consider buying. I've used it and I KNOW it works.