I don’t trust those tiny charcoal pockets enough to remove the vocs after multiple uses. I’ve had the same distillers and the water always has a very stranger after taste and smell compared to water distilled is a better distiller and R.O. I figured out it was the vocs and something else that the cheaper distillers do not get rid of that is stil in the water giving it the horrible taste and smell.Charcoal removes VOCS. Distillers, even the cheap ones, have a reservoir in the outlet for charcoal packets. I bought reusable tea bags (fabric) and charcoal and make my own, but you can also buy disposable ones.