i havent taken a ph meter to the distilled bottled water im gettin from walmart.i was using ro water from a locally owned grocery store until i noticed my plants reactin to the ph level of it. i didnt get a chance to grab up some ph up or ph down yet,so im just usin what i can until then.my plants are like this distilled water though.i only have three 4'' skunk 1 haze plants right now,so i've only had to buy one gallon so far,but once i get my other strains goin,i'll be usin more. i'll only tested with these ph test strips so i dont know if my calculations are even legit,but this distilled is changing the strip to a color that is equal to about 5.5-6.0,the r.o. water i was gettin changes the strip to a color equal to 7.0 i havent bought a more expensive bottle yet,i'll have to buy the most expensive bottle of distilled water when i go to the store,then i'll test it and if it test out alright,i'll give it a whirl and see how it does.im almost positive it'll do just as good as this cheap stuff.-peace