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Best Water Coolers

Whirlpool 8LIECH-SC-SSF-P5W Self Cleaning Stainless Bottom Load Water Cooler with LED indicators,40.5in x 12.6in x 15in
Self Cleaning technology uses automatic injections of unstable oxygen to destroys bacteria and viruses. 6th Sense Self Cleaning automatically technology uses unstable Oxygen to break down bacteria and viruses in the water.
Reviews
"Cold water when I wanted it; hot water for my tea whenever I wanted it. So I did a lot of research into water coolers before I bought a new one. (The other 1% was because the price of water coolers seemed to have skyrocketed in the past 3 1/2 years — but maybe that was why mine had such a short life — I did not do a lot of research for the first one — it dispensed hot & cold water and I was happy. Then I became attached to the idea of self-cleaning — because cleaning a water is really a pain in the butt — and it wastes a lot of water, in my opinion. The panel where the water is dispensed just has holes from which the water is dispensed. There are arrows that indicate where the water will be dispensed, which is great for a glass of cold water or a mug of hot water for tea. I am extremely pleased with both the temperatures of the hot and the cold water."
"Got this water cooler because I was tired of buying cases of bottled water and waiting for them to get cold in the refrigerator. Not only is the water a lot colder from the water cooler, I gained back the space the water bottles were taking up in the refrigerator. I have no issues using a 4 or 5 gallon water bottle; issues with the seller; temperature of hot and cold water; water tasting awful (I use spring water) , etc."
"I bought this cooler as an alternative to renting a cooler (which I did for years) from my water delivery service. It would be difficult for a child to accidentally be burned when dispensing or attempting to dispense water from either cold or hot side. As good as the hot water is at getting hot the cold water falls short. The water gets a chill not COLD. I like really cold water and miss that from my previous cooler. And to figure out a way to make the water as consistently cold as the hot is consistently hot. The cooler dispenses consistently cold water."
"We purchased this water cooler about six months ago and I have to say that this is the best water cooler my wife and I have ever used it’s not cheap it’s high-quality it’s better than anything I’ve ever seen in any office or public facility we use this in our home it works great the description Is spot on for this item we love how it keeps the water cool whenever we need it the water bottle replacement is very easy to do all I can say is we love it we gave this a five star rating for its quality ease of use Fast shipping and description of product."
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Avalon A1WATERCOOLER Top Loading Water Cooler Dispenser - Hot & Cold Water, Child Safety Lock, Innovative Slim Design, Holds 3 or 5 Gallon Bottles - UL/Energy Star Approved
TOP LOADING DISPENSER: This water cooler dispenser loads from the top & allows you to spot if the dispenser is running out of water, which is a great feature for office settings.
Reviews
"The temperature if much colder than my previous coolers and I am able to poor several large glasses of water without worry about them not being as cold as the previous poured glass. I have read plenty of reviews on and off of Amazon before making this purchase due to the frustration of already burning through 2 other water coolers."
"When you first put the jug on the water will drop about 1/4 of the way down and the instructions recommend draining out 1 liter of water through the hot spicket before first use."
"I have check the temperature with my cooking thermometer and the cold water get to 47.8 degree F and the hot water is at 167 Degree F (super hot). The hot water gets crazy hot and you can pretty much cooking ramen noddle, make tea, hot chocolate, and even coffee."
"Cold water is served cold, Hot water is served EXTREMELY hot."
"Does what it's supposed to but I can't stand the safety button on the hot water so I'll be introducing it to some super glue."
"The pros are that it (thus far) works, the water is cold or hot depending on the spigot, the water comes out fast for a water cooler, and the cooler looks nice and was easy to set up."
"We love this!"
"Broke within 3 months, specifically the "spike" in the water-bottle-dispenser-collar that you set the water bottle down to "pierce" the plug on the bottle."
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Avalon A8CTBOTTLELESSWHT Countertop Self Cleaning Bottleless Water Cooler Water Dispenser - Hot & Cold Water, NSF Certified Filter- UL/Energy Star Approved, White
HOT & COLD WATER SPOUTS: When you use our water cooler dispenser you can choose between a Crisp Cold & Piping Hot Output, making it ideal for cool refreshments or toasty beverages.
Reviews
"I drink more water lately which should be good."
"Easy setup and works very good."
"Second: green light in the front off can mean two things: "ready for use" or --in case you or someone else has switched of either heating or cooling function with the button on the back-- "there is no hot or cold water, just filtered". Finally: buttons in back: Red means hot water on or off, green means cool water on or off, blue means night light on or off."
"This was easy to install and is working well for our office."
"If you are worried about the expense of the replacement filter keep this in mind they work superbly."
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Best Water Coolers

Whirlpool 8LIECH-SC-SSF-P5W Self Cleaning Stainless Bottom Load Water Cooler with LED indicators,40.5in x 12.6in x 15in
Self Cleaning technology uses automatic injections of unstable oxygen to destroys bacteria and viruses. 6th Sense Self Cleaning automatically technology uses unstable Oxygen to break down bacteria and viruses in the water.
Reviews
"Cold water when I wanted it; hot water for my tea whenever I wanted it. So I did a lot of research into water coolers before I bought a new one. (The other 1% was because the price of water coolers seemed to have skyrocketed in the past 3 1/2 years — but maybe that was why mine had such a short life — I did not do a lot of research for the first one — it dispensed hot & cold water and I was happy. Then I became attached to the idea of self-cleaning — because cleaning a water is really a pain in the butt — and it wastes a lot of water, in my opinion. The panel where the water is dispensed just has holes from which the water is dispensed. There are arrows that indicate where the water will be dispensed, which is great for a glass of cold water or a mug of hot water for tea. I am extremely pleased with both the temperatures of the hot and the cold water."
"Got this water cooler because I was tired of buying cases of bottled water and waiting for them to get cold in the refrigerator. Not only is the water a lot colder from the water cooler, I gained back the space the water bottles were taking up in the refrigerator. I have no issues using a 4 or 5 gallon water bottle; issues with the seller; temperature of hot and cold water; water tasting awful (I use spring water) , etc."
"I bought this cooler as an alternative to renting a cooler (which I did for years) from my water delivery service. It would be difficult for a child to accidentally be burned when dispensing or attempting to dispense water from either cold or hot side. As good as the hot water is at getting hot the cold water falls short. The water gets a chill not COLD. I like really cold water and miss that from my previous cooler. And to figure out a way to make the water as consistently cold as the hot is consistently hot. The cooler dispenses consistently cold water."
"Filling coffee pots and larger bottles is my only complaint, it is hard to get them under the spout, would be helpful to have a deeper area under the spout and longer distance to the bottom of the filling area."
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Best Water Filter Cleaners

APEC Top Tier 5-Stage Ultra Safe Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Filter System (ESSENCE ROES-50)
The roses-50 reverse osmosis system delivers high quality clean, filtered drinking water at an affordable price. WQA certified manufacturer guaranteeing trouble free, noise-free system for long lasting, dependable, pure drinking water. System comes with 100% Lead-Free chrome faucet, plus FDA Certified JG Food grade tubing to provide safe, contamination-free pure water.
Reviews
"I was impressed upon opening it as the main filter housing unit seemed very high quality and heavy. You can push the lever down and hold it if you just need to fill a glass or you can flip it up until it locks and and it will continually dispense until you turn it off. Some of these faucets require a 1 1/2" hole, and that would concern me because I have a synthetic granite/composite sink that it tough as nails to drill into. TIP: Once you locate where you want the faucet mounted, get a thin piece of wood (such as a shim) and drill a 1/2" hole in it. In my case, it took me a good ten minutes to drill through my sink (probably a 1/4" thickness) and the bit was completely useless once I got through the surface. Once the hole is drilled to your liking, follow the illustration for assembling the hardware for the faucet and mount it. I have a 2200 square foot ranch that was built in the eighties with that nasty, defective polybutelene plumbing and, after a ruined master bath and another close call in the kitchen after owning the house for just 6 months, I had my plumber completely re-pipe to the tune of 5K. If you decide to do this, the only one you won't be able to use one on is the yellow line that goes from the RO unit to the tank (because it has a crimped-on special two-way valve). One word of caution though- if you do this be very careful and mindful that you are screwing a metal compression connector onto plastic threads on the unit. My advice, in hindsight, is to determine where you're going to want the unit and place it there prior to beginning the install. It took me longer than it probably would have taken most people, but I have a unique kitchen sink with funky plumbing (couldn't use 1/2" adapter included to feed system from faucet bottom, instead had to convert down to 3/8" and run from cold water valve)."
"Results: faucet tap= 328ppm. aquafina bottle water= 2ppm. kirkland (Sam's Club bottle water) = 20ppm. and the apec water = 25ppm."
"We already had a separate "beverage faucet" (with simple inline carbon filter) mounted on our sink so it was pretty much plug and play. I'm using a Watts Premier 560087 as the 5th stage filter (last is the carbon filter) in our APEC ROES-50. Never had acid reflux before with our inline filtered water used to brew coffee. P.S - I know APEC makes a remineralizing/pH filter, but the Watts filter contains additional minerals such as magnesium and potassium, whereas the APEC filter is just calcium. It installs in between the tank and the tee, vs the 1-way "final filter" of the APEC (probably why it doesn't raise the pH that much - water passes through it too quickly). The tee just replaces the 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 existing tee on the RO system For the 3/8" final filter, I really like the Hydronix filters, I used B00D04BYIK (again, search on Amazon), but any 3/8 inline carbon filter will do."
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Best Pitcher Water Filters

Brita Large 10 Cup Everyday Water Pitcher with Filter - BPA Free - White
Drink healthier, great tasting tap water with this BPA free Brita 10 cup water pitcher. Sticker filter indicator notifies you when you need to change the water filter.
Reviews
"Where I live the water tastes pretty good most of the time (at least when the water plant isn't adding more chemicals to fight the effects of algae blooms), but I thought I'd try Brita to see if I could make it taste even better. I had a Brita pitcher many years ago and gave up on it because black pieces of the filter would make their way into the water. It may not seem like you'll have much filtered water if you fill it only to the bottom of the handle, but I find I have enough (so long as I'm filling it a couple of times per day)."
"If you've just filled the top of the pitcher, you'll have to wait for it to filter through, because otherwise unfiltered water leaks substantially from the top when you try to pour. Brita filters work well, the water tastes great even if you have decent tap water already-- I won't reiterate what others have said. Particularly for drinking plain, or making coffee, it's well worth using filtered water (and cheaper than bottled water)."
"Googling the majority of city tap water information on quality universally suggests that the average quality of city tap water is between 250-350 ppm(parts per million particulates) with an acceptable maximum of 500 ppm. After repeated testings of the filtered water of the PUR I was very disappointed to see only an average of a 20-45 point reduction from raw tap water readings of 540. I could only assume that those reviews were not empirically tested with water meters and judged by taste and other vague components of value. Lo and behold, in addition to zapping the regular bad stuff like chlorine and lead etc, I wanted to see a substantial reduction in ppm which I could assume were unaccounted for and unnamed particles of unhealthful origins! Consistent filtered readings of 230-265 gave me the confidence I was looking for that my filtered water was indeed filtered and hopefully way more healthy for my liver, kidneys and total bodily functions! My Phoenix tap water tested consistently as it always has at an average of '540' PPM which is of course terrible for city tap water by the internet research previously noted."
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Best Replacement Water Filters

Brita Standard Replacement Filters for Pitchers and Dispensers- BPA Free - 6 Count
EASY INSTALLATION: A pull top cap makes filter change quick and easy with no pre-soaking necessary in order to sip and enjoy great-tasting, filtered water in minutes. REDUCE & SAVE: One water filter can replace up to 300 standard 16.9 ounce water bottles, keep you hydrated, save you money, and reduce plastic waste.
Reviews
"I ordered the five-pack and I received generic Made in China filters and not Brita brand filters."
"Yet, time after time, even after pushing down the filter with all my strength, the filter will not stay tightly secured in place. Why they didn't design this to "screw" said filter in place so it is water tight (versus just dropping the filter into the pitcher and pushing down), is a mystery to me."
"Any bubbles that float up from the filter while tapping are an indication that this solution is working and that water flow will improve. Re-rinse the filter or soak filter fully submerged for 15 minutes."
"The water where I live is not good, so I always filter the water with Brita and then boil it before I use it. I ran through 4 pitchers of the water before I boiled the last pitcher of water, but the water looked like weak milk after I boiled it. (I am editing to add that I also boiled my water unfiltered and it was crystal clear, but with that sprinkle of flora on top."
"Water TDS value was 595, after filtering, TDS was 505."
"In fact, if the pitcher is filled to 3/4 or more full, the water displaces the filter, so that it actually rises out of the slot."
"Also, for whatever reason, and I have this many chances, it gives off a soap-like taste that had made me literally sick to my stomach."
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Best Faucet Mount Water Filters

3- Stage Faucet Mount Filters 7 Pack. With Max- Ion Filter Technology
filter water over natural minerals for great taste Removes 99% of lead and 96% of Mercury Reduces Chlorine. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
"By the way we not only drink and use filtered water for cooking, we keep the filtered water in small bottles and run them through the microwave oven before we use it."
"The 3 Stage Pur Faucet Mount Filters 7-Pack is a 3rd reorder."
"I've been using PUR filters for several years now."
"There's always at least one dud filter in each box I order that filters as slow as syrup.. literally EVERY time."
"Best price I have found for these!"
"Just keep ordering the same filter for the great tasting water our Pur gives us."
"It often makes a jolting banging noise in which we have to switch to the faucet water to release pressure or something."
"I have been using this PUR for many years, but I have never seen a filter without the word FRONT and arrow for installation."
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Best Under-Sink & Countertop Filtration

APEC Top Tier 5-Stage Ultra Safe Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Filter System (ESSENCE ROES-50)
The roses-50 reverse osmosis system delivers high quality clean, filtered drinking water at an affordable price. WQA certified manufacturer guaranteeing trouble free, noise-free system for long lasting, dependable, pure drinking water. System comes with 100% Lead-Free chrome faucet, plus FDA Certified JG Food grade tubing to provide safe, contamination-free pure water.
Reviews
"Results: faucet tap= 328ppm. aquafina bottle water= 2ppm. kirkland (Sam's Club bottle water) = 20ppm. and the apec water = 25ppm."
"I was impressed upon opening it as the main filter housing unit seemed very high quality and heavy. You can push the lever down and hold it if you just need to fill a glass or you can flip it up until it locks and and it will continually dispense until you turn it off. Some of these faucets require a 1 1/2" hole, and that would concern me because I have a synthetic granite/composite sink that it tough as nails to drill into. TIP: Once you locate where you want the faucet mounted, get a thin piece of wood (such as a shim) and drill a 1/2" hole in it. In my case, it took me a good ten minutes to drill through my sink (probably a 1/4" thickness) and the bit was completely useless once I got through the surface. Once the hole is drilled to your liking, follow the illustration for assembling the hardware for the faucet and mount it. I have a 2200 square foot ranch that was built in the eighties with that nasty, defective polybutelene plumbing and, after a ruined master bath and another close call in the kitchen after owning the house for just 6 months, I had my plumber completely re-pipe to the tune of 5K. If you decide to do this, the only one you won't be able to use one on is the yellow line that goes from the RO unit to the tank (because it has a crimped-on special two-way valve). One word of caution though- if you do this be very careful and mindful that you are screwing a metal compression connector onto plastic threads on the unit. My advice, in hindsight, is to determine where you're going to want the unit and place it there prior to beginning the install. It took me longer than it probably would have taken most people, but I have a unique kitchen sink with funky plumbing (couldn't use 1/2" adapter included to feed system from faucet bottom, instead had to convert down to 3/8" and run from cold water valve)."
"We already had a separate "beverage faucet" (with simple inline carbon filter) mounted on our sink so it was pretty much plug and play. I'm using a Watts Premier 560087 as the 5th stage filter (last is the carbon filter) in our APEC ROES-50. Never had acid reflux before with our inline filtered water used to brew coffee. P.S - I know APEC makes a remineralizing/pH filter, but the Watts filter contains additional minerals such as magnesium and potassium, whereas the APEC filter is just calcium. It installs in between the tank and the tee, vs the 1-way "final filter" of the APEC (probably why it doesn't raise the pH that much - water passes through it too quickly). The tee just replaces the 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 existing tee on the RO system For the 3/8" final filter, I really like the Hydronix filters, I used B00D04BYIK (again, search on Amazon), but any 3/8 inline carbon filter will do."
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