Our New Water Dispenser Purchase

Since this is an Air and Water review blog, I thought it would be nice to write about a new water dispenser I ordered last month.

I grew up with Sparkletts water dispenser in my kitchen. My parents spent quite a bit each month to have the Sparkletts brand water jugs delivered to our house, and our delivery man would actually come into our kitchen and set up the jugs for us. Today water dispensers (or water coolers, as they’re also commonly referred to as) are becoming popular again as people realize the important of drinking clean, fresh water. In fact, I think the ubiquitous water cooler is pretty common in most offices in this country.

I’ve noticed that there are generally 2 different types water dispensers – floor standing and countertop. The freestanding ones are a little more expensive than their tabletop counterparts, but you can get a larger jug on the floor standing models which means less jug changes overall.

Since my wife and I still like the convenience of having hot and cold water at the push of a button, we chose to purchase a water dispenser for our apartment. We looked at several different manufacturers, and were surprised by the selection. Some of the more popular brands we found were Avanti and Vitapur on the low end side to super high end ones from Aquaverve that cost well over $1000. We did find a good mid-range model from a brand called Clover. But the next step was to decide whether we want a bottled or point-of-use model.

In recent years we’ve all become aware of the large waste associated with plastic water bottles and jugs, and seeing as we now live in super eco-conscious San Francisco, we decided to purchase a point-of-use water dispenser – specifically the Clover D14 hot and cold point of use water dispenser. Unlike bottled water coolers, this unit doesn’t use or reuse plastic bottles. Instead, it hooks up directly to your water line. Installation wasn’t that simple, though; we had to have our apartment maintenance guy come help us set it up. However, we can’t say enough good things about this dispenser. It looks sleek, works well, and is much nicer than some of the Sparkletts models I grew up with! The cost from air-n-water.com was less than $300 shipped, so not too bad at all.

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