Avalon Bottom Loading Water Cooler Water Dispenser with BioGuard- 3 Temperature Settings - Hot, Cold & Room Water, Durable Stainless Steel Construction, Anti-Microbial Coating- UL Listed

Hot– Heats up quick. From room temperature to scalding in about 10 minutes. A ‘how hot?’ temperature dial would be preferred. [Perhaps for the next-level-up version, rather than this: the basic model?] As default-set, I need to wait 10 minutes for my tea to cool enough to drink. Using a kettle, I do not let it get that hot: do not want to burn my tea-leaves. Cold– Yeah, it is cold. But, I don't like cold water. So I never turn on Cold, unless I am expecting guests who might prefer that. [Which I then shut everything off again when they've gone.] Perhaps it is a bit too cold? Perhaps a ‘how cold?’ dial would be pertinent, for the next-level-up version? Again, I am not expecting perfection/exceptional at the cost of ‘cheapest available.’ Temperature Conflict– All the internal tanks are interconnected within the fountain. [They all drain into Cold: but perhaps that's just the slope of my floor dripping it that direction, when powered off?] So, if Hot is left on long enough (3+ hours), the heat starts seeping over into Cool and Cold. Hot left always-on requires Cold to then be always-on too: lest you want your Cool to be warm, and your Cold to be tepid. [Leave it to engineers to expect end-users to turn (and leave) everything on, as the only way for it to work ‘properly.’] So then I must question whether that means Hot and Cold are constantly fighting over temperature, the battleground being within Cool, wasting how much electricity? Noise– I keep the entire thing Powered Off most of the time, preferring my drinking water at room temperature. I have the fountain wired to a switch, turn it on only when the water is running low, to prevent hearing the pump run every time I get a drink. It is not terribly loud, but unnecessary to hear. As it stands, given the volume of water the internal tanks store, I only need to power on the pump every third day or so for my drinking water. [Takes 90-120 seconds to refill.] If left on, there's always a high-pitched ‘eeeee’ noise. I suspect that would be the pump keeping itself primed. In a busy house or office nobody would hear it, but here alone in the woods, where one can hear everything, the sound grates on the nerves. Potential Problem– This fountain keeps pumping nothing, does not auto-shut-off, when the water-bottle runs out. The longest I left it ‘huffing air’ was 20 minutes, just to see if it would stop, as I didn't want to burn out the motor. So, what happens if you get a drink on the way out the door in the morning and thereby it runs out of water? Will it keep pumping nothing all day? I suspect that would kill it. Overall– Excellent. Looks classy. Works well for what it was designed. Five Stars. Would buy again, recommend to others.

I am so delighted with my Avalon Water Dispenser! I was tired of purchasing plastic water bottles and needed a better solution for drinking water in my home. I have been shopping around for the right water system and decided to purchase this one. It has been one of the best decisions made since moving in. Here are some of the benefits I am able to experience from my water dispenser. It has 3 water temperatures to select from: Hot, cool, and cold. the cold water is nice when you want to have ice cold water and the cool is more of a chilled temperature. I originally thought it would be room temperature, however it is chilled. I especially like the safety feature of the hot water. I have god children that visit and I can easily turn off use of the hot water feature from the back of the dispenser when they come over. The dispenser boast several additional features that I enjoy like a night light which turns on easily from the back left side. I utilized this just last night as I got up to get a glass of water and didn't have to turn on any lights to do so. Other features I like is of course the bottom loading water feature, which eliminates any chance of accidental spills and heavy lifting. I was able to easily do it on my own with very little effort. For the water dispenser to do so much with regard to different temperatures, it is very quiet. One of the best features is just how easy it was to start using it straight from the box. I only had to position it, place the drip tray in position, add my filled 5 gallon water bottle and plug it in. As a bonus the drip tray has a red floater ring in the middle that will serve as your guide when there is too much water and time to empty it. A totally useful low tech solution I like! Special note for hot and cold water is to turn the switch in the back right side to the on position which is in the “I” position not the “O” position. It takes no time at all to start enjoying both the hot and cold water. Here is another special note: When you switch on the hot water button in the back, you will see a green light in the front. That means the water is not ready and when the light is gone, you are ready to enjoy your hot water. I point that out because I thought it was a little confusing to not see the light as a way to know it is now ready. One thing to note that some may be wandering is that it does not come with a water bottle. The dispenser can support either a 3 or 5 gallon water bottle. I decided to go big and use a 5 gallon. I recommend having a spare on hand for easy refills without interruptions. I highly recommend The Avalon water dispenser and know you will too.

Love this thing! Works great and I love that it has a cool option! The quality is awesome and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to have great cool, cold or even perfect temp hot water on tap 24/7. The only downside is that normal water everywhere else doesn’t taste as good as the fresh water that you get from this. Easy to set up. Fits a 5 gallon container perfectly. Water comes out great. Love this so much. Really a must have.

Update: The company contacted me and wanted to replace the water dispenser. They mailed it out the same day and sent me the tracking information. It works amazing just in time for thanksgiving. What amazing customer service. We were really happy with this water dispenser when we first purchased it—great design, worked well, and was exactly what we needed. Unfortunately, that didn’t last. Just under two years later, the cold water stopped working completely, and shortly after that, none of the dispensers would work at all. I contacted the company and followed all of the troubleshooting steps they provided, but nothing fixed the issue. In the end, they told me that because it was past the one-year warranty, the only thing they could offer was 25% off a new unit. For a product that didn’t even make it two years, that was really disappointing. I wish the quality matched the price, but based on our experience, I can’t recommend this unit.

Had some water dispenser which stopped working. Absolutely needed a bottom load motorized one. Bought this based on reviews. Product is really great. It easily sets up. And you get hot and cold water on demand. I pair with a Tapo outlet and monthly bill for the constant heating was really cheap - $2-$3 for all the heating it was doing per month. Avg usage is 0.5kWh per day. But you get hot water immediately. My older unit had a button to press and then wait ~1m for water to heat up. This is no waiting. You get hot water asap. Been a few months and so far so good. Their thermos insulation seems to be keeping hot water hot for easily 18-24h without consuming another small electric round to heat it again. that's where the 0.5kWh/day comes in. 15kWh/month is fantastic. Because it is bottom load, no need to flip and spill water etc. The unit goes over the mouth of the 5g water bottle easily and snugly. Overall great buy

I bought this water machine November 2021. 2.5 years later I need to replace it. This water machine has been great! We use it constantly, the hot water is perfect for tea/coffee etc. The cold water is very cold and ready to drink. I especially love the room temperature water feature, I use an automatic waterer for my dogs, their waterer sits next to the water machine and I easily refill 3-4 times daily. Our water here is very hard and tastes terrible. I have not had to replace the dog’s waterer since I bought this machine. I love drinking water, but buying in gallons is a lot of waste and takes up so much room. Ever since buying this water machine I definitely have been drinking more. This machine is very easy to clean and being a bottom loader it is great. I feel this is a great value. Getting ready to buy another, highly recommend this one.

I realize there are like a "million" reviews for this, but I had to let everyone know I have had this since AVALON Bottom loading Water Cooler since 2020!!!! It is STILL functioning perfectly well! I do not leave the cold nor hot switches in the rear of the unit on , I only turn them on when I need to. The water stays HOT at 150 degrees for at least 4 hours (maybe longer, I stopped checking after 4) and it stay COLD for about 3-4 hours!!!!! So there’s no need to leave the switches on all day! I LOOOVE that about this AVALON water dispenser! ❤️ This has helped my unit last this long. It cools down water within 2 -7 minutes to very, very cold, and heats up in about the same time frame. This is a huge space saver because I don't have to have my kettle out on the counter anymore for quick hot water. noor do I want to use my microwave oven for heating water--or or that matter, anything. Not a fan of microwaves that suck nutrients out of water and food . I have had ZERO leakgae, zero issues with my unit. I love this thing so much, i got the black one. donot place or store heavy items on top of it either. (Like cookbooks, etc) This would be a handy item in a home workshed or garage too for when the kkids are thrsty from playing outdoors (or do munchkins even play outside anymore in 20205 with IG and TT LOL?) ! Super easy to clean, I am so happy i found this in 2020. I live in CA and barely can survive here (COL) so I don't have a fancy rich people stainless steel refrigerator LOL with a water spigot. My back doesn't ache from doing it the Year 2000 way either where I would have to lift a 5 gallon jug up high to then pour my waer into the ceramic jug. Those days are gone, thanks to AVALON yay! ONE HUNDRED PERCENT HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

We bought this Avalon bottom loading water cooler five years ago and it’s still working. I’m not sure why other people have had bad luck with it, but it’s worked out great for us. I love that it has cold, room temp and hot water dispensing options. The cold is pretty cold and the hot water is definitely really hot. It’s so nice to be able to load it on the bottom instead of the top, and it looks more aesthetically pleasing. It’s also very easy to clean it. It’s a lot easier to load than the top loading coolers. The only downside is that it can get a bit noisy, especially when the water is running low or when the cooler turns on. It doesn’t stay noisy long though, so it’s not a big problem for us but I can understand if it would bother others. Anyway, so far we’re happy with it and the quality of it. Hopefully it’ll last us much longer!