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Walmart has Norpole Thermo-Electric Water Dispenser for 3-5 Gallon Bottles on sale for $57.02. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • Accommodate either a 3- or 5-gallon water bottle
  • Heating / Cooling Power: 550 watts/ 80 watts
  • Heating Capacity: 5.0L per hour/0.8L per hour
  • Heating / Cooling Temp Range: 88-95° C / 190-203° F, 15-18° C / 59-64° F
  • Anti-electric shock protection
  • LED indicator lights
  • Child safety lock
  • Storage cabinet
  • Adjustable Legs

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Norpole Thermo-Electric Water Dispenser can accommodate either a 3- or 5-gallon water bottle. It's heating /Cooling power is 550 watts/ 80 watts, while it's heating capacity is 5.0L per hour/0.8L per hour. And the Heating/Cooling temperature ranges between 88-95 degrees C./190-203 degrees F. and 15-18 degrees C./59-64 degrees F.

Anti-electric shock protection
LED indicator lights
Child safety lock
Storage cabinet
Adjustable Legs

Design looks exactly like a Farberware model.
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FYI, this water cooler uses a peltier belt (Thermo-electric cooler) for the heating and cooling which is much less efficient than a traditional compression based refrigerator. Its about 1/4th the efficiency in cooling (COP [wikipedia.org]) but it has the benefit of fewer moving parts, can get colder or hoter, and cheaper which is why you see it here at this price instead of the typical $200 for a normal water cooler.

A report on the topic is shown here - https://www.researchgate.net/publ...ALEE_et_al

I wouldn't buy it since i love cold water and rare use hot, but this sucker gets up to 190F in temperature which is near boiling so you can cook your ramen, and burn your coffee with it. It would use a ton of juice to cool your water though so if you like hot water this would be good.

I like cold water though so I'll stick with a standard water cooler.
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Take your empty to Walmart and refill at the Culligan station (RO filtration) for around 30 cents a gallon ($1.50). I have 3x 5 Gal bottles and when I get to the last one I take the other two to get refilled. You have to tote them but hey it's my money and it isn't a problem for me to tote them.
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I used to go to Lowes for their Primo station where it was $7/5 gal assuming you have empties to trade in, otherwise ~$13 I think. Once the pandemic was in full swing though they were almost always sold out, and it was a PITA to keep going to Lowes hoping (the restocks were inconsistently scheduled), so I went with a water service (water.com/Hinkley Springs, the place that Primo(the brand of water cooler I bought) pointed me to). My fam goes through between 5-7 five gallon bottles of water a month, and this place allows you to setup whatever recurring schedule you want, with variable quantity that you can change up to a day before delivery, and the service costs $7 per delivery. The bottles are probably back in stock at Lowes, but I ended up not cancelling the service as for me, it is worth every penny of that $7 to no longer have to hunt down 5-7 five gallon bottles of water, man handle them into my little car, etc. at least once a month. Here is an example bill(I have delivery setup every 2 weeks, I will change to once a month once I set aside some additional space to store more full jugs of water):

Delivered Items Qty Price Amount
HINCKLEY SPRINGS 5G DRINKING WATER 3 6.99 20.97
5.0 GALLON BOTTLE 3 6.00 18.00
5.0 GALLON BOTTLE -3 6.00 -18.00
DELIVERY FEE 1 6.95 6.95
(3Bottles Delivered - 3Bottles Returned = 0Bottle Deposits)
Subtotal Sales 27.92
Sales Tax 1.81
Delivery Ticket Total 29.73
Payment Total 0.00
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KevoD
06-24-2021 at 05:00 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:00 PM.
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?
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YANOT86
06-24-2021 at 05:14 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:14 PM.
good price. anyone has one know if its any good?
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06-24-2021 at 05:14 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:14 PM.
Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?

Purchased a tank that has a filter and just refill it periodically. Something like this...

https://www.ghpgroupinc.com/produ.../GWF8.html
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06-24-2021 at 05:15 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:15 PM.
Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?

Lowes has them usually in the front of the store for $13 filled if you don't want the hassel of refilling them
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06-24-2021 at 05:16 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:16 PM.
Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?

I get them from Walmart, Meijer, or Kroger. I believe they're around $13 initially and around $6 when you bring the empty back. Biggest issue is that return the empty you get a coupon for the discount but it rarely works so you gotta get someone to manually ring it up.
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06-24-2021 at 05:20 PM.
06-24-2021 at 05:20 PM.
Take your empty to Walmart and refill at the Culligan station (RO filtration) for around 30 cents a gallon ($1.50). I have 3x 5 Gal bottles and when I get to the last one I take the other two to get refilled. You have to tote them but hey it's my money and it isn't a problem for me to tote them.
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06-24-2021 at 05:39 PM.

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06-24-2021 at 05:39 PM.
FYI, this water cooler uses a peltier belt (Thermo-electric cooler) for the heating and cooling which is much less efficient than a traditional compression based refrigerator. Its about 1/4th the efficiency in cooling (COP [wikipedia.org]) but it has the benefit of fewer moving parts, can get colder or hoter, and cheaper which is why you see it here at this price instead of the typical $200 for a normal water cooler.

A report on the topic is shown here - https://www.researchgate.net/publ...ALEE_et_al

I wouldn't buy it since i love cold water and rare use hot, but this sucker gets up to 190F in temperature which is near boiling so you can cook your ramen, and burn your coffee with it. It would use a ton of juice to cool your water though so if you like hot water this would be good.

I like cold water though so I'll stick with a standard water cooler.
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06-24-2021 at 05:52 PM.
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Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?

Safeway has 5 gallon refill for $2.
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Quote from syndkit :
Take your empty to Walmart and refill at the Culligan station (RO filtration) for around 30 cents a gallon ($1.50). I have 3x 5 Gal bottles and when I get to the last one I take the other two to get refilled. You have to tote them but hey it's my money and it isn't a problem for me to tote them.
I think the state you live in matters because Florida price of water is $6/1k and some states it's like... $30/1k

If you buy an RO system for $200 and drink 1k gallons that's $206.. 1k gallons at $0.30 is $300

1k gallons is like a family of 5 drinking half a gallon a day for a year

But RO water might taste funny if you store it.. After an hour in a metal bottle it tastes like metal, after an hour in a cup it tastes like... Glass
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Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?

Walmart, HD Lowes and many other places sell the bottles. $7 for refill exchanges.
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Water & Ice $1.50 per 5 gallon, my Lady says sprouts is $1.00.
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Quote from KevoD :
For those who have these — how do you manage the 5-gal refills? Do you use a company, or do you refill them somewhere? Or just exchange them for new ones when you run out?
I used to go to Lowes for their Primo station where it was $7/5 gal assuming you have empties to trade in, otherwise ~$13 I think. Once the pandemic was in full swing though they were almost always sold out, and it was a PITA to keep going to Lowes hoping (the restocks were inconsistently scheduled), so I went with a water service (water.com/Hinkley Springs, the place that Primo(the brand of water cooler I bought) pointed me to). My fam goes through between 5-7 five gallon bottles of water a month, and this place allows you to setup whatever recurring schedule you want, with variable quantity that you can change up to a day before delivery, and the service costs $7 per delivery. The bottles are probably back in stock at Lowes, but I ended up not cancelling the service as for me, it is worth every penny of that $7 to no longer have to hunt down 5-7 five gallon bottles of water, man handle them into my little car, etc. at least once a month. Here is an example bill(I have delivery setup every 2 weeks, I will change to once a month once I set aside some additional space to store more full jugs of water):

Delivered Items Qty Price Amount
HINCKLEY SPRINGS 5G DRINKING WATER 3 6.99 20.97
5.0 GALLON BOTTLE 3 6.00 18.00
5.0 GALLON BOTTLE -3 6.00 -18.00
DELIVERY FEE 1 6.95 6.95
(3Bottles Delivered - 3Bottles Returned = 0Bottle Deposits)
Subtotal Sales 27.92
Sales Tax 1.81
Delivery Ticket Total 29.73
Payment Total 0.00
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Quote from Sonnysunshine17 :
Water & Ice $1.50 per 5 gallon, my Lady says sprouts is $1.00.
i am sure ice isnt included. a 10lb ice bag is already $3.50
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