Avalon A3F Bottom Loading Water Cooler Dispenser with BioGuard-3 Temperature Settings-UL-Filtered

Looooove it. Not terribly hard to set up.

Edit: Avalon reached out and sent me a new unit. Much happier with them now! 2 years. That’s how long this water cooler lasted, and even in that time it had issues. Last night it started making weird noises and now it doesn’t dispense hot water. 2 days ago it wouldn’t dispense cold water. If you’re looking for something to last a short time, go for it. If you want something that lasts, avoid this product. Also, I got the one with the filters.

Summary - Stay away from this product. Constant issues with the pump not recognizing the water bottle is refilled and issues with leakage. I’ve owned two of these units within the last 3 years now. My previous unit suddenly leaked all over my floor with no clear sign as to where it was coming from as the source was in the chamber above the bottle. Keep in mind the area the leak was coming from is never touched as it’s enclosed. My second unit that I purchased 4 months ago is now showing symptoms that previously constantly plagued the first unit - the machine would not pump water after filling the bottle. This issue requires constant attempts of opening and reclosing the door housing the bottle until it decided to pump again. I’ve attempted working with support and researching the water not pumping issue and this seems to just be a defect with this unit. Unfortunately I had to repurchase this specific unit as my only option is to bottom load my water coolers and this was one of the only units with a filtration system that can help with the fact that i’m forced to use tap water. This product at its core is extremely unreliable at doing its only job. I’ve scoured through reviews on this products page and at this point I need to accept that 99% of the negative reviews are legitimate. I’m seriously disappointed in this product and Amazon for even allowing it to be sold.

just purchase the avalon a3f water cooler looks awesome nice looking stainless on the front i purchased the one with the filtration system ordered it about a week ago had to send it back and had another one set the next day. not sure what i did wrong because it's a pretty simple procedure to turn on a water cooler plug it in and then turn on your little switches on the back. so both units came it didn't have any problem heating up for hot water but either cooler would give me cold water it was the same as room temperature water what a waste of money.

5 stars: The filtration system is excellent. We use it with well water that is so rusty it is cloudy coming out of the tap, but coming out of the cooler it is clear and tastes very good. It is also very convenient to use our own water rather than having to buy bottles, then stir both the full and empties (no water delivery where we are). 1 star: the pump system is very finicky. If we wait until the red empty light comes on to refill the bottle, most of the time the pump will not run. It takes repositioning the bottle and the intake hose, priming the pump, slamming the door shut to engage the pump switch, pushing that switch manually multiple times, unplugging the unit overnight, prayers to the water cooler gods, or any combination of the above to get the pump to run. If we pay attention and refill the bottle when there are still a few inches of water in it, then it's fine.