Kati McCartney - Laurentian University - 09.12.2014
Good afternoon!
Looking for help in investigating water bottle filling stations. We have several Elkay systems on our campus, but wondered if others have researched other products/systems and have feedback on their performance?
Thanks!
Kati
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Chelsea Dalton - UofT Mississauga - 09.12.2014
We use the Elkay EZ H2O water bottle fillers and have been very happy
with them (photo here: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/green/bottled-water-ban).
We did have one gooseneck style filler installed on campus (like the one
pictured here: http://www.pittsburghwatercooler.com/Standard-Universal-Glass-Filler-Kit_p_12581.html),
but the gooseneck could rotate freely and we ended up with water on the floor
constantly. It’s since been replaced with an EZ H2O one.
Hope this helps!
-Chelsea
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Aaron Ball - Queen's University - 09.12.2014
Hi Kati,
We went with the EZ H20 units (http://www.elkayezh2o.com/lzs8wslk.html)
as well, in a roll-out of about 60 stations. They were installed about
2.5 years ago and we have been fairly pleased with them so far. We also
tried some gooseneck-style ones here and there but found them to be less
robust.
We have not tried them, but I believe Haws now has a similar product to
the EZ H20 (http://www.hawsco.com/hydration-station).
Cheers!
***Lindsay Walker - Humber College - 10.12.2014
Hello!
We
installed a bunch last spring/summer and they were from Elkay, the same ones
that count number of bottles saved, no gooseneck style ones though. We have
some older ones with the gooseneck and don't like them.
So
far they have been fine, no issues. And we've gotten a lot of positive feedback
from the students and staff.
Lindsay