Home water dispensers?

[Rajah]

Does anyone have one of those home water-bottle water dispensers, like the Ozarka spring water one? DH is considering getting one since we both drink the bottled water when possible (our water quality in this house is horrible).

Is the service good and worth it, compared to buying 24 packs of bottled water every week?

[nativetxn]

I use Culligan. The service is excellent. We also rent a cooler. I love it, there is too much chlorine in our tap water.

I pay $5 for a 5 gallon bottle of water which is much less expensive than buying individual plastic bottles of water.

[cgcw]

We use Hinkley Springs. Our cooler rental is $3.00 per month and the bottles of water are just about $7.00 each. We get the florinated water because the dentist said if we didn't, the kids would need to have floride suppliments. We drink alot of it. In the summer time, it's so refreshing!

[Rajah]

Do y'all have any problems with delivery, like having to give the delivery people a key or have someone home to accept delivery? These are some stories I've heard, but I'm not sure I believe.

[cgcw]

I've never had a problem with delivery. In fact, most of the time I forget it's delivery day and don't leave my empty bottles out. When that's the case, the delivery person just leaves me the normal number of refills. We've had the same delivery person for quite some time now -- I don't know if that makes any difference.

[amid chaos]

We use Poland Spring. they just leave the full bottles by the garage. I have the cold/hot combination dispenser and I love that I can pop a tea bag in a mug and pour the hot water in.