Express WaterWDF001 Bottom Load Water Dispenser
Bottom-load or plumbed dispenser with hot, cold and ambient – it holds water, it does not filter it.
$350
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Usability
Usability
The WDF001 is the natural pairing for an Express Water RO system: run a line from the tank to the dispenser and you get chilled and near-boiling filtered water without a second under-sink appliance, which is what the direct point-of-use connection exists for. Taking the bottle at the bottom rather than the top removes the one genuinely unpleasant part of owning a cooler. Build is better than the price suggests, with a stainless exterior, spill detection and a child lock on a tap that runs to 194 degrees. What matters most for this catalogue is what it is not: there is no filtration stage of any kind inside it, so it delivers whatever it is fed. Express Water describes it as NSF certified without naming a standard, which by this site's convention is not a certification claim at all, and it is recorded here as uncertified.
This is not a filtration system, so the eight criteria do not describe it.
- Bottom loading removes the awkward part of changing a bottle
- Direct point-of-use connection pairs it with an RO system, no bottles needed
- Stainless exterior with spill detection and a child lock on the hot tap
- Hot output of 165 to 194 degrees is genuinely hot enough for tea and instant food
- Energy Star listed
- Takes 3, 4 or 5 gallon bottles
- No filtration of any kind - it dispenses whatever it is supplied
- NSF certification is claimed without a named standard, so it cannot be verified
- $350 is dearer than several complete filtration systems in the range
- One-year warranty
- 45 lbs and 42 in tall, it needs a permanent floor position
- Bottles are not included and are sold separately
The WDF001 is a free-standing hot, cold and room temperature water dispenser with a fingerprint-resistant stainless steel exterior, taking 3, 4 or 5 gallon bottles from the bottom or connecting directly to a point-of-use supply. It carries spill detection, a child-proof lock on the hot tap and an Energy Star listing. Hot water runs 165 to 194 degrees Fahrenheit; the unit weighs 45 lbs and measures 14 x 12 x 42 in.
Additional information
Specification: Express Water WDF001 Bottom Load Water Dispenser
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