Addico Milano Special Edition Cool & Cold Water Cooler, White

by Addico

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Why clutter your refrigerator with a water filtration pitcher, or throw away a fortune buying expensive bottled water, when you can slake your thirst with ice-cold drinking water from your own water cooler? This sleek and stylish Special Edition Milano water cooler can be used with almost all 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-gallon water bottles on the market today. To set it up, simply put the no-spill water valve on the water bottle, then place it upside down on the cooler base. If you wish, the bottle can be hidden with a hood that completes the cooler's cylindrical look, or be left uncovered. When the attached power cord is plugged in, the cooler's compact refrigeration unit efficiently cools water for one faucet, while the other faucet provides water at room temperature. With the hood in place, the cooler stands 51 inches tall and measures 12 inches at its widest point and 13-1/2 inches deep. --Benjamin Reese

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 12.5 x 55.5 inches ; 33 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 38.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005ICEK
• Item model number: ADDI-405CK
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,447 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, March 10, 2004

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ScrabbleMaven (St. Kitts, Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Addico Milano Special Edition Cool & Cold Water Cooler, White (Tools & Hardware)

January 2002: I have read the other reviews, and frankly I was surprised at the negative comments. I have been using my cooler now for a few months and have had no problems. It looks really, really cool (pun definitely intended). I bought the black. The water in the cold tap is VERY cold (and this in the year-long heat of the Caribbean sun). The water in the cool tap is cool - just as advertised. It takes up surprisingly little space.

I feel sorry for those who may have gotten a defective machine, but mine is working just fine.

Add to all this the convenience of not having all those bottles in the fridge - I DEFINITELY recommend.

One last thing ... you don't get a bottle with it though I think the presentation ...gives you that impression. That bottle shown is apparently to show the customer the non-drip valve cover (which works very well by the way).

December 2002: I wanted to add one more thing ... if the water begins to freeze in your compartment (mine did for some inexplicable reason nine months into use), the thermostat that the extremely brief instructions talk about is that screw that you see on the INSIDE of the grid. It is a little hard to get at, but once you do, it does what it's supposed to do. I STILL love this cooler after 15 months.

March 2004: This Cooler is operating as well as it ever did and it looks as good as it did when I received it. I have never regretted this buy.

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality., November 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Addico Milano Special Edition Cool & Cold Water Cooler, White (Tools & Hardware)

We received a defective unit as the refrigerant would not cool the water. Further, we felt the flimsy plastic was not only aesthetically unpleasing, but a sign of poor quality.

Upon further research, we found a cooler from another manufacturer for the same price, but with quality and craftsmanship that far exceeds the Addico Milano.

The only pleasant aspect of this transaction was the prompt and easy return policy of Amazon.com.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but it works well enough., October 29, 2003

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Rheumor (New Orelans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Addico Milano Special Edition Cool & Cold Water Cooler, White (Tools & Hardware)

I got tired of the ten dollar monthly rental fee per cooler, so I decided to buy my own. This Addico cooler is pretty slick looking, though it is definitely larger than the one it replaces. The water bottle itself is covered by a slide off hood, which makes it look even better (I hate looking at those scratched up bottles!). Now for what I don't like:
1) A spring-loaded pouring mechanism has to be inserted into each bottle before mounting it (and that requires completely removing the plastic seal from the bottle, not just removing the outer foil),
2) The fact that the hood makes it impossible to know when your bottle is getting near empty (a simple clear strip down the hood would have solved that),
3) The cheap feel of the dispensing mechanism and the fact that the labels are not securely glued in place, which perhaps belies some overall inattention to Q.C.
Lastly, it ain't cheap, considering it is only a hunk of plastic & a very tiny refrigerator.