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1.0 out of 5 stars
Good concept, VERY poor implementation, March 18, 2009
This review is from: Aninx Corp HduO Family and Pet Water Dispensing System (Misc.)
We were looking for a home water dispenser and came across the HduO here. The glowing reviews motivated us to purchase this product, so we were quite excited when it arrived. Then reality set in. First off: This thing is NOISY. The cooling fan on the system is very loud, and can be easily heard as far as 20 ft away. Second: 450W power consumption is not our idea of a functional water dispenser, other similarly priced dispensers consume less than 60W of power. Third: The small base and light weight of the overall unit make this VERY unstable, we felt like we needed to hold the unit steady every time we pushed a button to dispense water! If you have small children, and this unit is not secured to the wall, you stand a very good chance of having this unit tip over. Fourth: The flimsy design gave us the impression this wouldn't stand up to anything more than very lightweight use.
The pet water dish concept is nice, and our dog liked it, although he seemed to find the bowl difficult to reach for his size (he's a large labrador retriever). If you're willing to tolerate a tipsy, energy-hogging, noisy water dispenser in order to have a water bowl for your small pet, you might want to check this one out. However, we recommend saving the $200+ and just fill their normal water dish with fresh water daily.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Water for everyone!, January 27, 2009
This review is from: Aninx Corp HduO Family and Pet Water Dispensing System (Misc.)
I recently purchased this after my original water cooler that I received from Ice Mountain started leaking. One of the things I was specifically looking for was a dispenser that offered cold, hot, and room temperature water. At this time, Ice Mountain does not offer a dispenser with all 3 options. I did find a few other coolers that offered all 3 choices, but after reading the poor reviews on them, I decided to keep looking. I was excited when I found this product. We have a small dog and although he does not drink a lot of water, the pet bowl on the bottom of this cooler will eliminate a water dish on my floor, and one less thing for me to do.
The cooler arrived fully assembled. It was well packed in styrofoam and I followed the included directions easily to set it up.
There were included instructions on how to acclimate your pet to the cooler bowl, but my dog drank out of it right away.
The shut off features are nice. I occasionally have small children visit and they are always fascinated by the water cooler. Even with the safety valve on the hot water button, It makes me feel better to switch the hot water off when I know they are coming over, and it heats back up quickly after the small visitors leave so it will be hot again when I need it. There is also a shut off for the pet bowl, and the cold water.
I could not be happier with this!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely not what I thought, June 5, 2009
This review is from: Aninx Corp HduO Family and Pet Water Dispensing System (Misc.)
Really clever idea...however, maybe mine was a defective unit but there was water leaking out from all sorts of places in this cooler. In addition, when this thing was plugged in it was SO LOUD that the poor kitty did not want to drink water from it because she got scared by the sound! Terrible. It was louder than my normal fridge which was disappointing. Definitely not what I had expected.
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