Water Dispensers

Water Dispensers at Night Owl

Three units, and what separates them is where the bottle goes. The Blue Sky YLRSV5 is bottom-loading, so the bottle stands inside the cabinet and nobody has to lift a full one to shoulder height. The Panasonic SDMWD3320TF is a top loader, the familiar arrangement, with less to go wrong inside. The Blue Sky YLRS06 puts a small freezer compartment in the base.

How to choose

Decide who changes the bottle. If that is always the same person and lifting is a problem, bottom-loading is worth the extra mechanism inside; if whoever is nearest does it, a top loader is fine. After that, look at what sits under the taps, because a freezer compartment turns the dispenser into a second cold store in a small kitchen, while a plain cabinet only hides the spare bottle.

• Blue Sky YLRSV5, bottom-loading cabinet
• Panasonic SDMWD3320TF, top-loading
• Blue Sky YLRS06 with a freezer compartment below the taps
• Check the tap layout, and leave the back of the unit clear of the wall

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