Few Points to ponder while purchasing water cooler for your office or for home office

Planning to buy water cooler for your home office or for your organisation? Well take care of following points before you make purchase of any. As water coolers are available in different types and designs choosing the one that fulfills are your requirements is very important as purchasing water cooler is a one time investment. This article will help you to identify different needs or wants you wish your water cooler to serve.

Daily need of water - First of all analyse that what is your daily need of water which further depends on many factors like number of employees in your office, total number of water coolers you wish to install in your office. Based on such points get a rough idea that how much cool water you need to have per water cooler per day. Installing one and half times of daily water need will be a great deal for example if your daily water need from one water cooler is ten liters install a water cooler which can dispense about fifteen liters of water in a day as in future there will be an increase in daily water need and at some particular time of year people consume more water.

Type of water cooler – There are basically two types of water coolers bottled and direct supply water cooler. Bottled water cooler dispenses water from a bottle at the top of it. Bottle needs to be installed separately and normal capacity of water bottle is five gallons. Bottled water cooler is good for places where it is not possible to connect any direct water supply point. Whereas direct supply water cooler or mains water cooler are ideal where direct water supply is available. Mains water cooler comes with inbuilt water filter and almost purify any contamination in the water. See the comparison of both type of water coolers -

a. Bottled water cooler needs extra man power as there is a need to change water bottle at regular

interval. But this type of water cooler is highly portable and can be used in any office area.

b. Mains water cooler needs a change of water filter at a fixed interval as water filter can not filter

water beyond its capacity.

c. Bottled water cooler may serve water at faster speed as compared to mains water cooler.

Consumption of electricity – Cost of electricity consumed by water coolers may bring extra burden to you. Before making any final purchase ask for electricity consumption rate of water cooler. There are many water cooler with vacuum flask storage system to prevent the loss of temperature when the water cooler do not have any electricity supply. Water cooler with vacuum flask storage system can save a lot of energy and some water cooler need only one third of electric unit at weekends.

Design and space management - Water coolers are not solely used for office water supply but they play important role in the office decor. Ideal size and lavish look can make your office a very different place for your employees and it has been observed that in many offices people use water cooler as a place of communication and gossip. Bottled water cooler are capable of dispensing hot and cold water same time and as it has two different taps for it.