For Gary: You wrote: "You can't get the water very cold if you like ..." Did you mean can or can not?
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The water is chilled when it is dispensed...the hot water is barely hot enough for hot chocolate but great for tea
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I didn't write anything like that. Actually the Clover D14A works amazingly well.
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I am not sure if I wrote this comment or not but you can get it cold. This connects directly to your water source and does the filtering for you so you will not need to buy 5 gallon bottles. Something did break down after a couple of months but they sent a new one ASAP so that was nice. No problems other than that.
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You CAN. There's an adjustment screw on the back of the unit for the cold water temp. I just poured a glass and the water was 35*F and there's still plenty of adjustment left in the screw.
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filled with water...and yes you could add something to the water like a sprig of mint, fruit, etc. However, whatever you add may not stay in the middle while freezing but may shift to the bottom of the container while freezing.
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Yes you can. The refrigeration unit is all around the freezing cylinder and is no problem
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I don't want to say "you can't" because I don't think so. Question: Why? Are you wanting an immediate duplicate?
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What do you mean, it is not cooling the water? Do you mean it is not keeping the water cold? You should go to the Contigo website if you have questions, they will be able to answer them for you.
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Goodness! Guess that depends on how cold it is outside. It only gets "lukewarm feeling" when my hands are freezing. When the weather is not freezing or below freezing, it doesn't kick on. For instance, if it's 40degs. the water does not warm.
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No it's not. Compressed air/liquid canisters are generally colder than the surrounding air and can handler cold better than extreme heat (which can cause it to explode if really hot) if this was pure water id say it can freeze but it's mixed and so both the freezing point and the evaporation point is lowered.
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The water is very cold. Works very well after 6 intensive months of use. We love it.
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Yes but don't leave your hose connected with the water left on in freezing weather.
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It's not too bad. It can be a little eye-opening on cold winter mornings, but overall I don't usually notice the temperature of the water.
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Sorry I live in Arizona and in the desert we rarely get cold enough for water to freeze where I live. Sorry I couldn't help on this one.
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I highly recommend warming the water first. Using cold water can be very uncomfortable.
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No, not really cold water. Just uncomfortably cool water. My sons and husband use them when we go to the beach in November in Florida's panhandle.
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Both work fine. Water is not as messy. Don't know what to tell you about freezing, I live in Florida.
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There is no knob to change the temperature of the water. The water that comes from ours is fairly cold but not lip numbing cold.This is the third cooler and the third brand of coolers we have purchased in the past 3 years. So far,this one has been the best. I hope this reply gives you the info you need to make your decision.Take care! Ron
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Sorry for the delays answering ur question. I have both & both models are great. Having dual system warm & cold water is great in winter :-)
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I used water instead. It is much easier and does the trick. Don't fill it completely full. Leave a little room for expansion. I have had temps down to -22F and it is still with the original water from years ago. I have had extremely high winds as well.