This is a fussy question... but has anyone tried to load it with a glass carboy jug? I'd rather store my water in glass.
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The bottle hook up is adjustable in height but not in diameter. The collar life's over a standard plastic bottle opening. However, so long as the feeding tube is placed inside of the bottle it will work. I've actually pumped water out of a gallon jug to fill it.
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I never tried that but I'm sure you could. It works fantastically keeping my drinks cold the entire day. I'm a teacher and I fill my bottle the night before and put it in fridge over night. I take it out before I leave next morning and it stays cold for me at school all day.
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I am also looking for one to 5 gal. safe bottles to store my spring water. Has anyone had any luck finding them?
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I suppose it could be given it is not too full. I am sketchy about freezing anything plastic with water in it and then introducing that into water I am drinking. Too much bad is coming from plastic.
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Don't freeze your bottle! I put in 14Oz of water and mine exploded. Don't freeze your bottle. It will break.
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The one we have takes a lot of pumping to fill a glass. I think there is a problem. I assume once you pump it up a vacuum is formed to keep water in the cylinder on top. Doesn't work with our Kent water bottles.
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I wouldn't. That's really not what it was designed for. I really would stick to water for this bottle. You could put a thin liquid like juice in it, but there's so many little places that would have to be cleaned out after each use. It would be a lot of extra work.
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You can probably look it up online but if memory serves, there are two parts which go inside the container and one may already be inside. There is a round plastic cylinder, which stays in when you fill it up with water, and a plastic straw like piece that has a flat round top that goes inside the bottle once the water has been put in. Fill till the water flows over and then insert the straw piece. Then you screw in the metal top very tight, chill the container, then install the Co2 cylinder. FYI I find it a good idea to hold the bottle in its side when screwing in the CO2 cylinder because lots of the gas seems to escape before you can screw it solidly into place. There is a Key shaped plastic piece which you can use if you want to remove the internal plastic cylinder so that you can really rinse out the bottle or for a real wash. You insert the small end into the cylinder and twist and it unlocks and you can remove it. It has to be reinserted the same way and must be flush with the open top when you reinsert it.
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I'm not sure. I haven't had that problem. I also only use distilled water so maybe that's why. I also keep the water in a gallon jug with some tin foil to cover the top. I don't use a completely open container for the water.
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I would think so, call the number of the company. They are very nice when I called to ask about reusing the bottle for storing water in frig. I just ordered my second bottle for my sweet old guy.
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You are correct. I have a plastic carboy and this one is too small which leads me to believe that this would be considered a medium. You could make this work but you stand the chance of it falling into the carboy. On the safe side, go bigger.
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No. It's awkward to try and fit a couple 12 oz beer bottles so I think a large water bottle would be a bad fit. It's really suited for cans.
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Yes. I actually used refrigerated for one batch and it was fine. My problem, being new at this, was trying to figure out the best way to load the tube fully.
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Not sure why you'd want to do that. This unit comes with GLASS containers with nice fitting tops. The unit sweats and drips water on the on/off button which usually shorts out. I dumped mine in the garbage and bought a different brand.
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Joseph, we use only the 5-gallon bottles of water in this device. I wanted to use the smaller ones (the 5-gallon jugs are pretty heavy for someone my age), but my wife says because of the handle, they don't work in this device. I can't verify that from experience, but she is usually right (especially if you ask HER). :-)
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Will not work with glass beer bottle, the thread is too large. I did find some glass bottles in the pantry that would work, a glass bottle for vinegar. Kind of annoying since reusing plastic water bottles is not a good idea especially if they are outside or exposed to the sun due to material breakdown.
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Preferably into the radiator, but you'll have to make sure you have room for the whole bottle. Otherwise the overflow jug works, but it will take longer to circulate.