Does the mouth of a 5 gallon water bottle used with this set-up have to have a seal on it? Or can the mouth of the bottle be open?
273997
This unit will handle any bottle, just so long as the water is able to drain into the crock it would work.
166555
I doubt the possibility of making a sealing lid. I only use it for short term distribution of water and for presentation. For this, it is a marvelous piece.
2130698
Nope, it is an open end, you have to seal with a tape. It is reasonably long, you can easily do it.
1228100
It has a rubber seal for the top lid closure which works very well. I have had mine in pretty deep. I do recommend adding a little silicone to the holes when you bolt it to your rack, which will keep water from coming up through your holes you drill.
1302330
No. There is no seal on the lid. It is glass to glass but still has a good closure to it.
1552208
Mine was a 5 gallon water bottle but the neck looks the same in the picture.
476421
The liters do not have seals on them. The 8.5 oz size have a A little tape seal. I know as a seller I tape down every bottle we ship to prevent leackage. Hope that helps.
1496965
Mine did have the seal. I think if I were you, I'd request another bottle. To be honest, I can't remember if there was an inner seal or shrink wrap around the bottle top. I do know whichever type it was, the seal was intact.
2000396
We have been using ours for many months with 5 gallon plastic bottles. No problems whatever. It seems quite strong.
2268953
Is the seal on the bottle tight? If its not tight then your just sucking in air.
1866879
It will only use the plastic 3 gallon and 5 gallon water containers. As far as i know the glass water bottles have a diffrent opening.
1725039
Yes it seals mason jars, but you have to buy the attachments for the jars. Basically you put the plastic attachment on the top of the jar with the rubber ringed top, push the button, and when it's done you just remove the plastic top and the top is down tight. I use it all the time. This is a good example: http://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-T03-0006-02P-Regular-Mouth-Jar-Sealer/dp/B000UQ428A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1395016846&sr=8-3&keywords=mason+jar+sealer
339242
I agree about the sealing. They say to start in cold water....then boil. Although mine did initially seal many loosened in a few days
130945
There is no seal on this lid.. Didnt have a problem with it but it makes it not so easy for transport when full
2264813
Yes it will hold a 5 gallon water bottle on the top. We use a 4 gallon water bottle on top. This unit is very light, so be carefull with the 5 gallon jug.
1670523
Mine didn't have a seal, and I didn't see any leaks. I didn't have it on during any hard reason though. Hope this helps.
1405573
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.