I purchased a water fountain (the kind you can find in an office) and 4 5 gallon drums and it's been one of my most used purchases ever. Mine is a bottom loader and I think that's important to the usefulness of it.
It's been so successful I know of several other people who have also made such purchases after experiencing it.
It's kind of an odd thing, but so so nice to have. It even heats water, although we turn that functionality off because we also have an electric kettle, but it's something to consider for anyone contemplating such a purchase.
Might make sense if you're exclusively drinking it from the fountain, but we use the filter only for tee. Our water quality is generally exceptional. Just for tee it's a bit too hard.
It's been so successful I know of several other people who have also made such purchases after experiencing it.
It's kind of an odd thing, but so so nice to have. It even heats water, although we turn that functionality off because we also have an electric kettle, but it's something to consider for anyone contemplating such a purchase.