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- #1,259,051 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
- #34 in Combination Water Boilers & Warmers
Product Description
Premium features at a value
Instant Hot Water & No Installation
Perfect For: Renters, College Students, RV's, Tiny Homes and Small Offices.
Aurora Hot & Cold
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| | Auto Dispense | |
| | Evolve+ Filtration | |
| | Boiling Water | |
| | Cold Water Temps | |
Ambient Temps | | |
| | Child Lock | |
| | Adjustable Tray | |
| | Auto Dispense | |
| | Evolve+ Filtration | |
| | Boiling Water | |
| | Cold Water Temps | |
Ambient Temps | | |
| | Child Lock | |
| | Adjustable Tray |
- Aurora Hot
- Water Filter Pitcher
Anthony Wang
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
I was out of country for more than a month, for the safety concern I unplugged the appliance from power outlet. I also unplugged my coffee maker from the same outlet when left home. After I returned home, I plugged the appliance and coffee machine back to the same power outlet. Both appliances were functioning just fine. I even made couple of hot water from Aqua Optima machine. But after 3 to 4 hours later, I noticed all the light on Aqua Optima machine were turned on then off all in a quick sudden and my coffee maker clock light was off as well. After I reset my power outlet. My Coffee maker light was back on and worked. But whenever I plugged the Aqua Optima back to outlet. The outlet was shut off again.The coffee maker light was off again. I then went to Aqua Optima website to explain my situation, however, Aqua replied me an email to contact the seller ( Amazon) for help. I then chatted with Amazon product support for a couple of times and asked for calling a service. But wherever it reached to the point to ask for my phone number, the chatting window immediately closed. So I don’t know what to do. I only used Aqua Optima hot water dispenser for 1 year and 3 months.
York boy
Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2024
Easy to work and fill with water. Not sure how long filters will last . Quite expensive to replace
James W.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
My machine is 13 months old and it quit making cold water. The motor/fan just keeps running. We contacted the seller and they had us drain it and basically restart it. It didn't work. They said it's most likely a fan issue and since it is out of the 12 month warranty they can't do anything. Very disappointed seeing as how expensive it is. When I looked up the actual company (not just the seller) it says they are owned by the seller. This seller's webste says it owns 56% of the global share of the kettle control market.
Windy
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
I've had the hot&cold version about a year and a half now and I love this thing. I use it several times a day: usually once in the morning for coffee and then cool water several times through out the day. It is so convenient having hot/cool water ready on demand without dealing with a kettle or a filter pitcher in the fridge. I've found it to be fairly accurate with the dispensed volume and temperature, but I wouldn't rely on it measuring for cooking. Never had an issue with it blowing a standard US 15amp breaker. Build quality feels good; no loose or misaligned panels.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2024
Loved that it is do easy to you and boils water quick
mcdull
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
Decided to retire my 15+ years old traditional Zojirushi water boiler and warmer and try the instant heat water dispenser, thinking it should save electricity and can decide the desired temperature for each use.Pros1. easy to use2. fast to start dispensing, but of course not as fast as any water boiler and warmerCons1. The water tank looks big but it has an opening around 2/3 of height essentially wasting a lot of volume that can be used. Or if that's for accomodating the filter? I always use RO filtered water, so I don't use the filter anyway.2. There is an opening at the center of the water tank lid. It might be used for letting air in when pumping water out? Is it really needed? my coffee maker has similar water tank but doesn't need that opening. To me, the opening is just letting dust in.3. The temperature jumps from 104F to 175F. To us, 104F is not warm enough, 175F is too hot to drink. It could be better having temperature distributed more evenly.4. The machine is much larger than I think it should take5. I understand it requires high power to heat the water quick, nonetheless,1500W can be an issue for some kitchen with limited placement options and electric cirucits. If you use it accidentally with other high power appliance like microwave, toaster oven on the same circuit, it will likely pop the breaker.
JJ Dyn O Mite!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023
Update 7/29/2023: I purchased this in January, so about 6 months. I am a licensed master electrician. This thing worked well for a long time. Unfortunately, recently it has been popping the AFCI breaker. This is a dedicated countertop circuit with one lone GFCI receptacle. Very basic installation. Ambient heat isn't anything crazy. Panel is in a cool basement. The AFCI blows and sometimes the adjacent AFCI on the same phase (not beside but one breaker over) trips as well. Replaced the GFCI receptacle to the 20 amp style (which should be identical internally) as well as the breaker. Still happening. I think what is going on is that we have multiple coffee maker type gadgets on different dedicated nearby circuits, each modulating its heating in an on/ off pattern, and that somehow these frequencies are bleeding into each other, fooling the one with the largest load to trip. I'll keep digging, but I suspect the applince is the culprit.Original review:I've been using both styles of Nespresso on and off for years. I say "off" because the pods are embarrassingly expensive and don't taste like true espresso. The rest of my family prefers instant with microwaved mugs of water. This creates a line for the microwave when food is cooking. The best coffee we make comes from a drip coffee maker. However, this requires making an entire pot which inevitably must be wasted and the carafe washed just about daily.The Aqua Optima has a hottest setting which dispenses at up to tea kettle temperature (seems just under 212°F). This is perfect for tea or ramen. The 205°F setting is better for hot chocolate. For my purposes, this replaces both pod machines and frees up the microwave.I was wary that this thing might preheat all day, wasting power. However, I have a Sense energy monitor and was able to confirm the heating element only runs while dispensing. The plug pops rather dramatically when first plugging in, making me fear that it was drawing a lot of current, but this seems to be related to a capacitor. It's not actually drawing hardly any power in standby. Speaking of plugs, it does indeed come with a standard 110 volt, 15 amp U.S. plug. It seems to draw roughly 1500 watts when dispensing but, again, almost zero in standby, regardless of on or off.I should also add that the auto-lock function and beeps can be turned off through pressing one button down and the other up (manual gets this part wrong). Lock button is red when turned on, but again, the unit uses "
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