Poor substitution

I have become aware of my need for disaster preparedness in the last year. Fema and others recommend two gallons of water per person per day as a minimum. This 32 count pak of 16.9 oz. bottles multiplies to a total volumn of 4.2 gallons. Since our home consists of the wife and I, these paks represent a total of a days supply of emergency water. A few years ago I sold whole home water purification systems and became aware through testing that Aquafina and Dasani were the most pure waters on the market. There are reviews here negative to the structure of the new bottles and they are accurate concerning bottle rigidity but this was the companies response to the public outcry of possible leached chemical byproducts from the previous containers. For the individual wanting to purchase the most pure water sold at a great value this is it.

Aquafina is a very good water, pure and clean, clear and, well you get the idea. The problem I'm having with this product is that the bottle is super flimsy and does not vend well from a vending machine. You get 3 for the price of one lol even with the thickest of spacers.Even uncapping causes the water to top out of the bottle.

I own a small Mfg Business and have a vending machine to provide affordable beverages to my customers and employees. A couple of years ago Aquafina switched to a thinner bottle design shipped to Sams club that would not vend. I (and I assume many others) complained that they would not vend, and not long after they switched back to the stiffer bottle at Sams club. Again I find that just recently they are trying it again with their "ecofina" bottle. This product will not vend either as the bottles collapse in a machine stacker and become jammed. I don't know how much water is sold at Sams club for vending vs other use, but I myself buy 1-2 cases a week for my ONE business! That's 50-100 cases a year for ONE CUSTOMER!!! If they cannot again see their mistake in packaging for the vending trade, they have lost my sales and I can imagine many others.

Water is water, but the quality of the container is our main reason for buying Aquafina. Aquafina is one of the few water bottles that will stand up in your refrigerator. However, their bottle quality has dropped significantly in the last few months.

The bottle has changed since my last purchase which had rocker bottoms and was filled to the tippy top which means losing water when opening. This order has corrected the rockers and the bottles aren't filled to the top. Now the issue is the tiny little cap. Hard to get these old fingers around, it's just too small, I can't trust it to stay on. This is a problem.

My wife and I drink about 40 to 50 bottles a wk. The bottles are so thin that when you open them you squeeze trying to get the cap off and the water runs out. I the past couple months we've had several bottles break open and the water gets all over the floor. Correct this poor bottle quality now before you loose us as a costumer, we are not going to put up with this greed much longer. I know that there is a lot more costumers feel the same way. You are letting greed get in the way of quality. Go back to the heaver plastic and charge 1 or 2 cents a bottle.

My only complaint is when water was delivered on the front in the hot sun, no cover, didn’t ring doorbell. I have a note on the front for all deliveries be placed in the garage because I am a disabled retired person. Most do but they didn’t on this order and I had to call someone to move it when they got off work.

The "Eco Fina" bottles have returned to Sam's Club, and are a total disappointment. I want to do my part in protecting the environment, but when we get to the point where a bottle is so thin that it can't even stand up on its own, there is really no point.

Best Bottle Cap of all that Sam's carry. Basically all fhe water in the variois bottled water is very similar, so the difference in my decision is the container and the cap. Aquafina has a larger in depth cap and the bottle seems a little firmer and less likely to colapse while handeling it when open.