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Q: Why are the large water bottles 18.9Litres?

You know the large water bottles on the water coolers in China (and I assume other nations).

 

I mean why 18.9 litres? Why not 19 or 20? What's with the odd 0.1 or 1.1?

 

Does it equate to an old traditional Chinese measure?

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old measure, and traditional, but not of Chinese origin...

galons...

18,9l = 5 galons

Hugh.G.Rection:

Doh!!! laugh I really should have thought of that! Thank you!

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Thakkudu:

But some of the bottles have making on the plastic as "4.76 GALLONS" while the print mark is 18.9l 

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WhiteBear:

so if mark on the bottle (and on the bill...) don't fit with exact volume of water inside - make a claim to supplier ;)


otherwise - it can be typical "who would care about that? it's just some mark with English letters"

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To hijack your topic...

 

Do most people feel most brands are really well filtered/cleaned, or whatever u call it?

 

How much do u pay?  I pay 20kuai delivered. Luv my vendors, they are so kind to me. Smile

Hugh.G.Rection:

I only use the ones at work and even then I only  use the hot water.

 

At home we've got a filtered water tap that then goes through another filter in our fridge to give us ice cold water.

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stan118:

in guangzhou 20 yuan, but when i live in guilin i think it was 7 or 8 i think

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Thakkudu:

for direct drinking i use small branded bottles... nestle mostly..

 

For warm water i have one equipment.. dun know what to call it.. i fill water from the 18.9l ones.. it boild .. and then comes down to 60 degree.. perfect for infant..

 

For tea / coffee.. i use the same 18.9l water.. but the dispenser has inbuilt kettle.. which boils the water..

 

in short.. we dont normally directly drink 18.9l botled water... even my chinese collegues wont drink it direct..

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WhiteBear:

Thakk

I also use that "equipment", but in much smaller version - it is just about 1,5 litre small boiler with two heat settings - 90C and 60C, so it is also good for tea. And it is well isolated, so keeping temperature is not a problem.

No living creature (excluding extremofiles from depth of the ocean) can survive constant 90C over few hours... ;)

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