Does anyone know how the Everpure EV9318-30 Polaria CGCL-1 water chiller is different from the Elkay ERS11Y. They look similar and I've read that Everpure is an Elkay company but the Elkay version is much less expensive.

I'm planning on this, too, but understood it to be room temp only. My designer once mentioned something like running the water coil through the back of the fridge (if it's near the sink), but thinking about this later seemed like an impossibility. I mean, it's not like you can just easily mess around with a new state of the art fridge! We'll just add ice cubes!

We ADORE our Everpure water chiller. Ours was installed about 7 years ago and we love it! It does take up room and does create heat so make sure to have good ventilation or a wide enough space for it. We burned out 2 units until DH installed a small computer fan to exhaust the space into the next cab.

I had considered it and decided against it for two reasons, all the question marks and the budget. So out it went. But we did put in an RO filtration system at the sink that feeds a hot/cold faucet at the sink, the instant hot tank and the freezer for ice. I'm ok with the compromise. Now I just get ice from the freezer and water from the drinking faucet. It took a few weeks to let the "new" taste run its course, but it's fine now and everything tastes "clear." My wife likes her water cold, so we keep a pitcher of water taken from the drinking faucet in the fridge and fill it as needed. While everything is less convenient, the peace of mind of one less thing to worry about has been a good compromise.