Comments on: “…I Googled my suspicions…”

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:17:30 +0000

Newest bottles hold EVEN LESS WATER. The handle is no longer hollow (so it doesn't hold water) and there's now a divot built into the bottom of the bottle. I'm trying to find out how to file a consumer complaint.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:23:39 +0000

He needs to do the same test on the old bottle because maybe it also held less than 5 gallons.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:16:00 +0000

@Robert

Actually the best way to do this is exactly as I did -which was to do exactly what Arrowhead Water’s customer service rep said would be the proper test: five one gallon jugs poured into the five gallon jug.

Here a thought: you do the retest your way. You can video it, edit it, post it and leave a link so we can read about it.

By: Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:32:32 +0000

Seems to me what you should have done is measured the amount of water the new bottle design held, not how many smaller bottles you could pour into the larger one. How do you know that both sizes are holding their specified amount?

The best way to answer your question would be to simply measure the amount of water from several of the new bottles. I say measure several so you can compensate for normal variances.

You could be getting more than 5 gal of water with either container, or you could have been getting less than 5 gal, even in the old design bottle.

My guess is that all the bottles come with slightly more than the amount printed on their labels, but you never know.

Would like to see you retest and hear the results.

By: Ken Wetherell

Ken Wetherell — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:30:48 +0000

Great post, Ron! Very entertaining.

I wonder how long it will take Arrowhead to either fix their 5-gal jug or lower their prices to customers. I bet the Arrowhead finance folks are cranking on the financial models now.

The world is quickly becoming ours. Oh, the mighty power of the printing press on steroids.