moondog Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Started out using the ones at Sam's, they hold up ok, not like a Bunn that'll last a decade. Not totally sure how long the service life will be as most are on location 6 months or less but they are not coming apart at the handle and brew basket like I thought they would. Biggest problem has been lime scale buildup with our hard water. Just ordered a couple of the B3000 models, plumbed in capable machines, to try at one of my higher volume locations, about twice the price as the Sam's version. I was figuring about $350 for one of the commercial grade Keurigs - you'd think they'd put some small replaceable filter in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I was figuring about $350 for one of the commercial grade Keurigs - you'd think they'd put some small replaceable filter in them. Lime scale passes through filters, gotta use a water softner or RO system to get it out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistah Mike Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 We have probably 200-250 Keurigs out in the feild. The 3000SE is a decent unit, the 200 does real good if there is good water, I've seen a 200 do 37,000 cups before in one location with a quality filter. If you can get a B2000 or B2003 those are tanks, we've been using them and refurbing them over and over again for years. I've found that the biggest enemy to a Keurig is bad water, hands down. A solution we've had good success with to combat the employee's using the brewer for free with their cups, as well as taking my k-cups home to use in their home units is to sell the cups out of a snack at a reduced price, say 50-70 cents, and then require a quarter to activate the brewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chares Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I am interested this could you please give the exact details on how can i get this machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Chares, he's speaking about selling the K-cups from a regular full size snack machine. You need one with dual spirals in a selection so the K-cup will vend easily. If you don't already have a snack machine at your account you won't be able to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Vending Mechanic Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Started out using the ones at Sam's, they hold up ok, not like a Bunn that'll last a decade. Not totally sure how long the service life will be as most are on location 6 months or less but they are not coming apart at the handle and brew basket like I thought they would. Biggest problem has been lime scale buildup with our hard water. Just ordered a couple of the B3000 models, plumbed in capable machines, to try at one of my higher volume locations, about twice the price as the Sam's version. The B3000 is a solid machine. And, you can get parts for them. The B150 is pretty much disposable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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