BIBO Water Dispenser FAQs

We do have a referral scheme – simply get your friend or family member to mention your name when they order and you’ll get your next filter pack free or two months rental free!

There is a 12 month minimum rental period.

We don’t offer a trial period but we do have a love it or return it 30 day guarantee. If you are not happy with your BIBO within the first 30 days, you can return your BIBO for a refund!

The BIBO Classic is perfect for the workplace. Our mains fed water dispenser offers you instant hot and cold water, meaning you can save time, energy and money! No more waiting for the kettle to boil and long unproductive tea runs. The BIBO will deliver quality water, leaving everyone hydrated, boosting concentration and productivity in your office.

Of course it does! contact us to arrange installation or delivery and we will keep the surprise!

Yes, you can set different quantities for your hot, chilled and mix water. Simply enter the menu, place your favourite cup or container under the dispense nozzles and follow the on screen instructions to fill the container and save your changes.

The BIBO Classic’s temperature settings are fully programmable. Simply enter into the menu and set your desired temperature for extra hot, hot, chilled and mix water.

if you are going to be leaving your BIBO home alone for an extended period of time, it’s a good idea to turn the water and power supplies off. It will keep the date and time, as well as any of your programmed settings. When you get back simply turn the water and power supplies back on and dispense around 5 litres of water on the hot and cold side to flush through.

Sleep mode

You can program your BIBO to enter sleep mode after 1 – 4 hours of inactivity. During sleep mode, your BIBO will continue to chill the water but the heating system will turn off. It can be woken up by pressing any key.

Power on/off mode

Much like your central heating system, you can program your BIBO to turn on and off at up to 3 different time intervals each day. During power off mode your BIBO will neither chill or heat the water and can be woken up by touching the menu key.

To maintain optimum efficiency and convenience we recommend leaving your BIBO plugged in and powered on every day but utilise its power saving features. This means you get the best of both worlds – the BIBO works as efficiently as possible and you get hot and cold water on demand!

Give us a call on 0800 678 5969 so we can get your details and the records updated! Then we can tell you when you will need filters and cleaning solutions!

Of course you can! We have disconnection instructions we can send to you and can come out to re-install your BIBO in your new home if you wish!

We’re working on it!!

All BIBO installers are WRAS qualified. In addition, the parts used in the BIBO & during our installation (genuine John Guest parts) have all been tested & approved by WRAS. WRAS is the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme, a UK body set up by the water utilities to advise on & test fittings used in the wider UK water industry. BIBO installers are accredited by the Water Dispenser & Hydration Association (WHA). The WHA promotes, develops and maintains the highest standards of hygiene, safety and ethics within the drinking water dispenser industry, to the benefit of customers. This includes annual auditing of members’ systems and operational standards as well as stringent training and accreditation for all technical staff.

BIBO carries a CE mark (Conformite Europeenne) which is a manufacturer’s declaration that the product complies with the essential requirements of the relevant European health, safety and environmental protection legislation. Internationally-recognised, it also has a UL Mark for Asia & reaches the exacting ISI-1505 standard. BIBO has gained the Watermark certification of product quality.

Your BIBO comes with a standard two year warranty with the option to extend it for a further two years.

Not necessarily! Provided there is a water supply close enough we may just be able to install it where you like. Give us a call to discuss further on 0800 678 5969.

In most cases, absolutely! But it is always worth checking with your landlord!

You can still purchase a BIBO but we cannot currently offer an installation service outside of the UK Mainland and in the following postcodes in the Highlands: HS, IV, KW, AB. Please note we can still ship BIBOs to these postcodes for you to arrange your own installation. In the event of a breakdown if you live in the above Scottish postcodes or outside of the mainland UK then you should return the BIBO to our HQ for repair.

You are more than welcome to pop into our showroom here in Oxfordshire. Otherwise, we offer a 30 day money back guarantee, so if in the first 30 days you change your mind for any reason, we will collect the BIBO and refund you – no questions asked, no quibble.

If you have a granite or marble worksurface that’s no problem. Our professional installers have narrow diamond-tipped drill bits which can create an 8mm hole with no mess and no fuss.

BIBO operates happily between 1 and 6 bar of mains pressure.

That’s not normally an issue, as long as there is a water supply within about 20 feet. If you want your BIBO positioned further away than this then please do give us a call on 01993 880287 to have a chat about it further!

We allow approx. 1 hour for an installation. Your BIBO is simply connected to your mains water supply, normally found under your sink, and then the thin, flexible 6mm pipe is run underneath the worktop to supply your BIBO. Our technician will drill a small 8mm hole for the pipe to run up to the back of the BIBO. It’s that simple! you can also see how a BIBO is installed here.

BIBO has a network of experienced installers who can install your BIBO for you for just £78, to make it easy for you and to ensure a high standard of connection to your water supply. This way we can also make sure that we’ve explained all the features to you in person. If you decide to rent the BIBO then we are legally obliged to complete the installation to ensure it is completed under best practice guidelines.

However, if you wish to purchase the BIBO and want to install it yourself then you can! We supply you with a handy installation kit and full instructions. You can see how the BIBO is installed here.

If you have opted for self-installation then we offer a next working day delivery service on all orders placed before 1pm. If you have opted for installation by us then our BIBO technician will bring your BIBO with them on the day of installation. Your installation would normally take place around 7-10 working days from the date of your order!

A filter pack contains your years supply of filters. This includes 2 x Maxi Filters and 1 x UV Lamp. The Maxi Filter needs changing every 6 months and the UV Lamp needs changing every 12 months.

Yes, please do! Both the Maxi Filter and the UV Lamp are fully recyclable and you can just pop them in your normal household recycling.

Our filters do not remove the minerals that cause limescale but the hot tank has been designed to keep those minerals in suspension so that the elements inside do not become furred. We have actively avoided using an anti-scale “dosing” system, unlike our major competitor, because we do not believe that adding anti-scale chemicals to the water is the best option for the creation of pure water.

We offer a hot tank cleaning kit to descale your hot tank and we recommend you do this every 6 months regardless of the hardness of your water.

If you buy your BIBO then you will need to decide how you wish to buy your filters every year. The filter pack delivery service is an excellent way to make sure you receive your filter pack, each year, just when you need it. This hassle-free service requires only one payment a year, taken by direct debit and saves you over 20%!

You can buy filters here – we then send you out your years supply in one filter pack and you can change them very easily! If you sign up for our filter pack delivery service then you’ll receive 20% off your filters and your annual supply sent out to you automatically without you having to order them each year!

The BIBO Classic is very clever and a message will flash up on its screen reminding you to change your filters. Once you have done this you just go into the menu and re-set the timer!

As you exceed the recommended 6 months’ life of the Maxi Filter Cartridge, the water your BIBO dispenses will reduce in quality. The water flow will also decline as the filter becomes clogged with the contaminants it has removed. Failure to change your filters at the recommended intervals will also unfortunately invalidate your warranty.

BIBO filters your tap water using a multi-stage filtration system and then delivers it directly into your cup or glass, boiling or chilled. The BIBO’s filtration system uses a carbon block filter cartridge to remove chlorine from your water to make it taste great, and intensively cleans the water to lower levels of many contaminants. The BIBO Classic offers an additional level of filtration; a powerful UV filter ensures the water is completely free from bacteria. The processes your tap water undergoes in your BIBO are similar to those undertaken by the best water bottling companies – we’ve simply miniaturised it and added the convenience of chilled and boiling water.

Yes, absolutely! Unlike similar products, both the BIBO Classic and the BIBO bar have been designed with a removable drip tray so that you can place items up to 23cm high underneath the spout.

The BIBO Classic and BIBO bar are designed to fit neatly in a kitchen and slots easily underneath all standard overhead kitchen units.

BIBO Classic:

36cm High

38cm Deep

30cm Wide

23cm from base to dispense nozzles

Both BIBO’s have removable side panels so you can change the colour of your BIBO to suit your new kitchen colour scheme, brand colours or just to freshen up your kitchen! You can purchase new side panels here.

The BIBO Classic comes in a range of 12 glorious colours:

Black, White, Silver, Pearl, Dark Red, Bright Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple and Cream

We really want to protect those little hands so the BIBO Classic has a child lock. When the child lock is on the hot water can only be dispensed once a separate ‘unlock’ button has been pressed and held down for 3 seconds.

We can safely install your BIBO onto a softened water supply. Artificially softened water is not necessarily bad for you. People on low-sodium diets are sometimes told to avoid artificially softened water because the softening process replaces calcium ions with sodium ions, but that doesn’t mean it is “salty”, and a pint of softened water might contain less salt than a slice of bread. However, water softeners are installed to provide water for washing, not drinking, and most people prefer to drink hard water because it tastes better. That is why it is normal to install one un-softened “drinking water” tap to the kitchen sink, which is fed direct from the mains, with the rest of the house taking its water via the softener.

The BIBO Classic can be set as low as 4˚C. As the temperatures are programmable you can have the cold water set between 4˚C – 16˚C

The BIBO Classic can be set as hot as 98˚C, with it’s auotmatic temperature set to 96˚C as this is the perfect temperature for making tea and coffee. As the temperatures are programmable you can have the hot water set between 70˚C – 98˚C

The BIBO Classic offers 7 litres of chilled water per hour and 15 litres of hot water per hour. The flow rate for both the hot and cold water is 1.4L per minute.

if you are going to be leaving your BIBO home alone for an extended period of time, it’s a good idea to turn the water and power supplies off. It will keep the date and time, as well as any of your programmed settings.

We would recommend you descale your hot tank every 6 months. Your BIBO will remind you when to do this and it’s super easy to do! You can see how to descale your hot tank here

Maxi Filter = 6 months

UV Lamp = 1 year

No! The beauty of the BIBO is that it’s a plumbed in water machine. It automatically refills as you take water from it, so it is always ready to give you both hot and chilled water.

Simply wipe down with a damp cloth. Your drip tray can be removed and put in your dishwasher.