Hot water dispensers

Oofy - child safety is the reason I do not have one too.

I also wonder about its electricity consumption.

It sounds like in a few years' time no one will have a kettle any more. It does make sense to just boil what you need and not to have to lift a container full of scalding water. This would have been ideal for my mother.

I wonder when the technophobe Germans will catch on. I would love one. Although it does sound a bit like a contraption we used to have back in student days - a sort of water heater above the sink which you could set to boil to make tea if necessary. Very handy in our simple little room in the roof.

The Quooker tap is brilliant. I wouldn't bother with the cube (filtered, chilled & sparkling water as well) but the boiling tap is well worth it. Safer and more efficient than a kettle

We have one at work. It’s quick and simple and being plumbed in never tastes ‘re-boiled’, BUT if you drink tea the water is never hot enough in my opinion. Consequently, I only drink coffee at work and drink tea (my preferred choice) at home where I can use a kettle. The water dispenser at work can splash too, although I have to say I have only ever done it once or twice in the last six years as the experience of being splashed with near boiling water taught me to be very cautious.

We have a hot tap, I just wouldn’t be without it. Boiling water straight from the tap. We do have a water softener and a separate system that provides non softened but filtered water. So I think we are covered.
We have a Insinkerator type of hot tap. Just one hole in the Granite work top. Their customer relations are excellent. I would never go back to a kettle as we live in a hard water area, so we would have to filter it before putting it in the kettle. etc etc.

I love my hot water boiler,I don't find mine slow to pour at all.You never need to lift a kettle or wait for hot water at all.It saves a lot of energy compared with a kettle,and hot water all day.

I've had one for over a year. I wouldnt be without it. A cuppa can be making itself whilst Im Buttering my toast.

i have one of those. Great thing

Inherited a Quooker when we moved house, wouldn't be without it now and several friends/relatives have now bought one after seeing ours. Ours is just for boiling water but believe you can now get newer models that provide cold water too.

Friends of mine have one. The tea and coffee always tastes of overboiled water and, unless you have one that is plumbed in, you still have to fill it. I really can’t see the benefit over a kettle.

We have a built-in near-boiling water tap over the kitchen sink (as well as an ordinary hot/cold mixer tap). It's by InSinkerator and, without doubt, is the best thing ever! It simply dispenses near-boiling water instantly and was considerably cheaper than a Quooker.

You can get these-you don't lift them, just tip.
elleks That looks like a string of expletives to be used when it tips hot water over yourself!






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Just something else to go wrong!

We had one, it was brilliant.

I have a Morphy Richards hot water dispenser with variable heat settings up to 100'.
Only boil the water you need so it's ready faster, uses less energy and doesn't waste a drop of water. There's no plumbing-in required, just use straight from the box.
Select the ideal water temperature, whether it’s 100 degree Celsius for your pasta, 95 degree Celsius for your coffee or 85 degree Celsius for your herbal tea
You can select to automatically dispense amounts of water of up to 600 ml, anything over this amount you can dispense at the push of a button
Water tank holds up to 3 L so you refill less often, then select from 150 ml to 1.5 L at a time so you can make a single cup of tea or boil water for a panful of pasta

This is the info from Amazon, although I only paid about half the price these are advertised for, so do shop around - it also tells me when I need to descale ! I love it and would not go back to a kettle.

rizlett

*I can still lift the kettle most days but it can be difficult when my RA flares up in my wrists.*

I use a smaller kettle - just 1 litre - enough for most jobs & a lot lighter than the standard 1.7 litre.

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In the office of my voluntary work, there is a boiling water tap i stead of a kettle. I struggle to use it, though i have forgotten exactly how, as I am working from home.

we have had a Quooker for five years and I would highly recommend it. Boiling water on tap (obvs!) so you can make a single cup of tea or a pot and not waste energy. Tap exterior remains cool all the time, so safe with little ones. Once you have stopped boiling water flow, it immediately goes back to cold, so very safe. And, if, like me, you have a small kitchen, you have more space on your worktop where the kettle would have been. www.quooker.co.uk

We’ve got a hot water dispenser and have had it nearly 3 years. We like ours and wouldn’t go back to a kettle. I’ve had 2 new joints in my fingers and need 3 more in the other hand so found it easier. It only needs filling a couple of times a day and once you’ve got the hang of the dial as to how much water your cups or mugs take it easy (doesn’t over flow because it’s set for that mug of water!). For vegetables I just hit water from the tap and boil that as I use a steamer for vegetables anyway. I’d say try one , you’ve got a stop button on it in case the mug gets too full as well.

My daughter has a 'Quooker' and I wouldn't want one. It seems to spit boiling water over hands/arms however careful you are, it takes up a whole cupboard under the sink , conks out and needs resetting too often for my liking, and costs a small fortune to service. Most importantly, I understand you shouldn't make tea or coffee with boiling water - I let it 'die back' slightly before pouring onto the bags or leaves/granules, as recommended by the manufacturers.

I've just bought a 3L no-name model through e-Bay.
Made in China of course; red, looks very smart!
Problem is, the workshop manual was also made in China! and all the instructions and captions to diagrams are in Mandarin or similar!
Not insurmountable, but fall-back to Plan B, i.e. back to kettle
is now in full swing.
As a bonus my PC desk-top now shows dozens of other models every time I boot-up under "we think you'd like this!"

Our SIL has brought us an Addis 5 litre Thermo Pot.
DH had trouble lifting a kettle, and this is brilliant. We re-fill as necessary, and it comes up to temperature quickly, and stays hot all the time. It uses the same power, so it says, as the same as a light bulb left on.
We leave it on all the time, and so, if the sun is shining, only our solar power is being used.
So, in the morning, no waiting for a kettle to boil.

I occasionally use a super sleek black plasticated(!) Electric kettle from...... Morrisons £15 looks like a designer jobby too and sits well in the cupboard until required then looks the bizz in my super high tech kitchen! It's very fast and honestly all kettles use same technology if not the same inner workings to them , expensive usually means high price not high functioning/quality. Oh and advertising....snob value....whatever the chattering classes deem "the best"!

I too have a Quooker tap - absolutely brilliant! This together with the waste disposal unit (no more awful caddies on the worktop and food waste bins that foxes get into) are the best parts of my newish kitchen and I wouldn’t be without them.

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