Boiling water taps.

I think I'll just keep on with my (very old fashioned) hob kettle. It boils cheap and fast on the induction hob - in the same time it takes to get the mugs and coffee ready.

Me too hetty good old electric kettle, boils quick enough for me 😂
Hope you get it sorted fran it’s so annoying when things go wrong you really do have to go around the houses to get them sorted sometimes

My BIL fitted one when he refurbished his kitchen........and didn't tell us about it! Almost scalded my hand when I went to rinse out the dregs from the coffee cups!

Far too complicated and dangerous in my opinion, give me a proper kettle any day.

I don’t know how anybody could scald their hand “by accident”. It’s quite complicated- push down, turn to the right, wait a second or two but then expect boiling water
If you have one, you soon get used to it and it is not possible to scald yourself just by turning the (normal) hot tap on.
The one problem I have is filling a hot water bottle!

Franke is based in switzerland. I am loving my stainless steel franke sink and normal kitchen tap, however my sink corners at the front were both bashed in transit and I was determined to straighten them myself as it took so long for the sink to eventually arrive from frankeland. I did it, kept the packaging just in case

I am so sorry that you have hot tap problems Franbern, I know that a boiler tap was high up on your list of wants for your new kitchen. I am glad that I stayed with my kettle. I expect that filter auto switch- off was installed to prevent any damage from a scaled up water filter, including dangerous hot water-splash via a less than smooth filter

I do love my kitchen aid kettle and its adjustable temperatures

All sorted this morning. Even the professionals (who had installed it for me), had a bit of a problem working out how to re-set this. Took them a good time, and help from website.

Definitely confirms my idea that this is the first of this particular model they had installed. So, they also learned how to sort out this problem. I have written down their instructions as to what to do each year when I change the filter.

I must say in the defence of Hot Water taps that (when they work), they are wonderful. It really is instantaneous, so not just for hot drinks, but things like hot water bottles, saucepans, etc. etc. AND .......no picking up a heavy kettle etc.

For several years prior to having this installed I used those hot water machines that sat on my worktop. They were okay, problem was the space they took up. None of them really reached boiling point (and I am a tea drinker), and they required often re- filling up the tank.

Do think that these hot water taps are in their infancy and need to become a tad more consumer friendly. As it is probable that most people having them installed are more likely to be of my age (having them for safety reasons), they need re-set buttons more easily seen and reached. Problem with having comparative new technology early in its development.

So I can put my kettle away again - until next year?????!!!!

At a gathering in Sons house my Sister offered to make tea for the tea drinkers , most were on the vino !
She did as we always do , rinsed the pot with boiling water from the aforesaid tap , emptied it out , put in the tea leaves , and filled the pot from the Boiling water tap , but it ran cold halfway !
Seems good for smaller amounts of hot water but not a big tea pot full ?

I had my first boiling water tap for twenty years, updated three years ago to a Quooker.

I could never imagine going back to a kettle.

aggie there has never been any limit on the amount of boiling water I get from this tap.

Franbern

aggie there has never been any limit on the amount of boiling water I get from this tap.

I have never run out of boiling water either, we had 20 people here over Christmas, filling of saucepans, teapot, soaking cooking pots and pans was continuous for at least 8 hours on Christmas Day.

Are they expensive to run? I am thinking of the energy needed to provide immediate boiling water.

Good question Boz.

DS2's family has a boiling water tap and when I visit, it's lovely to have an instant cup of tea without having to fill and boil the kettle. Another advantage is that it uses only just as much water as is needed. However, I have misgivings about having such a tap in a household where there might be small children, just tall enough to reach the taps and where there are absent-minded older people (potentially myself) living there. So I decided not to have such a convenient facility in the retirement flat I'm in the process of having refurbished.

Quooker user here and love it. No hanging around for kettle to boil or heating up water to cook vegetables. So good to come in from the cold in winter and make a cuppa in no time at all.

I dog-sit for friends who have a Quooker tap. I had to watch a YouTube video the first few times as I couldn’t remember how it worked. I love it now, and I wish I could afford one!

Our DD and DSiL have one, came with the house, and our DGC know not to use it - not sure they could as it's quite hard to push down twice and turn. If anyone scalded themselves it would surely be from the normal hot tap that had already been run, you can't just turn on a Quooker (or, presumably, any other type of boiling tap) by mistake

We had a Quooker installed when we had a kitchen extension 14 years ago. Never had any bother with it and wouldn't go back to a kettle now. The kitchen supplier showed us cheaper ones but they delivered water just under boiling point which was a no no for us being big tea drinkers. If I'm making fresh coffee I do tend to put the water into a jug first as I found it seemed to mash the coffee grounds. My son has a much newer version that also serves as the hot and cold mixer tap. I have to admit to finding that very complicated to use and often boil water in a pan when I'm babysitting there!

I had a Quooker fitted last year with my new kitchen - debated at the time as it was an extra cost but we absolutely love it! It’s so handy to have instant boiling water and energy usage doesn’t seem too bad at all.

I have a small kitchen and just didn't want to sacrifice the space required for the working parts under the worktop for a hot water tap. Also I really don't like the look of the taps, there are many much nicer looking "ordinary" taps available.

I too have a Quooker and love it. It has quite a large tank for boiling water and also a filtered water cold tap. It is simple to change the filter once a year with clear instructions on the filter box.
Getting boiling water requires quite a complicated manoeuvre so no chance of doing it inadvertently or of children doing it.

Could someone explain where the boiling water comes from? is there a tank of same sitting there ready for use or does it just heat a small amount continuously as used?

Gosh, aren't we so impatient nowadays that we can't wait on a kettle to boil for a cup of tea. Explored a hot water tap about 8 years ago. Decided against and definitely not a hot/cold/aerated tap. Takes a long time to recoup cost never mind the cost of the replacement canisters for fizzy water system.

A friend with very arthritic hands has one as she finds it difficult to lift a kettle. She loves it !

4allweknow

Gosh, aren't we so impatient nowadays that we can't wait on a kettle to boil for a cup of tea. Explored a hot water tap about 8 years ago. Decided against and definitely not a hot/cold/aerated tap. Takes a long time to recoup cost never mind the cost of the replacement canisters for fizzy water system.

I’m with you on that, 4allweknow.
We decided against it a few years ago.
The sales person we talked to answered all our questions (albeit reluctantly) on replacing filters and equipment if you have hard water and the cost of that.
That person also answered our question on keeping the water at boiling point - he said 105° and it’s effect on energy consumption by saying that we should turn the tap off over night and when on holiday to save on energy use.
It looks amazing, and I’m still a little envious of those who have one, but I’ll have to live without it.