Boiling water taps.

At around £1000+ per tap it’s unlikely to be anytime soon GrannySomerset.

Looks as though that wonderful phrase “I’ll put the kettle on” will soon be defunct. How sad!

Love my boiling tap. Too high up and you have to press down before you turn it. So, no concerns about children.
Cup of tea / coffee made in seconds. Instant boiling water for veg. etc. etc.
Wouldn’t be without it.

DeeJaysMum I used those counter top hot water machines (three different types) upto the time Ihad my kitchen re-done. Three problems with those
1. They take up worktop space (in a small kitchen that is a nuisance.
2. Have to continuously re-fill them. Okay do this with a jug, but still needs doing if used a lot. Even with the bigger tanks it is suprising how quicklhy the water runs out.
3. None of them are really at boiling temperature. As I am a tea drinker, this really matters to me.

Another problem is that they are (deliberately, for safety reasons) very slowin pouring the hot water.

Having used these for the preceding three years I was very happy to have all these problems sorted out with the tap hot water (really boiling hot).

Filters are expensive, unrealistically so, perhaps as they become more and more common usage, then these will drop in price. Convenience is brilliant, so much easier and quicker than even the best of kettles. Can fill small and/or large hot water bottles direct as well as saucepans etc.

good point - that is the official price but mine will soon be out of warranty anyway so cheapest seem to be around £30.

Granarchist

B&Q supply a hot water tap - an Insinkerator. Utterly brilliant and boiling hot too and a fraction of the price of a Qooker. I could not be without it. According to the Sunday Times article on saving electricity it is cheaper to run than a kettle and can save quite a bit over a year.

How much do your replacement filters cost? I was quoted nearly £40 for a hard water one and advised to change it every 6-9 months, or when I noticed a change in the water taste. I found I could buy a cheaper compatible brand, but would that invalidate the warranty?

B&Q supply a hot water tap - an Insinkerator. Utterly brilliant and boiling hot too and a fraction of the price of a Qooker. I could not be without it. According to the Sunday Times article on saving electricity it is cheaper to run than a kettle and can save quite a bit over a year.

I've been looking at these boiling water taps for several years but decided they were too expensive for my budget.

Then I saw a water boiling machine that looks like a coffee machine but just does water. It cost about the same as a decent kettle, holds almost 4 litres of water (compared to 1.7l in a kettle), it never needs moving off the side and can be filled with a mug or jug, and only heats the amount of water you tell it to.

This has been a godsend over the past few years, I have MS, and my manual dexterity has been deteriorating steadily for at least a decade, so there's no risk of me picking up a kettle, dropping it and scalding myself (which I've done a few times over the years).

Maybe, when I get around to moving house (hopefully later this year), I might revisit the boiling water tap idea if I can afford one, otherwise I'll stick with my current machine.

Our daughter has one of these.
Personally I don't like the taste prefer it from the kettle.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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 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.

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!

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

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!

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.

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.

Good question Boz.

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

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.

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