Hot water taps

Sorry, Know nothing about Quokker, but I think I’ve got a Franke sink and mixer taps. - that’s as far as it goes. I’m sure there will be others coming along, who will enlighten you. Good luck !

No, and after almost scalding myself at my BIL’s with his faulty Quooker tap I certainly won’t be bothering……..far too much faff when they go wrong by all accounts.

I've often wondered about one.
Your post Franbern has made the decision for me. It's definitely a NO. Life is complicated enough, without adding to it.

I certainly remember how pleased you were when you first had the Franke tap.

A friend with RA looked at having one, but she couldn’t manage the ‘collar’ that adjusts the temperature.
I’ve a tap that includes filtered water - with the gubbins in the cupboard under the sink.

My brother had one, replaced it when it went wrong. Never bothered with one when they had a new kitchen fitted and three different houses and new kitchens later haven’t bothered either so that says a lot to me.

My daughter had one fitted which sounds like yours Georgesgran.
I know she's had a new filter but no mention of any problems.

Sorry, don't know the make.

My plumber once said he'd never have a Quooker and my kitchen fitter also pulled a face when I mentioned it, so that
was enough red flags for me!

It does sound a bit of a faff to have to reset it every time Franbern. Maybe you can get cheaper filters elsewhere? I do that for my Liebherr fridge and save two thirds of the cost.
The man who runs the company that makes and fits my kitchens knows many people who've had them and believes that they're not worth the space that you lose in the kitchen, unless you have a pretty large room with space to spare.
My son has one and I worry a little about my granddaughters scalding themselves, though fortunately this has not happened so far. Using the collar does take a bit of getting used to, they have to show me how it works every time I visit!
In our house the normal hot tap water is pretty hot and I start with this when cooking pasta or veg. If I need water for tea I use the hot water function on my coffee machine, it works well.

I'm with you, Astitchintime. Two of my children have them, and I think they're fiddly, and prone to scalding the unwary.
Kettle for me, thanks

I love ours. It's a Perrin and Rowe and I would have one again everytime. We've never had a problem with it.

Aldom I am still delighted with it. Find it extremely easy and safe to use. When I am at any my children's houses I really miss this. It is just this re-set thingie. On advice of my engineer son-in-law I do not actually replace the filter every year. He says the sort of use I give this (just me living here) definitely will last me longer than 12 months. But it still needs to be re-set every 12 months. The reset is just a matter of pressing a couple of buttons for about 30seconds and watching for colour change on lights. For someone who knows what they are doing the whole action would take less than a couple of minutes. So I suppose the manufacturers do not think this is any sort of problem. The problem arises from the very bad instructions that accompany it.

There obviously needs to be some improvements on these fairly new articles. I would really dislike NOT having one now, so those thinking about it, do not be put off by this once a year re-set problem.

We had a Quooker Fusion fitted in our new kitchen over 10 years ago. Quooker engineer changed filter around 5 years ago. If it were to break wouldn't hesitate replacing with same make or get it repaired if necessary. Absolutely love it!

Chocolatelovinggran

I'm with you, Astitchintime. Two of my children have them, and I think they're fiddly, and prone to scalding the unwary.
Kettle for me, thanks

I don’t have kettle either. My daughter waltzed off with mine when she moved house 😂

Oh lordy Beechnut: you'll just have to drink the wine....

We love our Quooker, have had it for 6 years and it's only gone wrong once. The Quooker people came round and fixed it quickly with no problems.

Chocolatelovinggran

Oh lordy Beechnut: you'll just have to drink the wine....

I can do that 😂😂

I m completely happy with a kettle not all new things are as wonderful as they sound I don’t have anyone in the family with one perhaps none of us has thousands to spend on something that already works fine

Bluebelle, yes, of course a kettle is good. But like all new technology, specially in the kitchen, we do not really understand about improved ideas until we have them.

How many people back a few decades ago could not understand why electric kettles were so much better than the ones they had heating up on the stove? How long did it take for steam irons to take over (even electric ones instead of those heating up on stove)? As for Induction hobs, still so many people do not understand why they are such an improvement. Could go on and on to include such items as microwaves, air fryers, etc. etc. So, these hot water taps are just the next, better step to provide immediate boiling water - which also saves on energy, no matter how careful you are in only putting enough water in the kettle, there is always too much water boiled most times.

As more and more of these taps are installed, so they will become better and better and some of these early days hiccups sorted out. I had a very early domestic microwave - back in 1968. Enormous, very heavy box, which did very little. A million miles away from how they are now.

Good points Franbern. I bet most people also have an. automatic washing machine.

As for Induction hobs, still so many people do not understand why they are such an improvement.

I love my induction hob. When I need to boil a pan of water to cook pasta, it's far quicker to put the cold water in the pan on the hob to heat up than use the kettle.

My niece has one and she likes it.
I decided against after listening to the BBC Sliced Bread programme.

V3ra Agree about wonders of Induction Hobs....BUT....when I need boiling water in pan for pasta, etc. all I have to do is run the amount of water I require direct from my Hot Water Tap in to the pan, put that on hob - and put into it straight away the pasta, etc. as the water is already at boiling. heat.

Aldom, yes thanks for the reminder about washing machines,. Can remember, when first married my parents passed to me their twin tub - I hated it. Was so much keffufle, pulling it out, joining hose to taps of kitchen sink, and as for the bit which spun, another nuisance. Got rid off and used launderette until babies started to arrive. Even then washing machine in bathroom, not plumbed in, In hose on bath tap, out hose draped over bath. Would often go 'walkies'. water all over bathroom floor. Had we had something like Gransnet back then, I would have probably been told by many people that it was much better doing it the old way in a tub with something you plunged up and down and round and round, along with a good wringer and hanging on line, Love my modern, properly plumbed in washing machine and tumble dryer.