'Hot Taps' - running costs?

[Rosscow]

Does anyone have any real-world running costs for a kitchen 'hot tap'?

I'm interested in getting one, and I can get one through work at a good price but I'm not going to if it costs me £10 a week to run!

The one I can get is new on the market, from Stiebel Eltron:

http://www.stiebel-eltron.co.uk/hot-water/products...

Edited by Rosscow on Monday 23 March 11:47

[Rosscow]

eliot said:

Rosscow said:

Does anyone have any real-world running costs for a kitchen 'hot tap'?

I'm interested in getting one, and I can get one through work at a good price but I'm not going to if it costs me £10 a week to run!

The one I can get is new on the market, from Stiebel Eltron:

http://www.stiebel-eltron.co.uk/hot-water/products...

Edited by Rosscow on Monday 23 March 11:47

Despite clicking on the "technical details" link, apart from more marketing crap - it doesn't provide basic information such at the wattage, which you could use to work out the cost of ownership.

Looking on the Quooker site, they do provide specs. Standby is 10 watts, which is very low and will match the 3p a day statement.
The small one has a 1600w heater in it and takes 10 minutes to heat 3 Litres of water which costs around 17 pence, which you could argue is very little. I assume it will use more than 10 watts to keep that water at 110'c 24x7 - but they don't provide that info.

Edited by eliot on Monday 23 March 18:51

Does this help?

https://www.hafele.co.uk/shop/images/External/page...

[Rosscow]

j4ckos mate said:

we got one of these,

my mother in law got one and i was 100% skeptical,

but after a couple of brews form it, i was hooked.


It boils quickly if you flick the switch by the time you've got mug off the mug tree and chucked a teabag in it, its boiled and its done.

see how you get on with one of these,
we have a hot tap at work, nobody uses it

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

Thanks - we actually have a big version of this at work. It's great for that but I don't think it's an answer for at home in the kitchen.

Boiling water for cooking, hot water bottles, pots of tea etc. all mean you'd need a kettle as well!

[Rosscow]

I agree, sod paying that!

But I can get this one through work for £375 with a 2 year parts and labour guarantee.

http://www.stiebel-eltron.co.uk/company/press/pres...