Boiling water taps
Discussion
There seems to be loads of brands of boiling water taps available now, so I was hoping someone could help advise me on which brands are decent.
I've had a Fohen installed in my home for over 4 years now and it still works the same as it was when new. It cost £500, but prices have now fallen to about £350 for their new updated version. But there are so many other options now I thought I best ask around.
I'm not interested in having a carbonated water dispenser or anything like that, just an ordinary mixer tap with boiling water output and tank.
I also looked at Qooker but at £1500, are they really worth £1000-ish more than most of the other brands?
I've had a Fohen installed in my home for over 4 years now and it still works the same as it was when new. It cost £500, but prices have now fallen to about £350 for their new updated version. But there are so many other options now I thought I best ask around.
I'm not interested in having a carbonated water dispenser or anything like that, just an ordinary mixer tap with boiling water output and tank.
I also looked at Qooker but at £1500, are they really worth £1000-ish more than most of the other brands?
OutInTheShed said:
While you're at it, see if you can get a straight answer to The Question:
How much electricity will it use in a year?
No idea, and honestly don't care, as that's not why I have one. The convenience of instant boiling water dispensing is way more important than any purchase, installation, and running costs. How much electricity will it use in a year?
When you have to go back to a kettle from a tap, it's like the dark ages. Especially if you work from home and like to quickly make many hot drinks over the course of a day.
Loads of tests and studies show that a boiling water tap will probably save around £20-30 a year in electricity over a kettle boiled numerous times a day, but even if that is totally inaccurate, and a boiling water tap cost way more per year to run than a kettle, I would still buy one.
Have a look at https://www.qettle.com/
We had a quooker in my old place and have a qettle here and they are almost as good, certainly from a user point of view for boiling or chilled (no idea about sparkling) they are a bit less well finished but they are half the price.
Its a bit like comparing Ethiad Business class to Emirates, one is, of course better, but the other is really good and is it worth the extra? Not sure.
I dont think I would pay the extra.
We had a quooker in my old place and have a qettle here and they are almost as good, certainly from a user point of view for boiling or chilled (no idea about sparkling) they are a bit less well finished but they are half the price.
Its a bit like comparing Ethiad Business class to Emirates, one is, of course better, but the other is really good and is it worth the extra? Not sure.
I dont think I would pay the extra.
nikaiyo2 said:
Have a look at https://www.qettle.com/
We had a quooker in my old place and have a qettle here and they are almost as good, certainly from a user point of view for boiling or chilled (no idea about sparkling) they are a bit less well finished but they are half the price.
Its a bit like comparing Ethiad Business class to Emirates, one is, of course better, but the other is really good and is it worth the extra? Not sure.
I dont think I would pay the extra.
They look to be very nicely made and 50% of the price of a Qooker. We had a quooker in my old place and have a qettle here and they are almost as good, certainly from a user point of view for boiling or chilled (no idea about sparkling) they are a bit less well finished but they are half the price.
Its a bit like comparing Ethiad Business class to Emirates, one is, of course better, but the other is really good and is it worth the extra? Not sure.
I dont think I would pay the extra.
Thanks for the link.
Renegade Master said:
Mark V GTD said:
How do these things work - is there a stored reservoir of near boiling water that it constantly has to keep heated up?
They have an insulated tank kept at near boiling temp. They re-boil every so often to keep the temp up.
It's very well insulated and the outside is barely warm to the touch.
outnumbered said:
B'stard Child said:
How do they cope in a hard water area?
You have to descale them every year or so if you have hard water. It's an easy DIY job.For the OP, we've had our Quooker for 13 years. Only one issue in that time, which required a new thermostat.
iphonedyou said:
We're in a soft water area so I'm afraid I can't confirm!
I suspected that might be the case but thanks for the feedbackJohn D. said:
Ours has been in since 2023 and no issues.
Has it needed descaling in that time?Typically we have to descale our kettle monthly - we do have a water softener but the only tap that isn't fed with softened water is the kitchen tap.
Mrs BC wants a new kitchen (current one has done 30 years) and she is dead set on a quooker or similar as the kitchen is furthest from the HW tank so we waste a lot of water waiting for the hot water to come thro so she'll often boil a kettle to do a small amount of dish washing
You’ll not find anyone who was more cynical than me about hot water taps. However, having been press ganged into a Quooker 3 years ago as part of a new kitchen project I am a total convert.
We had one slight issue fairly early on and the Quooker engineer/ tech guy was there the next day and changed the whole unit rather than faffing around with bits and parts. Financially a boiling water tap is a daft idea against sensible use of a kettle but I’d not want to be without one now and would stick with Quooker.
We had one slight issue fairly early on and the Quooker engineer/ tech guy was there the next day and changed the whole unit rather than faffing around with bits and parts. Financially a boiling water tap is a daft idea against sensible use of a kettle but I’d not want to be without one now and would stick with Quooker.
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