Quooker hot tap?

Author
Discussion

Fattyfat

Original Poster:

3,301 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
Just trying to finalise the spec on a new kitchen and the designer has suggested fitting a Quooker hot tap. Seems fairly pricey at around £1000 fitted.

Anyone got one? Good? Gimmick?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts

TheOversteerLever

1,340 posts

212 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all

Lotobear

6,232 posts

127 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
Considered a kettle?

condor

8,837 posts

247 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
I house sit in a few properties that have them. I personally don't like them and prefer to use a kettle, after I struggled to turn one off and it is easy to scald yourself on them. I do use them though, and are OK as boiling water for tea ( I can't tell the difference between freshly boiled from a kettle and the boiling water tap), How many cups of tea do you drink in a day? I have cup of tea first thing in the morning and that's usually my use of boiling water for the day.

mikeiow

5,286 posts

129 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
We got one as a luxury item in our kitchen....10 years ago now: we still love it!

Morning tea is made immediately (well, still time to steep the tea)....for purist coffee lovers, because it is boiling it may be too hot, but if I am having an instant, I put some water in, swill the granules, add some milk them top the mug up. Great for pasta & more.

Hard to justify on price - heck, you could buy a lot of kettles - & I guess some folk may be scared, but we have never had a scalding incident.
Obviously need to train guests if they want to use it!




LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
I use Zip on high end installs, nicely made bits of kit. We use ours a lot although I do think Quooker get the hottest out of all of them.

Personally I prefer boiling taps as stand alone taps, for instance I've fitted ours next to the hob (with a drip tray underneath) for ease of cooking-fresh pasta now literally takes a couple of minutes.

fatboy b

9,492 posts

215 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
Lotobear said:
Considered a kettle?
So 90s.

fatboy b

9,492 posts

215 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
I’m not a fan of the Quooker activation method, but that could be lack exposure to it. We have an Insinkerator, which has been great, and around 1/2 the cost.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
fatboy b said:
We have an Insinkerator, which has been great, and around 1/2 the cost.
There was a web company selling their 3N1 combi taps before xmas for £399, with the new type boiler and everything. I got one for a project we're fitting next month.

Jer_1974

1,497 posts

192 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
I have an insinkerator and it broke down a few years ago. Think it's the older one but it's junk with loads of bad reviews online.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

130 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
Personally I would sooner have a chilled water tap. Im not sure you can get taps that do chilled and boiling.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
LeadFarmer said:
Personally I would sooner have a chilled water tap. Im not sure you can get taps that do chilled and boiling.
Plenty but Zip, as I mentioned above do Boiling, Chilled and Sparkling.

J4CKO

41,283 posts

199 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
Do you have a Combi boiler or a system boiler with a non vented (I think) cylinder, we were going to have a Franke one but it needed over 1.5 bar and we just have a normal cylinder and system boiler so have had to spec a normal tap until we have changes to the boiler and or cylinder.

Not sure if you can get these for low pressure systems, had a quick look but couldnt see anything.

HughG

3,538 posts

240 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
We have one in the office for ~10people. Makes the tea/coffee rounds quick. Been in 2 years without issue.

catfood12

1,410 posts

141 months

Monday 22nd January 2018
quotequote all
I had a Quooker installed with a new kitchen about three years ago. It is the most used appliance in the house, and couldn't recommend highly enough. Get the scale control filter too. We've changed that once, and the thing has worked faultlessly. Safe double tap collar to get the hot water out, so the kids can't accidentally get boiling water out. Acts as a normal mixer tap with hot/cold too.

TheOversteerLever

1,340 posts

212 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
quotequote all
DDg said:
Not sure if that one is hot enough for tea, coffee etc. Appears more like something to stop your combi boiler firing up, or as a back up to when your boiler doesn't work.

Edited by DDg on Monday 22 January 18:42
Yeah, that's a fair point. Just noticed them on the Screwfix site yesterday thumbup

sleepezy

1,779 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
quotequote all
Had one for about 3 years as well - love it. Instant tea in the morning and can get pasta / rice etc going far quicker.

Yes, it is an expensive and unnecessary luxury and a kettle can do the same, only slower. It's not the only luxury in the house, but is one of the most used.

Blue62

8,746 posts

151 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
quotequote all
LeadFarmer said:
Personally I would sooner have a chilled water tap. Im not sure you can get taps that do chilled and boiling.
I believe that you can get a tap that will do both, anyone considering one will need to allow room underneath for all the gubbins. We use our Quooker all the time, so handy and despite what some say, safe to use. The water is airated so you can put your hand under it (fleetingly) without scalding yourself and the locking system is effective. Lot of money but they're good bits of kit.

andy43

9,548 posts

253 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
quotequote all
Blue62 said:
LeadFarmer said:
Personally I would sooner have a chilled water tap. Im not sure you can get taps that do chilled and boiling.
I believe that you can get a tap that will do both, anyone considering one will need to allow room underneath for all the gubbins. We use our Quooker all the time, so handy and despite what some say, safe to use. The water is airated so you can put your hand under it (fleetingly) without scalding yourself and the locking system is effective. Lot of money but they're good bits of kit.
Not on ours you can't!
One of the best bits of kitchen kit you can waste money on - ours has been in nearly ten years and it's been faultless. Very useful, saves a huge amount of time.

C Lee Farquar

4,066 posts

215 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
quotequote all
I'm looking to fit a Quooker when I do the kitchen, are they absolutely silent other than a click on and off, as their website suggests?