Quooker hot tap?
Discussion
RevHappy said:
ajap1979 said:
Fusion Square plus Cube. Didn’t want a Flex, we’ve had taps with pull out hoses before, and the pull out never gets used. Also live in a soft water area, so no need for scale control.
The Fusion Square looks good. But the flex pull down hose is very different to the old style shower ones or worse still the pull up ones from the worktop. especially if you have a 400+ Sink to get to the corners its worth giving it a try in the showroom. Your lucky to be in a very soft water area, although 60% is in hard or very hard, for those taps its more like 80%. Make sure to have good pressure as the cube isn’t pumped so the chilled water can take an age to fill a glass! It doesn't pull out of the tap by much, but enough to get to the sides of the 500 sink I have.
you can't really see it when tucked away either, so asthetically pleasing.
I had a look online and found a couple of places willing to do it cheaper than the MRSP, got Quoker to price match and bought it direct from them.
Saved nearly 30% ....
The soap dispenser looked smart, but even I drew the line at the ridiculous price they were asking for that!!
Pegscratch said:
All these people raving about their £1000 taps to boil water for alright to reasonable cups of coffee. Or worst, they’re getting hard-ons over how easy it is to make a cup of Nescafé Original 
If you drink coffee, bean to cup.
If you're going to be snobby about coffee, don't suggest that a bean to cup machine is the pinnacle! Or do, but in the coffee machine thread in Food & Drink, for comedy value.If you drink coffee, bean to cup.
I use the hot water tap to fill an Aeropress or a Moka, both of which make excellent coffee with minimal faff. Certainly better than a B2C will produce.
RevHappy said:
ajap1979 said:
Fusion Square plus Cube. Didn’t want a Flex, we’ve had taps with pull out hoses before, and the pull out never gets used. Also live in a soft water area, so no need for scale control.
The Fusion Square looks good. But the flex pull down hose is very different to the old style shower ones or worse still the pull up ones from the worktop. especially if you have a 400+ Sink to get to the corners its worth giving it a try in the showroom. Your lucky to be in a very soft water area, although 60% is in hard or very hard, for those taps its more like 80%. Make sure to have good pressure as the cube isn’t pumped so the chilled water can take an age to fill a glass! Pegscratch said:
All these people raving about their £1000 taps to boil water for alright to reasonable cups of coffee. Or worst, they’re getting hard-ons over how easy it is to make a cup of Nescafé Original
If you drink coffee, bean to cup. Still cheaper for a great machine. If you drink tea, kettles are great as you can let them rest for the time needed to lose that degree or so for the perfect cup.
Not for me. Looked at one, insane amount of money, as all of those without them have said, “who sits and watches the damn kettle anyway?!” and sometimes waiting for the brew is the best chance to have a moment to just stop and think in peace.
It's possible to have both a Quooker and a nice coffee machine, you know.If you drink coffee, bean to cup. Still cheaper for a great machine. If you drink tea, kettles are great as you can let them rest for the time needed to lose that degree or so for the perfect cup.
Not for me. Looked at one, insane amount of money, as all of those without them have said, “who sits and watches the damn kettle anyway?!” and sometimes waiting for the brew is the best chance to have a moment to just stop and think in peace.
The only involvement mine has with my coffee is if I am in a hurry and I want an Americano - in which case my espresso gets a slug of cold water and then topped up from the boiling tap. The coffee machine will dispense hot water at a temperature which avoids the need to put some cold in first, but it's slow, and it splashes.
Meeten-5dulx said:
The flex pull out hose is a decent bit of kit.
It doesn't pull out of the tap by much, but enough to get to the sides of the 500 sink I have.
you can't really see it when tucked away either, so asthetically pleasing.
I had a look online and found a couple of places willing to do it cheaper than the MRSP, got Quoker to price match and bought it direct from them.
Saved nearly 30% ....
The soap dispenser looked smart, but even I drew the line at the ridiculous price they were asking for that!!
That’s interesting that Quooker will price match the retailers, they’ll get a bIt doesn't pull out of the tap by much, but enough to get to the sides of the 500 sink I have.
you can't really see it when tucked away either, so asthetically pleasing.
I had a look online and found a couple of places willing to do it cheaper than the MRSP, got Quoker to price match and bought it direct from them.
Saved nearly 30% ....
The soap dispenser looked smart, but even I drew the line at the ridiculous price they were asking for that!!
king next time I see the rep! Yeah the soap dispenser is really solid and the spout moves independently but I agree it is punchy for the money. RevHappy said:
That’s interesting that Quooker will price match the retailers, they’ll get a bking next time I see the rep! Yeah the soap dispenser is really solid and the spout moves independently but I agree it is punchy for the money.
Thats what I was thinking too. king next time I see the rep! Yeah the soap dispenser is really solid and the spout moves independently but I agree it is punchy for the money. 30 % off is a good deal, but a kick in the teeth to the dealers.
There are online dealers tat are selling for no mark up, had one the other day, asked if we would price match
Cliffe60 said:
Seems like a very expensive alternative to a kettle.
It definitely is. But 3 years on from getting one, I’d still spec it in a new kitchen or if it packs up I’ll get another. As a kitchen “appliance” it’s used more regularly than anything else.As others have said, it changes the way you think about making a brew. Also, in our house, the kitchen is at the end of hot water pipe work so the other thing it has transformed is availability of hot water immediately rather than putting tap on in kitchen and waiting a minute before hot water arrived to wash dishes etc.
LocoBlade said:
Do these taps not suffer from the same issue you get when you reboil a kettle a couple of times without fresh water which seems to concentrate the chlorine in the water and makes a brew taste awful?
No. When you reboil water you’re essentially concentrating chemical compounds within it. With a Quooker the water is stored at 110°C in a vacuum flask. It boils as it exits the tap and the temperature drops to 100°C. Rick101 said:
Following.
Is there a 2021 go to brand?
Depends how much you’re willing to spend. Don’t think you’ll find someone who has had a Quooker that has been disappointed by it, but for less money you can have a Franke version. I’m not sure they’re as efficient as a Quooker, but at the end of the day, no-one is choosing a kettle tap to save money. Is there a 2021 go to brand?
C Lee Farquar said:
And a car is an expensive alternative to a bicycle.
It's all very wasteful. In future I'll gather driftwood, make a fire, boil rainwater and dry and reuse my teabags.
It's all very wasteful. In future I'll gather driftwood, make a fire, boil rainwater and dry and reuse my teabags.
Not a very accurate analogy. A car far exceeds the capability of a bike, I cannot see really how much superior this is to a kettle, certainly not for 50x the price.
Cliffe60 said:
C Lee Farquar said:
And a car is an expensive alternative to a bicycle.
It's all very wasteful. In future I'll gather driftwood, make a fire, boil rainwater and dry and reuse my teabags.
It's all very wasteful. In future I'll gather driftwood, make a fire, boil rainwater and dry and reuse my teabags.
Not a very accurate analogy. A car far exceeds the capability of a bike, I cannot see really how much superior this is to a kettle, certainly not for 50x the price.
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