Quooker hot tap?
Discussion
We have a dedicated Quooker hot water only tap fitted in our new kitchen install & would never be without one again, revolutionises cups of tea / cutting cooking time using pre boiled water for pasta or vegetables etc.
Yes its totally silent installed directly under the sink, that is until you release the hot water!
Yes its totally silent installed directly under the sink, that is until you release the hot water!
andy43 said:
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.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.
We had an Insinkerator fitted in 2010, the tank leaked just after the warranty ran out 27 months on, but they did the right thing and replaced it, and that one is still going.
Last year the tap started leaking, i wondered if it was possible repair it, but sadly no parts are available and after dismantling I couldn't have put it back together,special tools needed no doubt.
Looked around for a tap only,which seemed expensive on it's own, then luckily dropped on the full kit on a very good deal, even less than the 2010 price, so now I've got a spare tank if ever I need one.
Looking at it now I guess it's expensive compared to a kettle, but the convenience is great, talking to a kitchen fitter though, he says they stopped recommending them and will only fit at customers insistence, had quite a few problems with leaks on both Insinkerator, Quooker and another I can't recall the name of.
Last year the tap started leaking, i wondered if it was possible repair it, but sadly no parts are available and after dismantling I couldn't have put it back together,special tools needed no doubt.
Looked around for a tap only,which seemed expensive on it's own, then luckily dropped on the full kit on a very good deal, even less than the 2010 price, so now I've got a spare tank if ever I need one.
Looking at it now I guess it's expensive compared to a kettle, but the convenience is great, talking to a kitchen fitter though, he says they stopped recommending them and will only fit at customers insistence, had quite a few problems with leaks on both Insinkerator, Quooker and another I can't recall the name of.
LimaDelta said:
We have several Zip taps around. They do boiling and chilled water. Pretty big units under the counter, but ours have generally been reliable as long as they don’t stand unused for any long period of time.
They do 'not quite boiling' water ;-)Unless something has changed: I visited a customer once: they went to the kitchen area, and put a kettle on for tea. I pointed to the Ziptap, puzzled....& they said "it isn't boiling, doesn't make great tea" !!
As I say, maybe newer ones are better (that was a good few years back)....but be sure on your requirements!!
55palfers said:
I always ask, what are you going to actually do with the two minutes you have saved waiting for the kettle to boil?
Nope, you can never justify the "time saved", or indeed the cost.........but in terms of instantaneous coolness, it is defo up there. As others have said, the best 'luxury item' in the kitchen! I personally can't justify a Tesla, but I appreciate others can!
mikeiow said:
LimaDelta said:
We have several Zip taps around. They do boiling and chilled water. Pretty big units under the counter, but ours have generally been reliable as long as they don’t stand unused for any long period of time.
They do 'not quite boiling' water ;-)Unless something has changed: I visited a customer once: they went to the kitchen area, and put a kettle on for tea. I pointed to the Ziptap, puzzled....& they said "it isn't boiling, doesn't make great tea" !!
As I say, maybe newer ones are better (that was a good few years back)....but be sure on your requirements!!
LimaDelta said:
mikeiow said:
LimaDelta said:
We have several Zip taps around. They do boiling and chilled water. Pretty big units under the counter, but ours have generally been reliable as long as they don’t stand unused for any long period of time.
They do 'not quite boiling' water ;-)Unless something has changed: I visited a customer once: they went to the kitchen area, and put a kettle on for tea. I pointed to the Ziptap, puzzled....& they said "it isn't boiling, doesn't make great tea" !!
As I say, maybe newer ones are better (that was a good few years back)....but be sure on your requirements!!
55palfers said:
Yes but, two minutes. £1000?
Buy two kettles.
Sorry, but it's a gizmo we never thought we needed until someone suggested it was a cool thing to have. Enjoy yours please, but not for me.
I'd agree if you have a perfectly good tap. But if you are putting in a new kitchen, it makes a lot more sense.Buy two kettles.
Sorry, but it's a gizmo we never thought we needed until someone suggested it was a cool thing to have. Enjoy yours please, but not for me.
We have them at work and given the number of people who use them they are reliable and indispensable (waiting for kettles to be constantly refilled and boiled for a hundred people would get dull quickly), however I'm not sure I'd have one in the house. We simply don't use that much boiling water that having it on tap would be worth the expense.
I would also be constantly worried that one of my two children would start messing with it and scald themselves.
From a reliability and doing what they're designed to do I'd say they are very good, from a practical requirement point of view I guess only you can answer that.
p.s. the ones we have at work are silent more or less, there's a slight whirr from the pump but it's hardly noticeable, there's certainly no hubbling and bubbling, peculator-type noises.
I would also be constantly worried that one of my two children would start messing with it and scald themselves.
From a reliability and doing what they're designed to do I'd say they are very good, from a practical requirement point of view I guess only you can answer that.
p.s. the ones we have at work are silent more or less, there's a slight whirr from the pump but it's hardly noticeable, there's certainly no hubbling and bubbling, peculator-type noises.
Lot of money but my girlfriends parents replaced their dedicated quooker with a mixer one last year and both are great!
An old cottage with hot water pipes that seem to go everywhere but to the kitchen tap was very frustrating (Running the tap for 5 minutes before you can do any washing up!) and this means water is now instant although the tank ran out a few times over Christmas when doing huge washing up sessions
It's great for instant tea and cooking water etc too but not sure I'd fork out so much just for that
An old cottage with hot water pipes that seem to go everywhere but to the kitchen tap was very frustrating (Running the tap for 5 minutes before you can do any washing up!) and this means water is now instant although the tank ran out a few times over Christmas when doing huge washing up sessions
It's great for instant tea and cooking water etc too but not sure I'd fork out so much just for that
55palfers said:
Yes but, two minutes. £1000?
Buy two kettles.
Sorry, but it's a gizmo we never thought we needed until someone suggested it was a cool thing to have. Enjoy yours please, but not for me.
Each to their own and all that.Buy two kettles.
Sorry, but it's a gizmo we never thought we needed until someone suggested it was a cool thing to have. Enjoy yours please, but not for me.
2 minutes doesn't sound a lot, but annualise it and it's circa 12 hours. So over a year it's around £83 an hour. Sounds a lot more palatable...keep it for 5 and you're down to £16 or so an hour, having saved yourself 2.5 full days of watching the kettle boil.
Simple example but you get the point.
I always look at the long term - for me, it's a justifiable cost just for the convenience.
GR_TVR said:
Each to their own and all that.
2 minutes doesn't sound a lot, but annualise it and it's circa 12 hours. So over a year it's around £83 an hour. Sounds a lot more palatable...keep it for 5 and you're down to £16 or so an hour, having saved yourself 2.5 full days of watching the kettle boil.
Simple example but you get the point.
I always look at the long term - for me, it's a justifiable cost just for the convenience.
I don't spend any time watching the kettle boil. I switch it on then carry on with what I was doing. 2 minutes doesn't sound a lot, but annualise it and it's circa 12 hours. So over a year it's around £83 an hour. Sounds a lot more palatable...keep it for 5 and you're down to £16 or so an hour, having saved yourself 2.5 full days of watching the kettle boil.
Simple example but you get the point.
I always look at the long term - for me, it's a justifiable cost just for the convenience.
As you say, it's each to their own. I could just get a lot more entertainment out of a grand than boiling water
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