Reply With QuoteIt's not tea unless it has bits floating in it! (Hull is in Yorkshire and has pretty much the hardest water on earth...you get used to it!)
Originally Posted by walkerwek1958
Suffice to say, if even a drop spilled onto your bare todger, you'd be thru the roof like a Polaris missile so wise man say "never brew up in the buff, never" !
It's not tea unless it has bits floating in it! (Hull is in Yorkshire and has pretty much the hardest water on earth...you get used to it!)
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
You are confusing hot water dispensers (typically costing under £80) with hot water taps (which probably cost £1000+). A decent one (like Quooker) provides water at 110°C which is boiling at 100°C as it leaves the tap (so probably hotter than a kettle).
Thst's even worse! Hot water under pressure at 110 deg............not in my kitchen. Had enough of pressure reactors when I worked with the damned things.
I guess they're OK if installed correctly and made from the right materials, but to me it's like solving a problem that doesn't exist. My kettle will boil enough water for a mug of tea in 45 seconds, that'll do for me.
Paul
Jon, you're not supposed to sup seawater.......maybe it's a local delicacy!
Paul
The Drinking Water Inspectorate publish a map showing water hardness in E&W, it is also linked from their leaflet.
Your local water company publish water quality assessments online that will more closely identify the source of your tap water.
The Quooker is very good. The design means you can't dispense boiling water by accident, as it has a separate action from the hot/cold tap, needing to double tap and turn a separate bit on the tap from the normal dispenser.
When the boiling water comes out it fizzes and splutters (best way I can describe it) so it sounds like it's boiling, and really tells you not to stick your hand under it!
I agree it's an unnecessary expense when you can have a kettle instead, but like an expensive watch it may be unnecessary, but I still think mines cool!
You're right...I was. My apologies.
In my defence, the term 'boiling water tap' is applied to both variants on the net.
Fair enough!
I haven't got one myself but can't understand the antipathy towards them, especially the argument that they are just unnecessary. The same could be said of things like lights that can be controlled by phone/voice but they seem quite popular on TZ!
We have them at work. Best invention ever.
I've got one. It's on the max setting and makes tea ok.
It's also great for soaking dirty dishes and for cooking quickly.
Didn't really want it but it was in the house when we moved in. When the tap washers broke (not replaceable) we missed it and paid up for the replacement. It very occasionally drips at full heat which means that limescale inside is stopping the correct expansion within the boiler so that will need replaced in a year or so too.
Budget about an additional £50 a year if my experience is anything to go by.
We have one of these http://www.argos.co.uk/product/2263034, works well, does need descaling once a month, you can chose the water temperature. We opted for this after the hot water tap in the office kept breaking and thought it was safer with kids too.
I would avoid buying one having arranged for few to be fitted in new builds.
Expensive to maintain and can be temperamental at times, can make tea taste a little strange too.
Save your money and put it towards a watch.
B
Thanks all, I'm defiantly swaying towards a regular tap
But consider the water softener if you have hard water. I wouldn't hesitate to have a new one immediately if it failed (which is quite unlikely)
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
That's the spirit!
I love this conversation. This is what community is all about.
We have "nearly hot" taps at work which are simply not hot enough
Which is why I wouldn't have one.
Clearly there are better options which may or not be better
Let the arguments continue
:-)
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I invested in one when i built my current house, over 3 years or so use dwindled so we switched it off, tangible reduction in the elecky bill. In the 5 years since we haven't missed it at all.
We've got one of these, it has different temp. settings and boils water very quickly, I don't see the need for anything else....
http://www.johnlewis.com/kitchenaid-...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
Where I used to work we sold loads of quooker taps. I think they fall into the same category as any other luxury item. Great quality, poor value for money, essentially its a large vacuum flask with an element. As has been said before it heats above 100degrees under pressure and the water boils as it leaves the nozzle at normal atmospheric pressure.
I'm pretty sure quooker have the patent on this system. It's not easy to accidentally dispense boiling water because of the operation needed to use it. They also do a scale filter that pretty much makes it service free and quooker will sell you a service kit that you can use at home should you need to service it.
Where I work now we sell AEG ones which in my mind are inferior in every way, insinkerator are just useless and don't reach tea making temperature.
With all that in mind I use a one cup kettle that I brought from Amazon and wouldn't go back to a normal kettle purely from an economic point of view even without the safety issue of not moving around a kettle full of boiling water.
The only exception I can think of would be if you had an island as quooker do a model that will dispense normal, boiling and hot (65deg c) which means you only have to run a cold supply to the island.
If you can afford it buy a quooker. If you can't don't bother even then it depends on how much you value that little bit of worktop.
And whether you mind filling up the unit under your sink with canisters and manifolds.
Hth
Martyn
Thanks for all your input
It was never about saving money or making tea more the convenience, 1 less thing on the work top and almost future proofing the kitchen
However I have read much here and elsewhere and decided on a plain simple high quality tap and kettle
Thanks again
Stephen
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Posts stating "I/work had one and it was always breaking down" are rather pointless without naming the brand. Rather like saying my car was always breaking down, don't buy one.
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