Boiling water taps, revolutionary or crap?

That sounds much more fun than a Quooker! But possibly a touch less efficient.

We have a virgin pure machine which has boiling water and filtered cooled water on tap, I absolutely love it, but it's a subscription service so pricey, if we were getting a new kitchen done I'd absolutely get something built into the taps.

I’d never have stumped up for a Quooker tap or any other hot water tap but we moved into a house where one was left and my God! It was fantastic! We drink a lot of tea and both cook quite a lot so it got a lot of use and it is more economical than boiling a kettle each time. I also love the fact that you gain worktop space by not accommodating a kettle. I now live in Portugal and when we first moved there was no distributor here, however I recently changed worktops and idly checked and some had recently opened to we got one without hesitation and we love it. It’s better than the one we inherited as it’s one tap for boiling, cold, and mixer. Ours has also got a pull-out hose which is great for cleaning the sink and washing up.

I like having the Qooker, it makes good tea (I'm a tea snob), I'd probably miss not having one now I'm used to it. It fills a pan with boiling water for pasta really quickly.

It's not essential but it's nice to have.

You call THAT Medieval?!
We had a power cut locally, and I was desperate for a coffee.

I made a small fire 🔥 in a large terracotta flowerpot {Outdoors} with finely chopped kindling and put a pan of water over it..and within 10 mins had a cup of very nice {albeit instant} coffee.

The only downside was having to clear smoke residue from base of saucepan.

Have a Quooker and love it - best decision ever to get it. To avoid any splutters just make sure the tap is inside the rim of the mug/saucepan.

I've got a vellamo...fantastic, would never go back to a kettle.

I had a new kitchen recently installed and we have a Quooker tap in antique brass. I bloody love it. I love not having a kettle out on the worktop and I find it so convenient. Worth every penny and very low maintenance.

When we had our new kitchen we decided against it. You lose some room under the sink for the unit to go in, but that wasn’t the main reason. We probably have two hot drinks a day each, my DH and I. I went for an induction hob that heats a pan of water super fast so didn’t see the need for one there either. Some people love them and wouldn’t be without, I would just think about whether you would use it enough to justify the cost. Enjoy your new kitchen whatever you decide.

We ummed and ahhed. Decided to get a standard tap instead with a single hole (cut in the quartz rather than two bar version) so if we decide to change our mind later we can.

I don’t like the spluttering. And they aren’t great for tea imo. Always tastes a bit bubbly to me.

That sounds faulty - ours fills a pan in no time. There's a filter thingy in the spout that might need descaling.

I boil water for pasta in the kettle then put on. Same result. Fraction of the cost.

I'm on the fence. We've had one for over a decade and it's in heavy use but the cost is madness. We're in a very hard water area so we get it serviced every two years, plus £50 for a new drinking water filter every year. We have the bigger tank, and it makes normal hot water to fill the sink as well - fab as it used to take an age to get from the upstairs cylinder to the kitchen sink.

I suspect I'd really miss it if we didn't have it. It is a bit spluttery though, and a couple of people have been scared of it.

I wouldn't get one, or if I bought a house with one I would have a kettle too. Tea made with Quooker water tastes weird and unpleasant!

That really isn't the case. Maybe the one the PP has at work is particularly slow but I have a big family who drink a lot of tea and it takes seconds to fill a tea pot. Probably about 1/4 of the time of the kettle and limitless capacity so it fills even the 12 mug teapot in less than a minute.

Should add that we use a hob kettle on our induction hob and it's very quick.

Grohe red here - much prefer it to the Quooker as no spluttering and I honestly wouldn't be without it!

I'm on the fence. Ours broke about 8 years in, in the middle of Covid, so I couldn't get anyone to come to the house to fix it. We drifted back to using a kettle, and I haven't been able to justify the faff and cost of getting it fixed. That might partly be because it was installed by the previous owners in a really inaccessible spot that would involve dismantling most of a cupboard to get to it. It was nice, but not life-changing.

We have a Quooker and love it - it did come with the kitchen though. I find it perfect for tea, but we control the temperature and set it to proper boiling. I find for things like pasta or vegetables it saves so much time as it is 20 seconds to fill a pan with boiling water rather than 20 minutes of heating it on the gas cooker. I wouldn't be without one now.

Yes agree. Kettle would be quicker to serve hot drinks to a number of guests, too, so if you ever have more than 2 or 3 people in for a hot drink at a time, it'll be slower than a kettle.

Spend the money on an induction hob. Boils water from cold in super quick time, like less than a minute.
(That’s for when boiling water needed for cooking). Anything else, kettle.

I got the own brand one for about half the price, I love it, it has been useful every day since installation.

I love ours. No spluttering, no maintenance so far (4 years in), the cylinder under the sink does not take up anywhere near the whole cupboard. It sits in the corner.

MN seems to love them but I don't see the attraction.

We have one at work and it's quite hard to hold it in position for the water to come out and its sooo slow. I can't imagine what a pain it would be trying to get a pan full of hot water, a mug full takes long enough.

I just use the time taken for the kettle to boil to do all the endless little jobs you need to do in the kitchen, rather than being tethered to a tap dribbling out a stream of hot water.

Then there's the utterly ridiculous cost. Most people don't spend that money on kettles in a lifetime.

This is my kind of purchase