Does anyone have one of those Quooker boiling water tap things?

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I’ve just seen an advert for one and I’m curious.

are they worthwhile? How much do they cost?

how do they work?? Do they not cost a fortune if they are maintaining boiling water all the time?

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@MintyChipton Ha ha, that reminds me of something I was reading about Franco era Spain, when there was a lot of poverty and society was less advanced than other European countries.

Apparently someone had been to France and come back telling everyone about these 'cupboards that were cold that you put your food in so it stayed fresh' and people thought they were making it up, because fridges weren't widespread in Spain yet.

I was given one (Etal) and its been great.

You shouldn't be using properly boiling water for tea or coffee anyway, as it burns it. My old kettle you could set the temp on for that reason.

We recently got one. I was very doubtful, worried the tea would taste funny etc.

Absolutely bloody love it now, it's one of the best features of our kitchen

Sigh

no, the 13p a day for the the kettle is based on using it 5 times per day

the 3p a day is based on using the quooker the same number of times, so that’s the standby time AND the heating up of new water

If you’re going to be patronising, then at least get it right

If you’re going to double down on the patronising, make double sure

because of otherwiselooklikeabellend

Has anyone tried to change a Quooker filter? Wondering how straightforward it is

We have a Qettle one and I love it. Filter easy to change too. We also have a refrigerator unit so we can have chilled filtered water on tap. Fab!

Surely they use tons of electricity?

Has anyone bought one when they already had a water softener. Our water softener is under our kitchen so I don’t know whether we could also get a Quooker tap?

@BunsyGirl we have a water softener and a Quooker. No issues with them working together but our softener is in the meter cupboard not under the sink so no space issue.

Love the Quooker. Its been brilliant.

@alpinia thank you! Looks like me might have to move the water softener then.

My water softener is also under my sink. I do have quite a big under sink cupboard though.

Thought about it but went with a Bibo in the end which I rent. £25 a month which includes a service and all filters

Looks nice - you can personalise the casing so I have red which tones nicely with the red velvet sofa in my kitchen and black granite worktops

Boiling water and chilled at touch of a button

Drawback is you need the worktop space to have it sat on!

My absolute favourite kitchen gadget by a country mile.

as PPs have pointed out the only downside is you need to remember to tell guests it’s there otherwise they get very confused hunting for a non existent kettle

We got one earlier in the year to help with rising utilities costs

It's far cheaper using the tap for boiling water and then putting the pan on to cook pasta etc. compared to using the gas hob to heat the water then cook

I can't understand how we coped before

Unless the Quooker is using different physics, it takes exactly the same amount of energy to boil water no matter which method.

Gas is cheaper, so no, it isn’t more economical.

@sparechange

Your friend may have great taste buds but I can taste when water has been reboiled. If the water is reboiled tea will taste funny imo.

My family have kept trying to catch me out, but I can tell. (Although it general I am certainly not particular or fussy about anything apart from tea)

Oh dear

www.quooker.co.uk/energy

A Quooker consists of two parts: a boiling-water tap on top of the worktop and a small tank under it, in which the water is stored at a temperature of 110ºC. This tank is a kind of thermos flask that’s connected to the water mains. Thanks to the high-vacuum insulation, the heat can’t escape. That means that only very little energy (10 watts) is required to keep the water in the tank at boiling point. When you pour boiling water from the tap, fresh water immediately runs into the tank under the worktop. So all you have to do is top up the tank and reheat what you’ve effectively used.

So you are constantly using 10 watts to keep the water boiling. 10 watts is 0.5p per HOUR under the new tariff - so about 12p a day now. Just to keep it boiling

When you take some water out, more water is added. This water will need energy to heat it up.

Can you explain, using joules, how much energy the water you replace it with will need to boil?

And also

www.quooker.co.uk/most-frequent-questions/what-is-the-quooker-s-daily-energy-consumption

When on standby, a Quooker costs 3 pence a day

(Probably 0.240 KWH a day in energy JUST on standby) - so about 6p now going to 12p

@Liebig

Ah so you've inspected our bills huh?

Based on how these taps work it's worked out cheaper

A simple rule of thumb is that gas costs usually 3 to 4 times less than the equivalent energy content via electricity. So boiling water en masse will always be cheaper using gas instead of electrical resistive heating.

The convenience may be another matter, but that’s beside the point. The Quooker is no different to a hot water dispenser in an office tea room. It needs to use energy constantly, like an immersion heater based central heating and water system, to keep the tank hot or close to boiling. So that needs to be factored into energy usage.

Likewise, boiling what you need is always cheaper than just whacking a full kettle on each time you need water. My “kettle” is a hot water dispenser that can vary the volume dispensed and so the heating element warms only a volume of water required from the main water tank. It’s naturally quicker too, since heating to boiling 200 mL of water is far easier than 1000 mL when all I need is a cup of tea.

I don’t need to. It’s cheaper to boil a litre of water by gas than by electric. But if you would like to post your current tariff details, I can show you how much cheaper.

The Quooker tap doesn't need much energy at all to keep the water at a boiling temperature

Based on this they're cheaper to run than a kettle

You clearly have very little understanding of the set up so might be worth stopping while you're behind.

We have a boiling water tap - it's not a Quooker one, but Insinkerator. Doesn't do sparkling, just boiling.

It's brilliant, wouldn't be without it. Haven't noticed a funny taste, except if we've been away for a few days and it's not been used.

We inherited one when we bought our house. Would never have paid to put one in but tbh we do use it loads. We still have a kettle which we use for hot drinks but it is great for boiling water for pasta etc and for washing up. As a pp said though, visitors (even regular ones) never remember how to use it 🤔