To get a boiling water tap?

[PrincessOfPreschool]

Can just about afford it if it will make my life better 😉.

But...does it take away the pottering and chat whilst you wait for the kettle?

Who loves theirs and does anyone regret getting one?

Ps. I have older teens, no small kids, although elderly parents is a consideration.

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We have a Qettle, love it. Would only buy one that does true 100 degree boiling water - afaik that's just the quooker and the Qettle but open to correction on that, it's been a while.

I don't know that I'd say it was worth the money as such but certainly no regrets either.

PP - ours was fitted through the hole in the granite worktop for the old normal tap, no extra drilling in the stone needed.

We had one and it was great. They really need descaling regularly if you are in a hard water area

Wow where did you find one for 350? Are you sure it’s a reputable brand? You don’t want to buy something that will break in 5 mins.

We’ve got the John Lewis own brand one and we do love it! I’m totally confused by people saying they’re not hot enough: the water you pour from your kettle is 99 degrees (100 degrees is surely steam?!), and the boiling water taps if they’re set correctly should be dispensing at either 98 or 99 degrees and I just don’t believe for a second that there’s any human on earth that can detect 1 degree difference in heat…And as for the taste I was really hesitant to get the tap initially because I’m extremely fussy about tea and taste/flavour/smell in general. We used to use a brita water filter to fill the kettle and I knew by taste when the filter needed changing (approx every three weeks), but the tap we have filters the boiling water and although I can taste when it’s starting to need changing we generally get 6 months of excellent flavour-
free water from it.

I was considering one but didn't realise the water sits in a tank. So thags a no from me. Plus I use kettle boiling time to do some quick exercise like squats

I'm not interested in one because I like my hot drinks with freshly drawn water and I don't need to save the seconds that instant boiling water would afford, certainly not at the expense and ongoing maintenance over time. We have hard water and I can't be faffed with buying and replacing cartridges, I like to keep things as simple as possible so there's less to ever go wrong or need professional attention.

I was talking to a kitchen guy recently though who felt like me and said he gave in to his wife's request for the tap when fitting a whole new kitchen. He's converted and loves it, but he did say how quality and performance vary a lot and he'd fit another one if they move house, but only a high end one or he'd not bother.

The one's that do chilled and sparkling water are top of the tree price wise, aren't they?

Came with the house. Love it and will replace if it breaks. Couldn't be without it now

I've had mine for years - it was the first thing I put into our newly designed kitchen!

We have them in the office - does sparkling cold water as well as hot.
Tastes fine, is boiling hot. Gets lots of use so the water isn't sitting in a tank long so that might make a difference compared to one at home.
However they are sensitive beasts and the maintenance guy seems to be in the office weekly having to change filters, tweak settings, delimescale etc.
They are getting a lot more use than a home one though.

We have Qettle tap which is designed for British needs (boiling water for tea, not nearly boiling water for coffee) and costs about half the price of a Quooker tap. No annual service needed, although you have to change the filter (£40-ish) every five or six months and put some descaler through it every year.

No complaints at all. Kettles now seem to be from the Dark Ages.