Boiling water taps, revolutionary or crap?

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We’re in the process of having a brand new kitchen done. I’m really keen on a boiling water tap (Quooker) whereas my partner thinks they are a waste of money (it is over £1k) and we can just get a kettle. His argument is we can get a nice looking kettle for a tenth of the price, it’s no faff, if anything goes wrong you just replace.

I quite fancy one as I cook a lot of pasta, rice, potato’s, as well as making teas and coffees. I also like the idea of having more worktop space and reducing the amount of things plugged in. Obviously it’s a big expense and I’ve also read they need regular maintenance, I don’t fancy spending over a grand on a tap and then shelling out hundreds in maintenance. Can anyone who owns one shed any light?

YABU - team DH, they are a gimmick and crap.

YANBU - team BoilingTap, they are revolutionary, go for it!

I love mine!

Cleaning, cooking and obviously hot drinks so much easier and quicker.

Check out Wodar, I've got Heritage brushed brass 3 in 1 boiling tap for £449

Love mine! (Quooker, had it 4 years, not needed any servicing). It doesn’t spit, easy to use, love not having to wait for a kettle or take up the space (or the noise which always irritated me). I’d definitely put one in again if we moved.

Our kitchen designer recommended one. DH was keen but I was not. The designer said his wife was the same but theirs broke recently and she really could not get it fixed soon enough. When I said I was not sure telling us the tap broke is not the best sales pitch I’d ever heard.

I live ours. It's not hard to control and doesn't splutter. Maybe not 'revolutionary' but very useful.

I bought a kettle/flask that keeps tea hot for hours. I use it when family are here as they all drink loads of tea. It's quicker than boiling a kettle every time.

I love mine. Don't find it slow (do find it spluttery)

I realise it is the most expensive kettle I've ever bought, and that spending that much to avoid having a kettle (and a soda stream) on the kitchen counter is a ridiculous luxury.

My dad and eldest son are both scandalised at my profligacy - but I love it and I don't care.

Ohh - other's Quooker's don't spit? I can see I need to get onto their customer service and find out what I can do about mine :)

I have one that cost about £350. It's necessary since it's in an isolated cottage with no hot water supply so it's used as a hot water tap as well as a boiling water tap. Its very useful.

@okydokethen See, I would love a cheaper one first, but I’ve been told that any brand other than ones that heat to 100c i.e. Quooker, Qettle and the like, aren’t good…

Mine is liquida. It heats to 98 degrees.

I never thought I'd be bothered by them but our house had one when we moved in. I love it now! I'm not sure what brand ours is but it doesn't take up much cupboard space at all, it's under the sink.

We have a qettle and love it. I know you're looking at other brands but the principal is the same.
It feels like a luxury and DH descales it ever few months but we wouldn't go back to a kettle if we can possibly afford a boiling water tap again.

Im sure branded is better but this one goes to 98 or 99oc and is a neat little box, doesn't splutter or leak its brill! (And fits with my country cottage style)

We had one in our old house. I found it a bit pointless tbh. We re did the kitchen when we moved house but didn't even debate whether to bother getting one.

I waited an hour for an early morning cup of tea staying with friends with a Quooker thing. And I couldn't get it to work even when I'd been introduced to it. So it's a no from me. That, and it's a huge waste of money.

We have a Franke. It’s fantastic and much cheaper than the big names.

I’m sure some of the people commenting on this thread don’t actually have one! Ours is 3 years old, no maintenance, it never splutters, perfect for filling saucepans for pasta etc and takes up a corner of the under sink cupboard, no where near enough room to actually make a difference. I wouldn’t be without it!

You could buy 20-30 kettles for the same price. If hot water's on tap surely that must use more electricity?

I got one half price and I love it, it was Howdens own brand

I'm struggling to believe anyone is so bored they would post on a thread pretending to own something they don't. Maybe they just have different experiences/opinions to you

Didn't we do this week ago..?

We have a Qettle. Love it. 100 degrees. About half the price of a Quooker.

Yes, obviously way, way, way more expensive than an actual kettle but, as £500 on the total cost of a kitchen, felt like luxury and was recouped by getting so high-end flooring, I think.

Some less high-end flooring...

I really wanted one but given we're in a hard water area so extra maintenance for that, plus I'd already signed up for the maintenance costs of the all singing all dancing fancy toilet... and then the amount of cupboard space they take up was just the nail in the coffin for that particular dream.

Would have been ace as I can't lift a full kettle and tipping one is dangerous (and the safety tippy kettles look fugly as fuck and call me a snob but I don't actually want my kitchen looking like Widdlin's Home For Speshul People)... but it was not to be.

I take the hassle out of making brews by making DP make them!

At some point when current kettle dies I shall reward my common sense and frugality by buying a fancy as fuck shiny red go faster kettle in a fancy shape. But I am too mean to do this when current kettle is still alive and well, just scruffy.

I thought it was a gimmick but l was wrong. It is expensive and does take up a chunk of space in a cupboard (but not the whole cupboard).
However, I use mine constantly and we’ve never had any issues. We use it for our many teas and coffees, pasta, boiling potatoes. I mop the floors a lot and the use the tap to fill the mop bucket. I wouldn’t have a kitchen without it now.