Quooker Boiling Water Tap

[Jacaqueen]

The great kitchen extension is nearing completion and I have to make some decisions.

Initially I thought these taps were a bit of a gimmick, but now I think I may really need one!

The one thing that worries me (apart from the cost) is how they will look.

I am having a traditional hand painted kitchen, granite worktops and two undermount sinks on the island. I was going to go for a traditional tap that would go between the two sinks. If I get a Quooker tap where do I put it. Does it look odd having two different looking taps. You can get a boiling tap with a matching mixer (Nordic) but I don't really like the look of it. However this option may annoy me less than having two odd taps. They also do a new all in one tap, but again this looks very contemporary and not in the style I was going for.

I believe Quooker are still the only company that do a true boiling tap so I haven't looked at any others yet.

So can you please give me your thoughts. DH doesn't really care. I don't know anyone IRL that has one. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. (Pathetic needy emoticon).

I've never specified Quooker, but have used ZipTaps but again they have quite contemporary styling.
Franke (better known for sinks) make a range called Minerva which are a 3 in one tap although I don't know anyone who has one.

Go for it! In our last kitchen, we put in a quooker and they are just fantastic. We got one of the curved brushed steel/chrome ones, and our normal tap was also curved and brushed steel/chrome, so they looked fine together.

They are so handy. Once you've had one, you won't want to be without it!

Have recently put in a new kitchen and got the Franke Minerva boiling water tap. It's an all-in-one tap, and looks good too. (And our kitchen is a hand-painted traditional type one also). Went for that one as it too is a true boiling water tap, but it was significantly cheaper than the quooker. So far so good with it. No problems.

The quooker is slightly easier to use in that you don't have to keep your hand on the controls as the boiling water comes out, and you can raise and lower the quooker tap.

Hope that helps.

Oh and Grohe also offer either 3 in one or separate boiling water taps in their RED range. I don't know what they are like but the brand has a good reputation.

Thank you so much.

I will look at the Franke and Grohe ones.

I've got an insinkerator one, had a new kitchen extension which as just finished 2 months ago and I love it

this is mine matches the normal tap but then I have a modern house with a modern kitchen.

Qooker is the only one that keeps at 100 but if you actually look at the new kettles that have come out that allow you to select a temperature green tea should be made with 80 degree water and white tea 85 degrees.

I have an induction hob so I use the boiling water tap to fill pans for pasta and then whack it on boost on the hob, comes up to boil really quickly.

There are a quite few makes around, I googled boiling water taps and then click on images to find something I liked.

*Quooker

I also looked into getting one of these fancy boiling water taps but I got discouraged by the fact that it is:
a. less energy efficient than a kettle - basically, it has to heat the water continually (with kettle only when needed).
b. stale water - water is stored in a tank underneath your sink, which defeats the whole purpose of using fresh boiled water for your tea.

Just got one fitted alongside a 'normal' tap (quooker modern). We love it and its very unobtrusive so will go fine in any style of kitchen. Makes great tea ! Love not having a kettle on worktop as I like things clean and simple. Not sure about energy efficiency but of course the quooker website says its great ! Certainly no stale taste like you'd get from an urn. My kitchen fitter has done loads of these taps and tells me you should really go for quooker if you can as the other brands are just not as good - saying that, I've no experience of the others. We are certainly converted and I would always want to have one now.

I have an Insinkerator. It's great, the temp is adjustable. I have an ultra modern kitchen and have given the tap it's own little sink. It looks brilliant.
It costs the same to run as a 40w light bulb.

It's a hot and cold tap, both filtered.

Please excuse the butt in OP - I've been thinking along similar lines... The manufacturers' websites suggest £1000-£1500 (I presume they aren't this expensive in real life. What ball park number should I be preparing for ?

Thanks

Thank you for all the replies.

I like the look of the Insinkerator. It looks unobtrusive but I am not sure if 98'c is hot enough to make a good cup of tea.
I would have loved a little round sink put in a corner to make a drink prep area but there just wasn't enough room.
I think I am going to leave it for now. There is power next to the sink for the dishwasher so I should be able to get one fitted later on.

After months without a kitchen I am just looking forward to having a proper sink and oven again.

didireally I think the Quooker taps costs around £700. The new all in one tap costs around 1k I think. The Insinkerator is cheaper at £300ish.

I have insinkerator. In fact everything Potterer said!
I work from home so hot water in use all day making endless cups...
I love it but might not bother with it is we both worked away from home.

There are others out there, none of them are cheap to buy or install, just looking for one for myself, I will probably invest in a lovely kettle instead.