Quooker and similar

[legolimb]

We are putting in a new kitchen, turning it into a through kitchen diner family room. So a big job.

Currently the hot water for the kitchen is provided by An instant hot water boiler - the type you get in office kitchens.

So we use that for a small amount washing up , the dishwasher does the bulk of it.

This boiler is sited inside a corner wall unit but the pipework runs below and is boxed in.

We were with a kitchen designer yesterday who suggests a quooker type tap. An Inksinerator.

So yes, great for cups of tea, instant hot water for veggies etc. But how about washing up?

Does anyone have one? If so would it provide sufficient for this purpose?

The rest of the house is supplied by the main central heating but I think as the kitchen is so far from the boiler system they put this boiler in.

We have a quooker and use it for making drinks with the boiling water and also blended with cold for washing up. Running a hot water pipe to our kitchen was going to be a drag and this works well for us. However we use a dishwasher for most of our washing up so if it's your only way if washing up it might work out very expensive to run...

I have given up, tried all brands and they all go wrong. Rubbish imho.

Had mine for 2 yrs and can't imagine being without it. It's a Quooker but I have a normal hot water tap too

Thanks all.

Mixed reviews then?

We do have a dishwasher which we use for most stuff - we use the hot water for washing items which won't go in there.

But it would be our only source of hot water in the kitchen. If it is slow to 're heat the water in the tank or fails then we'd be stuck.

Hmmmm.... will think some more.

If it's a big job anyway, I would try to find a way of having a normal hot tap put in.

@legolimb

Sounds like you are in the same situation as us and we are really happy with it. We have never run out of hot water but we don't do a lot of washing up in the sink. We ran the pipe work for hot water as well but haven't connected it - the layout of the house meant it was going to be a long way from the boiler sonyoudy have to run it a lot to get hot from the tap while the quooker mixer tap is instant.

Yes can't understand why you wouldn't run a pipe from the house boiler to have hot water in the kitchen? Especially if this is a big job - why wouldn't you? Then you can choose to have a Quooker (we have the fusion) or a kettle if you prefer. A Quooker on its own with no access to normal hot water will not give you sufficient hot water to wash up if you don't haver a dishwasher. Don't understand why you'd pay for a big job kitchen extension and not do this.

Also if your original boiler can't cope with providing hot water for the kitchen I would spend money upgrading that.

The Quooker we have does hot and cold on a mixer and a separate (safety) button for boiling.

It’s brilliant and I wouldn’t be without it.

Surely you can run a hot pipe to the kitchen, it will be a minimal cost while having all this work done.

I think there is a new Quooker which has hot, cold, boiling and filtered.....

We have the howdens one. It's fantastic. I would still get normal hot water in though

We have the franke 4 in 1. I love it but we do have a hot water pipe. You could run the booking with cold though

We have the Howdens one, and couldn't get the temperature above about 80 degrees, and you can tell in the taste of hot drinks.
It was tested to be around 70 most of the time, any higher and it would splutter out boiling water at random times, overriding the safety handle as it over boils to release pressure.

According to the engineer It's an open pressure system, as opposed to a quooker which is a closed system.

We couldn't get it hot enough for a good cup of tea. This is with us, then the plumber, then the Redring engineer (they supply Howden's boiling water tank units) recalibrating it ever so carefully, eventually getting the boiler unit replaced, but still the temp was no higher than around 80. We have abandoned it for now and returned to a kettle for hot drinks, sad as I was really excited to have one.
As long as you pay for a decent make, I think it could work as your sole hot water supply, but I wouldn't recommend the Howdens redring from our experience.