I don't over-fill my kettle; I just filled with 1.5 mugs of cold tap water and it took 69 sec to boil. That is just a little longer than it took to assemble the other ingredients for my cup of tea.
Bang on! In terms of saving money, better off with a 20 quid kettle. However the convenience of instant boiling water, especially if you like to cook, is immeasurable. Not sure I would have Quooker again though; filters are internal and awkward to change. Also, their customer service when the little LED wire breaks is ...PANTS!
I don’t know anyone who fills the kettle to be the brim for one mug of tea. That is why kettles have water gauges. Maybe you’re getting some kickbacks from the company, I don’t care either way, but be realistic…
Mine boils water for one cuppa in 65s. I don't know what the guy is talking about. Also I never stand and watch the kettle... I have better things to do, so I'm summing up for the last 30 years I wasted... Hmm 0 hrs 0 min waiting for the kettle to boil the water. Being irrational to show how great it is to spend £1200 on something you don't need, not mentioning the power consumption which is worth checking too. Unless you throw money like P Diddly on trafficking children, then you don't want that water tap.
Hahaha….It’s a bit like reinventing the wheel…I think people just get these things to brag about having one. Besides that, if you drink good quality tea, you don’t want to be using water that has been kept warm in tank.
We have one and were very sceptical about paying £600 for the basic model (boiling water only). But I have to say, now that we’ve had it for just over 4 years. (and never needed to replace the filter) there is no way we would live in any property without one. We find that we use it many many times throughout the day and just love having genuinely boiling water on tap!
I'd agree, people don't just stand around waiting for a kettle to boil so the 'time wasted' argument doesn't really hold true. For example, if I'm hoovering and fancy a coffee then I'll put a small amount of water in the kettle, flick the switch then carry on hoovering. Also, in these days of high energy prices one would have to compare the monthly running costs of a Quooker vs. boiling 350ml of water in a kettle for someone's tea/coffee drinking habits - would be interesting to see a comparison. I'm also assuming there are other considerations like Quooker maintenance costs and reliability. One final thing is whether the Quooker can deliver 90° water for coffee in addition to 100° water for tea?
I think the time argument applies to many households. You can use the Quooker for many things, making Pasta, Spaghetti etc. Getting instant hot water vs heating a pan of water saves allot of time and energy. Got a quooker for over 5 years and saved quite allot of money, gas is expensive in the Netherlands. I also got solar panels, basically I have free boiling water.
so wait it's just a boiler under the sink? here i thought it was some super tech in the tap itself. we've had boilers under the sink for decades. i assume this is just ramped up to the max but still...
I'm confident that the laws of physics will apply to Quooker as much to any other part of our housholds. Thus it should be possible to calculate with some precision, the exact cost of heating and holding water at any given temparature. I'll take a wild guess that once you've added all the costs of the kit, its maintenance (hard water is highly destructive of elements and associated hardware) running and replacement, you'll find the occasional ad-hoc heating of water to drink and cook is waaaay cheaper... I'll add too an objective element - that I positively *enjoy* those brief minutes, stood by the stove while the kettle boils, when I meditate gently on the ups & downs of the day. My advice? Spend the money on a nice piano.
I think it comes down to price indeed, if you can't afford it waiting won't sound bad lol. But if you have plenty of money why not spend it on making your life easy. It also looks awesome haha
I have one of these gadgets. apart from the initial cost, its another £50 for the filter which needs replacing every 6 months or so..... that's an additional [approx] £10 a month .... not sure of what other costs will arise from having it as i've only had it for 6 months!
How often does your quooker tap get so loose? Is this a design flaw or just poor installation? At £1200 I’d expect it to not look like it’s ready to fall out of your counter top after 10yrs! Bet your normal tap and bathroom taps aren’t all loose and floppy!
We have new one of these at work. It spits everywhere and we always get burned. People frequently switch it on wrong and triggers the alarm. You have to replace the filter frequently. Boiling water taps have existed for ages which are more reliable and cheaper and the Quooker. If you have an induction hob use an induction kettle for £50 . It will boil in the time it takes to prepare cup andthe tea leaves
Strange. We’ve had ours for over ten years and I’ve never once been burned. A couple of times I left the teaspoon in and water splashed back up, but not enough to burn. Not sure what you mean about switching it on wrong and causing an alarm ... I didn’t think they had an alarm, or that you could turn it on wrong (neither have ever happened to me) As for filter, it depends on how hard the water is in your area. Ours is very hard, and I’ve only changed the filter every few years.
It's not just 1200£, it's 1200£ plus the electricity for keeping the damn thing hot all the time. Also, put one cup of water in the kettle and it will boil in under a minute.
@GameOn ... according to Quooker, the tank is so heavily insulated it costs about 3p a day to run. By contrast, according to Npower, a kettle costs 2.5p to boil (See: www.telegraph.co.uk/money/ask-a-money-expert/i-want-an-instant-boiling-water-tap--will-it-cost-more-than-usin/). So it's swings and roundabouts, but I'd expect the Quooker to be marginally cheaper than running a kettle. As for filling a kettle with one cup each time, each to their own, I guess.
dunno about anybody else, but while I boil my kettle, I'm putting the coffee and sugar and milk in the mug, by the time I've finished, the water is boiling, flip the kettle off (why wait for the thermostat? You can tell when water is boiling) and pour the water in, done, takes 30 seconds, yeah the water might only be 90 degrees, but whatever, still hot enough.
I was a bit cynical about these type of taps, however, its not just about cups of tea, I am now a convert, especially for blanching peas, Preparing Cuscus, Spinach etc, I didnt buy a Quooker on, I bought a QETTLE 4 in 1 Tap at half the price.
Not dissing the Quooker as I have 2 of them. But, your example of boiling a kettle was a little unfair given how much water you had in it for 1 cup of tea. Hope, you haven't spent 50 years been that wasteful!
Two Quookers eh? Well get you! I'll raise you two ovens. ;) As to wastefulness, yes, I'd usually fill the kettle up. Not every time, but certainly for the first cup. Then make another with what's left, and again until the kettle needs refilling again.
@@arlo.guthrie well that's just incredibly inefficient. Only fill up what you need, it takes much less time and uses far less energy. Then will also save you £1000 on a tap.
Nobpody boils the whole kettle unless someones coming round for two cups it should only take a few minutes to boil also when I put the kettle on I start preparing take out the milk/sugar/tea/coffee/cup by that time the kettles nearly done.
This one has been installed for a right-handed person. How will it work for somebody who's left-handed? Poorly, I think. Not to mention that the whole thing isn't secured properly to the worktop. Also, just realised that there is no draining board; water everywhere!!!
Ha - I didn't think of that, we're all right handers. I googled it, and I see 10% of people are left handed. Not enough to be a problem in this house. But I must correct you ... the tap is very firmly attached to the worktop. And there is a draining board, but the tap is fixed over the sink, so water does not go everywhere.
Expensive non essential potential dangerous toy! Avoid if you have children NOT WORTH THE RISK of scolding hot water spurting out of a sink tap. Even if it has a so called child safety device.
@@mrdemocracy7106 The potential for danger is way less than an electric kettle. There are more safety devices involved and you can't 'knock over' a tap full of boiling water. A lot of money yes. Expensive? well that depends on how much money you have.
Thanks Arlo for taking the time to make this video. Helpful for many of us to hear your genuine review ! ....and sorry you've had such a hard time with the 'anti' brigade elsewhere in the comments !
Doesn’t need an annual service. I live in a hard water area, and I’ve needed to give it a clean maybe once every three years or so, if that. If I remember right, cleaning needs about £50 worth of parts (seal and filter) and about 30 mins with a spanner.
Am i missing something here. This rates along with the fork with a sharpe edge to cut with. (and slice your mouth to boot) Surely this is a hazzard to kids.
@@hassanjamal4212 I decalcify mine from time to time (not sure whether you would call that cleaning it). How often you need to decalcify depends on your water hardness. Our water is harder than granite, so I tend to do mine every year or two.
@@hassanjamal4212 In our house, I estimate we use at least one tankful of water a day. But anyway, I don't think there are any species of mould that grow at that temperature.
1200 qid hmm how of solar panel system would get 4 same cost used panels and installing DIY seen all-in-one of these quooker's what about purity filters?
water only boils at 100 degrees at sea level! The boiling point of a liquid varies depending upon the surrounding environmental pressure. ... For example, water boils at 100 °C (212 °F) at sea level, but at 93.4 °C (200.1 °F) at 1,905 metres (6,250 ft) altitude. For a given pressure, different liquids will boil at different temperatures.
@@timjones990 It is indeed a pressurised boiler. The temperature is a bit higher than 100 degrees. When you connect the quooker to you normal tap water you can get between 15 and 20 liters of warm water... All heated by electricity, now isn't that great :) way more efficient than a normal boiler.
I agree! We have a kettle (at a price of ~20 euros) which can boil exactly 1 cup in less than a minute 🤔. Still, thinking about a Quooker, the modern types look soo appealing 🤩
I don't know if it's worth it. Even if you never use it during the whole year, you will pay £29 for electricity for Quooker and £43 for GROHE Red. Devices consume: 10W - Quooker, 15W - GROHE Red all the time. Of course, if you use it, you will pay these amounts plus what you used. If you are rich... I can't comment on filters and how often they need to be replaced because I don't know much about it. 2 times a year?
Great video, but there's the cost of annual services £150, filter £30, and not to mention the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) after a period of time! I've had mine 4/5 yrs, and personally wouldn't have another. When you consider the initial tap cost £800 odd, services, filters, 2no new heads as its sucked scale up £150+£90 i reckon the things cost in the region of £1400. How many kettles would that buy! Now trying convince my better half to rip it out!!!!
You’ve spent £180 a year servicing it????? Really??? I’ve changed the filter and cleaned the inside myself twice in about eleven years, total cost £60. Took me about an hour each time to unbolt the thing and clean it.
@@arlo.guthrie I haven't, as i do it myself - but that's what Quooker charge for an engineer to complete the service which they recommend annually in hard water areas.
I was looking for an objective and fair review, but I don't think you have given one, well maybe you have. Perhaps it does take you 4 minutes to boil water for a mug of tea, but it takes me about 50 seconds. I only boil the water I want. I think it's fair to say that some people will boil more water than they need and others won't. I think that is where the misconception about saving energy comes from. Also, it looks like the water is unlikely to be "instant" because there is a short piece of pipe from the tank to the tap, so first thing in the morning that's probably 100 ml of water wasted. So roughly a third of the energy for a brew is wasted. In your case perhaps you do save on energy purely because you overfill your kettle. Without doubt, it's a nice bit of kit though. Convenient, yes. Saving energy, well that depends on how you currently boil water and how much you use. Quooker claim you save water as well, but unless people are throwing kettle water down the sink I don't see how. Thanks for posting and the main thing is you like the convenience and speed of it.
The comments just lol. This is a luxury utility which can dispense boiling water into a cup of tea instantly, and also dispense chilled filtered water. You are paying for a luxury utility obviously. People buying something like this can afford to pay more for such a convenience. You could also rant about how lightbulbs are so shit when you can just live by candlelight. Lmfao. Like dude it's not made for you, it's made for people with disposable income.
Christ who the hell waits for a kettle to boil. I have kids and I’m always doing lots of other things not waiting for a bloody kettle to boil that’s takes few minutes!
Just watched this ad on TV. I could not believe how much water are these people wasting when rising their veg etc. We have a hot tap (Insnkerator - it’s also cold filer) it’s fantastic but we only use it to make cups/pots of tea. The waste of water here is criminal. Plus dangerous to show young kids using it.
So that boiler under the sink is on all the time, right, how’s that saving any energy? Oh and why on earth do you fill the kettle to the brim to make one cup of tea? 😂😂
It's plugged in all the time, sure, but it's not heating all the time. Only for just as long as it needs to maintain the temperature, which is not very much (its effectively a thermos flask).
The biggest joke of the year is when I nearly bought this quooker tap for £1200 before I pinched myself back to my senses. It was a quick call to supplier to cancel. Life goes on….
This is pretty cool, but out of my practical price range... That said, your kettle is very slow. My kettle, which I got 2nd hand for free, fully boils water for 3 cups in 1 minute 20 seconds.
@@arlo.guthrie or just fill what you need (ie 1 cup at a time) and by the time you’ve got the milk out of the fridge there’s barely 20 seconds left to wait. 40 seconds total compared to 3.5mins is a huge difference but still not as vast as the price difference between a kettle and a quooker. The quooker system is high quality and genuinely future proof, but sadly not yet anywhere close to being decent value.
My grandmother burned herself when she was young when her little sister knocked a boiling pot of water over her, leaving her with a scar she carried till she died a few years ago. A quooker is much safer than a boiling pot of water or kettle. By the time your kid can reach the tap, just be sure to teach them to use it safely. I guess you should also teach them to use the electric kettle. Also also, teach children to be carefull in a kitchen, so many sharp and hot object there.
Basically he's saying "I'm Berlington Bertie, my people are well off you know... and I've got so much money that I think that pissing away electricity by keeping an amount of water always at 99C is a good idea..." Does the Quooker turn off at night, when nobody is going to be using it? Why is this better than an electric kettle? (Or better still, a gas hob with a gas kettle?) WTF? The fact that a market actually exists for a device this ridiculous tells us a great deal about the state of (some people in) our society... LOL. What problem does the Quooker solve? It's taking up huge amounts of electricity to keep an amount of water at almost boiling point ALL THE TIME. Yet their website says "When you dispense water from your Quooker tap, you use the exact amount of water you need. Unlike with a kettle, whereby people often boil more water than needed...or decide to re-boil it because the water has cooled down, wasting lots of energy!" You don't HAVE to boil more water than you need in a kettle. Quooker is CONSTANTLY using electricity to keep the water at a certain temperature - 24 hours a day! They act as if they can magically heat up water to a certain temperature without using any electricity. Then their website says: "Quooker's patented vacuum tank allows for water to be kept at 110 degrees under pressure. This technology keeps the water hot without needing to use much energy. Think of it as an electrically powered flask, from which no energy can escape. The water only boils when it exits the tap - so it is not constantly boiling inside the vessel. " "Keeps the water hot without needing to use much energy". But how does it get hot in the first place? By using exactly the same amount of electricity as a kettle would use to heat up the same amount of water to the same temperature, but you turn a kettle off and it stays off, whereas Quooker is on ALL the time. Funny how they never mention any of this on their website, and nobody has actually done a review with a watt meter to see how much electricity Quookers are wasting all day long...
No, that's basically not what I am saying at all. And enough of the inverse snobbery, thanks. The Quooker is so well-insulated that it loses very little heat. So whereas your kettle will cool to room temperature over night and need all that energy to get back to boiling point, the Quooker uses just a tiny amount of energy to maintain the heat. And it isn't constantly heating the water, as you claim. It has a thermostat and just heats it from time to time, as needed. There's a red light on the tap which tells you when it is heating, and other than when you've used water, it only comes on very rarely. Quooker claims that is actually MORE efficient than a kettle, not less, but there's not much in it either way.
John you're absolutely right, this guy thinks he's Alan titchmarsh, he wants to get hired by the BBC. He dresses like him too. He lied so that you can get that thing so that he can make a good commission.
@@buzz5695 Charming. Nope, I don't have any aspiration to be Alan Titchmarsh. I don't want to get hired by the BBC. I didn't lie. And even if I did, I don't make any commission. So you're wrong on pretty much every count. But maybe you're right, perhaps I dress like Titchmarsh. I've never looked.
Haha, living up to your name!! Of course there is a market for this type of device, do you still live in a cave? And regarding energy efficiency, you are talking out of your behind! Everyone, and I mean everyone wastes energy boiling too much water in their kettle and often has to reboil it multiple times, multiple times per day. You complete John Thomas haha!
Bullshit how full you failed mention how much power is used by the tap on stand by what kettle you used how much water you had in the kettle. Mmm I smell a sponsorship
Nope, wasn’t sponsored. My Quooker was already installed in a house I bought some years ago. Then, when we moved, I brought it with us. I understand it is so well insulated that it uses less energy than a kettle, inc standby, but I doubt there is much in it. As to which kettle … well, they are all pretty much of a muchness.
@@arlo.guthrie Costs about 15 euro's a year on standby. They are way better insulated than a normal boiler. You can even add the quooker to your warm water tap so you can use the boiling water to mix with colder water for your normal hot water tap. Not buying a new one but a used one which is serviced for 400-500 euro is great.
@@arlo.guthrie in a kettle the hot water is an a safe container and you can control it when you pour it out. Not so much in a flowing tap. That's all I'm saying. For safety reasons especially if I had kids in the house I would never have one of these.
@@redmed10 The hot water in a Quooker is likewise in a safe container and you can control it just fine with a tap. My two children have grown up with Quookers and in 17 years, we've never, ever had any problem with safety.
The water is aerated as a safety feature, you can pass your finger through the stream quickly by accident without getting scalded. It also dispenses chilled filtered water. I looked at one in a showroom earlier. They are very convenient.
This has just inspired me to test my kettle....40 seconds for one full standard mug of cold water to boiling. There is something very wrong with the whole premise of this review. I'll keep my £1200 thanks.
@@arlo.guthrie I'm another ! Actually I put a mug and a half in so I can warm the mug. I have an electrician mate who, for reasons unknown always fills most of his kettle for one or two brews. Hisw ife is the same. Don't understand such wastage.
If someone is saving the time they would have lost from standing watching the kettle boiling, then the time they gain back will most likely not be used well at all 😂 Who in their right mind puts on the kettle and just stands there, waiting 😂😂😂
Sorry, am I missing a trick? What incredibly useful and worthwhile things do you get done in the three minutes while the kettle is boiling? Write a new novel, do you? Go on a minibreak? Compose a symphony?
who in their right mind puts 2.5 litres of water in a kettle for 1 cup of tea? lol i cant talk though i just ordered the tap with my kitchen, GADGETS MAN GADGETS, no but saves having a grotty kettle on the side, saves filling said grotty kettle, saves waiting for said grotty kettle, saves poss dropping said grotty kettle and scalding ones self but obv has safety concerns of its own but has safety features to try and mitigate this, so is it worth it? perhaps not, but is it cool and nice to have? why yes ;-)
Not factoring the problems, repairs call out charges and new cartridges (2 years tops). So that’s a 500£ call out charge every 2 years minimum. No thanks I’ll stick to my kettle
Monda, that's not what it costs! I have called out for a repair once (the other day) in over ten years. Mine does not use cartridges. I have descaled in a couple of times, the kit for which costs, if I remember right, about £50. So in truth, it doesn't cost anything like £500 every two years. More like a tenth of that. No denying it is an expensive kettle, but not THAT expensive!
Doh. Why didn't I think of that? You're right. What a waste of time to sit there watching the kettle boil. Next time I'll use that 3 minutes 50 seconds (or less if you measure out a single mug) far more productively. Maybe rattle off another novel. Or repaint the windows. Or mow the lawn.
@@arlo.guthrie Haha! Here's an interesting one. If you use your dishwasher a lot, you can save 24 hours every year by having two. One you use as storage and one washing...alternating obv. Not sure i'd need a Quooker though.
You’ve attracted some pretty vile comments here! All these people complaining about it holding water preheated. I bet some of them have combi boilers holding reservoirs of hot water inefficiently for them to wash their mouths out when they realise. As a review it was a little low on content perhaps. But you picked out the important points and put them across well. Telling other people how to live their lives is the fashion at the moment, perhaps your next review can be how to effectively grovel in the dirt rooting for acorns?
Yeah, it has sort of turned into 'Points of View' (the TV programme) for kettles! Not sure I understand the quip about rooting for acorns, but thanks for kind remark about review. It was one of my first, so if a little thin, hopefully more recent ones are better.
No thanks, no way you can justify that ridiculous cost and the ongoing running cost. Plus the safety issues with boiling water coming instantly out of a tap. My kettle takes around a minute to boil for one cup. That’s good enough for me.
Avoid expecially if you have small children for safety reasons. Scolding hot water spurting out of a sink tap! even if it has a child safety device. NOT WORTH THE RISK & so expensive!
No, you're wrong about that. Our children grew up with our Quooker and until a certain age they couldn't even reach the tap. Even when they could, the safety device prevents young children using it. We've had ours over 10 years, and nobody has got scalded.
Its actually cheap for me. I cook allot Italian food or boil vegetables, so it saves me a huge gas bill. The safety part is bs, got kids at home who sometimes bring their friends over, never had problems.
@@arlo.guthrie Still avoid not worth the risk with children in a house. A non essential expensive gadget that is adding another potential hazard into a home. Scolding water out of a sink tap and Children not a good combination. You are talking about your own family experiences not every child and family are the same and may not be so lucky.
@@mrdemocracy7106 Girl I know had a kettle dropped on her when she was a kid and burnt her arm when her mother passed out. I’d be impressed to see that done with a tap.
@@arlo.guthrie It's insane having boiling hot water coming out of a kitchen tap. There is simply no reason for it, no necessity for it, it solves no 'problem', it's a total waste of money. Is there a gas fired one? No. I boil all my water in a kettle on a gas hob, so my boiling water is a quarter of the price of Quooker boiling water. Can you put a watt meter on your Quooker plug and let us know how much electricity it uses in the average week?
@@markfarmer1815 Fair enough. But in that case, how on earth is a container of water kept at 110 degrees Celsius a 'breeding ground for bacteria', when according to the government (www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/cooking-your-food), bacteria exposed to 80 degrees is killed in six seconds, and other sources say bacteria exposed to 100 degrees is killed instantly.
I don't over-fill my kettle; I just filled with 1.5 mugs of cold tap water and it took 69 sec to boil. That is just a little longer than it took to assemble the other ingredients for my cup of tea.
Smeg is overpriced garbage in my experience
Exactly what I was going to say, but my kettle is Phillips.
Bang on! In terms of saving money, better off with a 20 quid kettle. However the convenience of instant boiling water, especially if you like to cook, is immeasurable. Not sure I would have Quooker again though; filters are internal and awkward to change. Also, their customer service when the little LED wire breaks is ...PANTS!
I don’t know anyone who fills the kettle to be the brim for one mug of tea. That is why kettles have water gauges. Maybe you’re getting some kickbacks from the company, I don’t care either way, but be realistic…
You do now. But for the record, no, I did not get any kickback.
I actually do fill the kettle to the brim for one mug..
@@CaptainProjectswhy! This is so much against sustainability
Mine boils water for one cuppa in 65s. I don't know what the guy is talking about. Also I never stand and watch the kettle... I have better things to do, so I'm summing up for the last 30 years I wasted... Hmm 0 hrs 0 min waiting for the kettle to boil the water. Being irrational to show how great it is to spend £1200 on something you don't need, not mentioning the power consumption which is worth checking too. Unless you throw money like P Diddly on trafficking children, then you don't want that water tap.
Hahaha….It’s a bit like reinventing the wheel…I think people just get these things to brag about having one. Besides that, if you drink good quality tea, you don’t want to be using water that has been kept warm in tank.
The “review” wasn’t that helpful
But I found this man entertaining to listen to so a big thumbs up from me 👍🏽
Thank you, I think.
We have one and were very sceptical about paying £600 for the basic model (boiling water only). But I have to say, now that we’ve had it for just over 4 years. (and never needed to replace the filter) there is no way we would live in any property without one. We find that we use it many many times throughout the day and just love having genuinely boiling water on tap!
Definitely agree. Great for just throwing into a pot instead of trying to bring it to the boil on the hob
I'd agree, people don't just stand around waiting for a kettle to boil so the 'time wasted' argument doesn't really hold true. For example, if I'm hoovering and fancy a coffee then I'll put a small amount of water in the kettle, flick the switch then carry on hoovering. Also, in these days of high energy prices one would have to compare the monthly running costs of a Quooker vs. boiling 350ml of water in a kettle for someone's tea/coffee drinking habits - would be interesting to see a comparison. I'm also assuming there are other considerations like Quooker maintenance costs and reliability. One final thing is whether the Quooker can deliver 90° water for coffee in addition to 100° water for tea?
I think the time argument applies to many households. You can use the Quooker for many things, making Pasta, Spaghetti etc. Getting instant hot water vs heating a pan of water saves allot of time and energy. Got a quooker for over 5 years and saved quite allot of money, gas is expensive in the Netherlands. I also got solar panels, basically I have free boiling water.
It's a luxury product. A Rolls Royce also has various unnecessary features compared to a Nissan Micra.
so wait it's just a boiler under the sink? here i thought it was some super tech in the tap itself.
we've had boilers under the sink for decades. i assume this is just ramped up to the max but still...
I'm confident that the laws of physics will apply to Quooker as much to any other part of our housholds. Thus it should be possible to calculate with some precision, the exact cost of heating and holding water at any given temparature. I'll take a wild guess that once you've added all the costs of the kit, its maintenance (hard water is highly destructive of elements and associated hardware) running and replacement, you'll find the occasional ad-hoc heating of water to drink and cook is waaaay cheaper... I'll add too an objective element - that I positively *enjoy* those brief minutes, stood by the stove while the kettle boils, when I meditate gently on the ups & downs of the day.
My advice? Spend the money on a nice piano.
I never claimed it was cheap!😉
I think it comes down to price indeed, if you can't afford it waiting won't sound bad lol. But if you have plenty of money why not spend it on making your life easy. It also looks awesome haha
I have one of these gadgets. apart from the initial cost, its another £50 for the filter which needs replacing every 6 months or so..... that's an additional [approx] £10 a month .... not sure of what other costs will arise from having it as i've only had it for 6 months!
Your filter needs replacing every six months for £50? I only replace mine every few years!! Other than that, no additional cost
@@arlo.guthrie Good to know - the recommendation is 6 months - glad to hear it could last much longer - many thanks
How often does your quooker tap get so loose? Is this a design flaw or just poor installation? At £1200 I’d expect it to not look like it’s ready to fall out of your counter top after 10yrs! Bet your normal tap and bathroom taps aren’t all loose and floppy!
Huh? It’s not loose. I have more of a problem with my main tap, actually.
Use a sink reinforcer if its stainless steel if its not then the hole is too big.
We have new one of these at work. It spits everywhere and we always get burned. People frequently switch it on wrong and triggers the alarm. You have to replace the filter frequently. Boiling water taps have existed for ages which are more reliable and cheaper and the Quooker. If you have an induction hob use an induction kettle for £50 . It will boil in the time it takes to prepare cup andthe tea leaves
Strange. We’ve had ours for over ten years and I’ve never once been burned. A couple of times I left the teaspoon in and water splashed back up, but not enough to burn. Not sure what you mean about switching it on wrong and causing an alarm ... I didn’t think they had an alarm, or that you could turn it on wrong (neither have ever happened to me) As for filter, it depends on how hard the water is in your area. Ours is very hard, and I’ve only changed the filter every few years.
It's not just 1200£, it's 1200£ plus the electricity for keeping the damn thing hot all the time. Also, put one cup of water in the kettle and it will boil in under a minute.
@GameOn ... according to Quooker, the tank is so heavily insulated it costs about 3p a day to run. By contrast, according to Npower, a kettle costs 2.5p to boil (See: www.telegraph.co.uk/money/ask-a-money-expert/i-want-an-instant-boiling-water-tap--will-it-cost-more-than-usin/). So it's swings and roundabouts, but I'd expect the Quooker to be marginally cheaper than running a kettle. As for filling a kettle with one cup each time, each to their own, I guess.
dunno about anybody else, but while I boil my kettle, I'm putting the coffee and sugar and milk in the mug, by the time I've finished, the water is boiling, flip the kettle off (why wait for the thermostat? You can tell when water is boiling) and pour the water in, done, takes 30 seconds, yeah the water might only be 90 degrees, but whatever, still hot enough.
It takes you three minutes 50 seconds to put some coffee, sugar and milk in a mug? Really? Do you have Parkinson's or something?
@arlo.guthrie no, it doesn't take my kettle that long to boil 1 mugful of water lol 😂 your kettle is pretty slow tbh
I was a bit cynical about these type of taps, however, its not just about cups of tea, I am now a convert, especially for blanching peas, Preparing Cuscus, Spinach etc, I didnt buy a Quooker on, I bought a QETTLE 4 in 1 Tap at half the price.
Not dissing the Quooker as I have 2 of them. But, your example of boiling a kettle was a little unfair given how much water you had in it for 1 cup of tea. Hope, you haven't spent 50 years been that wasteful!
Two Quookers eh? Well get you! I'll raise you two ovens. ;) As to wastefulness, yes, I'd usually fill the kettle up. Not every time, but certainly for the first cup. Then make another with what's left, and again until the kettle needs refilling again.
@@arlo.guthrie well that's just incredibly inefficient. Only fill up what you need, it takes much less time and uses far less energy. Then will also save you £1000 on a tap.
Nobpody boils the whole kettle unless someones coming round for two cups it should only take a few minutes to boil also when I put the kettle on I start preparing take out the milk/sugar/tea/coffee/cup by that time the kettles nearly done.
So excited to see your channel getting bigger! You deserve it!
Thanks Celeste. I used one of your kind comments on my new website: arlo-guthrie.com!
This one has been installed for a right-handed person. How will it work for somebody who's left-handed? Poorly, I think. Not to mention that the whole thing isn't secured properly to the worktop. Also, just realised that there is no draining board; water everywhere!!!
Ha - I didn't think of that, we're all right handers. I googled it, and I see 10% of people are left handed. Not enough to be a problem in this house. But I must correct you ... the tap is very firmly attached to the worktop. And there is a draining board, but the tap is fixed over the sink, so water does not go everywhere.
£1200?? In Norway they cost £2000-£3500. To expensive tea water.
Really? Wow. I wonder why?
@@arlo.guthrie Norway overall is super expensive and the population is all in on environmentalism, driving up demand and price.
You could fly to UK and back for less than £100. Buy two, sell one. Buy three, sell two, get yours free.
Expensive non essential potential dangerous toy!
Avoid if you have children NOT WORTH THE RISK of scolding hot water spurting out of a sink tap.
Even if it has a so called child safety device.
@@mrdemocracy7106 The potential for danger is way less than an electric kettle. There are more safety devices involved and you can't 'knock over' a tap full of boiling water.
A lot of money yes. Expensive? well that depends on how much money you have.
I would keep the kettle. I was under the impression a watched kettle never boils. Looks like you have a gem there.
but why boil a whole kettle full of water for a cup of tea
Because its never long before the next one.
You should only boil a small amount for whats needed in a kettle.
@@mrdemocracy7106 Each to their own. I really like the immediacy of just turning a tap when I want a cup of coffee.
I wish didnt read the comments. Thanks for the info fellow uk stranger.
Thanks Arlo for taking the time to make this video. Helpful for many of us to hear your genuine review ! ....and sorry you've had such a hard time with the 'anti' brigade elsewhere in the comments !
My pleasure, and don't worry about the 'antis'. I think the 'anti-boiling-tappists' are a lot less aggressive than anti-hunting brigade, for example!
Are the £30 ones you can find on e bay any good?...you know the ones with a tiny heating element built into the tap!
Those go up to 50 celcius I think. And if you increase the water it goes down to 30 celcius
What about cost of annual service?
Doesn’t need an annual service. I live in a hard water area, and I’ve needed to give it a clean maybe once every three years or so, if that. If I remember right, cleaning needs about £50 worth of parts (seal and filter) and about 30 mins with a spanner.
What about all of the maintenance??
There isn’t much. Depends on hardness of your water. But I descale once every few years using parts that cost, as I remember, about £30
love your presentation
Thank you!
I like your style. Also I'm gonna get one of these taps
Thank you! Don’t think you’ll regret the tap.
Am i missing something here.
This rates along with the fork with a sharpe edge to cut with. (and slice your mouth to boot)
Surely this is a hazzard to kids.
A watched kettle never boils. If you can’t wait 3 mins to boil a kettle there’s something wrong with you.
Wont mold and slime grow in the hot tank?
No.
@@arlo.guthrie so you never need to clean it?
@@hassanjamal4212 I decalcify mine from time to time (not sure whether you would call that cleaning it). How often you need to decalcify depends on your water hardness. Our water is harder than granite, so I tend to do mine every year or two.
@@arlo.guthrie what's the typical residence time of the water tank? Does it get refilled with fresh water daily?
@@hassanjamal4212 In our house, I estimate we use at least one tankful of water a day. But anyway, I don't think there are any species of mould that grow at that temperature.
That Quooker tap is very fierce - our Insinkertor is much calmer. I like the way he badly acts drinking his ‘cup of tea’
Laughed out loud. Have booked a course on dramatic tea drinking at RADA. I hope next effort will be better.
Do you really sit waiting for the kettle to boil...
Not any more, I don’t.
😂
1200 qid hmm how of solar panel system would get 4 same cost used panels and installing DIY seen all-in-one of these quooker's what about purity filters?
water only boils at 100 degrees at sea level! The boiling point of a liquid varies depending upon the surrounding environmental pressure. ... For example, water boils at 100 °C (212 °F) at sea level, but at 93.4 °C (200.1 °F) at 1,905 metres (6,250 ft) altitude. For a given pressure, different liquids will boil at different temperatures.
This maybe a pressurised unit? I know barista machines in cafes are pressurised, would this mean it does boil at 100'C regardless of altitude?
@@timjones990 It is indeed a pressurised boiler. The temperature is a bit higher than 100 degrees. When you connect the quooker to you normal tap water you can get between 15 and 20 liters of warm water... All heated by electricity, now isn't that great :) way more efficient than a normal boiler.
Put less water in the kettle like I do. Doesn't take anywhere near the time you say
I agree! We have a kettle (at a price of ~20 euros) which can boil exactly 1 cup in less than a minute 🤔. Still, thinking about a Quooker, the modern types look soo appealing 🤩
I don't know if it's worth it.
Even if you never use it during the whole year, you will pay £29 for electricity for Quooker and £43 for GROHE Red. Devices consume: 10W - Quooker, 15W - GROHE Red all the time. Of course, if you use it, you will pay these amounts plus what you used.
If you are rich...
I can't comment on filters and how often they need to be replaced because I don't know much about it. 2 times a year?
Yeah, but what will you pay for a kettle?
Great video, but there's the cost of annual services £150, filter £30, and not to mention the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) after a period of time! I've had mine 4/5 yrs, and personally wouldn't have another.
When you consider the initial tap cost £800 odd, services, filters, 2no new heads as its sucked scale up £150+£90 i reckon the things cost in the region of £1400. How many kettles would that buy! Now trying convince my better half to rip it out!!!!
You’ve spent £180 a year servicing it????? Really??? I’ve changed the filter and cleaned the inside myself twice in about eleven years, total cost £60. Took me about an hour each time to unbolt the thing and clean it.
@@arlo.guthrie I haven't, as i do it myself - but that's what Quooker charge for an engineer to complete the service which they recommend annually in hard water areas.
I dont stand there, i get the cup out, i get the milk and sugar ready, reducing time lost by 50%
I was looking for an objective and fair review, but I don't think you have given one, well maybe you have. Perhaps it does take you 4 minutes to boil water for a mug of tea, but it takes me about 50 seconds. I only boil the water I want. I think it's fair to say that some people will boil more water than they need and others won't. I think that is where the misconception about saving energy comes from. Also, it looks like the water is unlikely to be "instant" because there is a short piece of pipe from the tank to the tap, so first thing in the morning that's probably 100 ml of water wasted. So roughly a third of the energy for a brew is wasted. In your case perhaps you do save on energy purely because you overfill your kettle. Without doubt, it's a nice bit of kit though. Convenient, yes. Saving energy, well that depends on how you currently boil water and how much you use. Quooker claim you save water as well, but unless people are throwing kettle water down the sink I don't see how. Thanks for posting and the main thing is you like the convenience and speed of it.
The comments just lol. This is a luxury utility which can dispense boiling water into a cup of tea instantly, and also dispense chilled filtered water.
You are paying for a luxury utility obviously. People buying something like this can afford to pay more for such a convenience.
You could also rant about how lightbulbs are so shit when you can just live by candlelight. Lmfao. Like dude it's not made for you, it's made for people with disposable income.
Laughed out loud! Very good.
Christ who the hell waits for a kettle to boil. I have kids and I’m always doing lots of other things not waiting for a bloody kettle to boil that’s takes few minutes!
Only a man would wait for a kettle to boil 😄
@@natashachambers4318 Not this one !
Just watched this ad on TV. I could not believe how much water are these people wasting when rising their veg etc. We have a hot tap (Insnkerator - it’s also cold filer) it’s fantastic but we only use it to make cups/pots of tea. The waste of water here is criminal. Plus dangerous to show young kids using it.
You should be doing something else while the kettle is boiling, like emptying the dishwasher 😉
First world problems innit.
loved the review, I wanted to buy one, but ya leave it. I like the generational Analogy
So that boiler under the sink is on all the time, right, how’s that saving any energy? Oh and why on earth do you fill the kettle to the brim to make one cup of tea? 😂😂
It's plugged in all the time, sure, but it's not heating all the time. Only for just as long as it needs to maintain the temperature, which is not very much (its effectively a thermos flask).
The biggest joke of the year is when I nearly bought this quooker tap for £1200 before I pinched myself back to my senses. It was a quick call to supplier to cancel. Life goes on….
Great review, might get one
You wont regret it!
This is pretty cool, but out of my practical price range... That said, your kettle is very slow.
My kettle, which I got 2nd hand for free, fully boils water for 3 cups in 1 minute 20 seconds.
if you put enough water in the kettle for 1 cup of tea it would take less time to boil
! far cheaper than a quooker.
Yes, I know, but who does that?!
Mmm not convinced ,put the kettle on then do whatever/
Problem is, 3 minutes 50 seconds is not enough time to do whatever (whatever whatever is, Bob Bob)
@@arlo.guthrie or just fill what you need (ie 1 cup at a time) and by the time you’ve got the milk out of the fridge there’s barely 20 seconds left to wait. 40 seconds total compared to 3.5mins is a huge difference but still not as vast as the price difference between a kettle and a quooker. The quooker system is high quality and genuinely future proof, but sadly not yet anywhere close to being decent value.
Don't you have guys coffeemachine that prepares a cup of tea ?
What idiot would fill a kettle to the max with water , just to boil one cup of tea .......
What kind of smartass would make that kind of remark? 😂
@@arlo.guthrie he got you there
I agree, if you were making a brew for family & friends then fill to the brim... otherwise just enough for a mug ☕
Not recommended when you have small children in the house with scalding boiling water spurting out into a sink.
Accident waiting to happen.
Not at all. The tap has a push and turn safety mechanism to stop children / accidents. Been perfectly safe in our house with two young children.
My grandmother burned herself when she was young when her little sister knocked a boiling pot of water over her, leaving her with a scar she carried till she died a few years ago. A quooker is much safer than a boiling pot of water or kettle. By the time your kid can reach the tap, just be sure to teach them to use it safely. I guess you should also teach them to use the electric kettle. Also also, teach children to be carefull in a kitchen, so many sharp and hot object there.
@@alexmontanus you could have put a trigger warning on your comment, I'm sensitive to this kind of stuff 😔
at least we now know if a watched pot ever boils
Best review ever. Time > Money as any fule kno.
Basically he's saying "I'm Berlington Bertie, my people are well off you know... and I've got so much money that I think that pissing away electricity by keeping an amount of water always at 99C is a good idea..." Does the Quooker turn off at night, when nobody is going to be using it? Why is this better than an electric kettle? (Or better still, a gas hob with a gas kettle?) WTF? The fact that a market actually exists for a device this ridiculous tells us a great deal about the state of (some people in) our society... LOL. What problem does the Quooker solve? It's taking up huge amounts of electricity to keep an amount of water at almost boiling point ALL THE TIME. Yet their website says "When you dispense water from your Quooker tap, you use the exact amount of water you need. Unlike with a kettle, whereby people often boil more water than needed...or decide to re-boil it because the water has cooled down, wasting lots of energy!" You don't HAVE to boil more water than you need in a kettle. Quooker is CONSTANTLY using electricity to keep the water at a certain temperature - 24 hours a day! They act as if they can magically heat up water to a certain temperature without using any electricity.
Then their website says: "Quooker's patented vacuum tank allows for water to be kept at 110 degrees under pressure. This technology keeps the water hot without needing to use much energy. Think of it as an electrically powered flask, from which no energy can escape. The water only boils when it exits the tap - so it is not constantly boiling inside the vessel. " "Keeps the water hot without needing to use much energy". But how does it get hot in the first place? By using exactly the same amount of electricity as a kettle would use to heat up the same amount of water to the same temperature, but you turn a kettle off and it stays off, whereas Quooker is on ALL the time. Funny how they never mention any of this on their website, and nobody has actually done a review with a watt meter to see how much electricity Quookers are wasting all day long...
No, that's basically not what I am saying at all. And enough of the inverse snobbery, thanks. The Quooker is so well-insulated that it loses very little heat. So whereas your kettle will cool to room temperature over night and need all that energy to get back to boiling point, the Quooker uses just a tiny amount of energy to maintain the heat. And it isn't constantly heating the water, as you claim. It has a thermostat and just heats it from time to time, as needed. There's a red light on the tap which tells you when it is heating, and other than when you've used water, it only comes on very rarely.
Quooker claims that is actually MORE efficient than a kettle, not less, but there's not much in it either way.
John you're absolutely right, this guy thinks he's Alan titchmarsh, he wants to get hired by the BBC. He dresses like him too. He lied so that you can get that thing so that he can make a good commission.
@@buzz5695 Charming. Nope, I don't have any aspiration to be Alan Titchmarsh. I don't want to get hired by the BBC. I didn't lie. And even if I did, I don't make any commission. So you're wrong on pretty much every count. But maybe you're right, perhaps I dress like Titchmarsh. I've never looked.
Haha, living up to your name!! Of course there is a market for this type of device, do you still live in a cave? And regarding energy efficiency, you are talking out of your behind! Everyone, and I mean everyone wastes energy boiling too much water in their kettle and often has to reboil it multiple times, multiple times per day. You complete John Thomas haha!
just spend a decent kettle for less than 50
Bullshit how full you failed mention how much power is used by the tap on stand by what kettle you used how much water you had in the kettle. Mmm I smell a sponsorship
Nope, wasn’t sponsored. My Quooker was already installed in a house I bought some years ago. Then, when we moved, I brought it with us. I understand it is so well insulated that it uses less energy than a kettle, inc standby, but I doubt there is much in it. As to which kettle … well, they are all pretty much of a muchness.
@@arlo.guthrie Costs about 15 euro's a year on standby. They are way better insulated than a normal boiler. You can even add the quooker to your warm water tap so you can use the boiling water to mix with colder water for your normal hot water tap. Not buying a new one but a used one which is serviced for 400-500 euro is great.
Great device, - but Waaaaaaay too expensive...
Got to say, I do think it would be great if they could find a way to make these things cheaper.
Exactly whats missing in my life. Boiling hot water splashing about all over the place.
This doesn't splash boiling hot water all over the place any more than a kettle does when you pour it.
@@arlo.guthrie in a kettle the hot water is an a safe container and you can control it when you pour it out. Not so much in a flowing tap. That's all I'm saying. For safety reasons especially if I had kids in the house I would never have one of these.
@@redmed10 The hot water in a Quooker is likewise in a safe container and you can control it just fine with a tap. My two children have grown up with Quookers and in 17 years, we've never, ever had any problem with safety.
@@arlo.guthrie good to hear.
The water is aerated as a safety feature, you can pass your finger through the stream quickly by accident without getting scalded. It also dispenses chilled filtered water.
I looked at one in a showroom earlier. They are very convenient.
This has just inspired me to test my kettle....40 seconds for one full standard mug of cold water to boiling. There is something very wrong with the whole premise of this review. I'll keep my £1200 thanks.
You’re the only person I know that measures out one standard full mug of water to boil! :) But each to their own.
@@arlo.guthrie I'm another ! Actually I put a mug and a half in so I can warm the mug. I have an electrician mate who, for reasons unknown always fills most of his kettle for one or two brews. Hisw ife is the same. Don't understand such wastage.
If someone is saving the time they would have lost from standing watching the kettle boiling, then the time they gain back will most likely not be used well at all 😂
Who in their right mind puts on the kettle and just stands there, waiting 😂😂😂
Sorry, am I missing a trick? What incredibly useful and worthwhile things do you get done in the three minutes while the kettle is boiling? Write a new novel, do you? Go on a minibreak? Compose a symphony?
who in their right mind puts 2.5 litres of water in a kettle for 1 cup of tea? lol i cant talk though i just ordered the tap with my kitchen, GADGETS MAN GADGETS, no but saves having a grotty kettle on the side, saves filling said grotty kettle, saves waiting for said grotty kettle, saves poss dropping said grotty kettle and scalding ones self but obv has safety concerns of its own but has safety features to try and mitigate this, so is it worth it? perhaps not, but is it cool and nice to have? why yes ;-)
Not factoring the problems, repairs call out charges and new cartridges (2 years tops). So that’s a 500£ call out charge every 2 years minimum. No thanks I’ll stick to my kettle
Monda, that's not what it costs! I have called out for a repair once (the other day) in over ten years. Mine does not use cartridges. I have descaled in a couple of times, the kit for which costs, if I remember right, about £50. So in truth, it doesn't cost anything like £500 every two years. More like a tenth of that. No denying it is an expensive kettle, but not THAT expensive!
What a great video, thanks for making a short and interesting review that’s not 15 minutes long!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Who the hell stands next to a kettle waiting for it to boil ? Get on with some other stuff ffs ! Always filter water for tea, btw.
Doh. Why didn't I think of that? You're right. What a waste of time to sit there watching the kettle boil. Next time I'll use that 3 minutes 50 seconds (or less if you measure out a single mug) far more productively. Maybe rattle off another novel. Or repaint the windows. Or mow the lawn.
@@arlo.guthrie Haha! Here's an interesting one. If you use your dishwasher a lot, you can save 24 hours every year by having two. One you use as storage and one washing...alternating obv. Not sure i'd need a Quooker though.
You’ve attracted some pretty vile comments here! All these people complaining about it holding water preheated. I bet some of them have combi boilers holding reservoirs of hot water inefficiently for them to wash their mouths out when they realise. As a review it was a little low on content perhaps. But you picked out the important points and put them across well. Telling other people how to live their lives is the fashion at the moment, perhaps your next review can be how to effectively grovel in the dirt rooting for acorns?
Yeah, it has sort of turned into 'Points of View' (the TV programme) for kettles! Not sure I understand the quip about rooting for acorns, but thanks for kind remark about review. It was one of my first, so if a little thin, hopefully more recent ones are better.
Yeah the er... Acorn thing was a bit weird... 😅
Bit like the tesla haters.
Funnyman I like
No thanks, no way you can justify that ridiculous cost and the ongoing running cost. Plus the safety issues with boiling water coming instantly out of a tap. My kettle takes around a minute to boil for one cup. That’s good enough for me.
I think what we really need is a kettle that will consume more than 3KW of power to boil the water much faster.
Your tea-maths sold me on this.
Tea-maths. Love it.
Haha! I always floss my teeth and trim my nose hairs whilst waiting for the kettle to boil.
You too, huh. We should set up a club.
I like to wank
@@quincym-e4680 Idiot!
You can buy kettles that keep your water hot though. Haha
Avoid expecially if you have small children for safety reasons.
Scolding hot water spurting out of a sink tap! even if it has a child safety device.
NOT WORTH THE RISK & so expensive!
No, you're wrong about that. Our children grew up with our Quooker and until a certain age they couldn't even reach the tap. Even when they could, the safety device prevents young children using it. We've had ours over 10 years, and nobody has got scalded.
Its actually cheap for me. I cook allot Italian food or boil vegetables, so it saves me a huge gas bill. The safety part is bs, got kids at home who sometimes bring their friends over, never had problems.
@@arlo.guthrie Still avoid not worth the risk with children in a house.
A non essential expensive gadget that is adding another potential hazard into a home.
Scolding water out of a sink tap and Children not a good combination.
You are talking about your own family experiences not every child and family are the same and may not be so lucky.
@@mrdemocracy7106 Girl I know had a kettle dropped on her when she was a kid and burnt her arm when her mother passed out. I’d be impressed to see that done with a tap.
@@arlo.guthrie It's insane having boiling hot water coming out of a kitchen tap. There is simply no reason for it, no necessity for it, it solves no 'problem', it's a total waste of money. Is there a gas fired one? No. I boil all my water in a kettle on a gas hob, so my boiling water is a quarter of the price of Quooker boiling water. Can you put a watt meter on your Quooker plug and let us know how much electricity it uses in the average week?
Breeding ground for bacteria
Biology is clearly not your special subject, then ;)
@@arlo.guthrie you're correct! But part of my chosen career path involves me taking water quality samples so I know a bit more than you suggest I do.
@@markfarmer1815 Fair enough. But in that case, how on earth is a container of water kept at 110 degrees Celsius a 'breeding ground for bacteria', when according to the government (www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/cooking-your-food), bacteria exposed to 80 degrees is killed in six seconds, and other sources say bacteria exposed to 100 degrees is killed instantly.
@@markfarmer1815 answer the man😂