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Are Quooker Tap Alternatives Worth It?

ourhousemadeperfect
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago

We are beginning to renovate a 1920s house (@ourhousemadeperfect) and are starting to look at kitchen fittings. One thing we have noticed is that there are cheaper alternatives to Quooker boiling taps but is it a case of you get what you pay for?




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  • Stephen D
    2 years ago

    I disagree that any of the others are as hot but not sure you need it to be. Quooker has a patent to store the water under pressure so it’s stored above boiling point at 108. My sister in law has an insinkerator one. It’s not as hot coming out and uses about double the amount of energy for a tank half the size vs our 7litre quooker. Tea is perfectly drinkable though and was less than half the price. We have needed our quooker flex hose replaced twice in 3 years so I would not assume the quooker is necessarily better made.

    • Comments (7)

    • Daisy England
      2 years ago

      I have a Qettle boiling water tap. I would not pay for the name Quooker. The Qettle still reaches the same temperature.

      ourhousemadeperfect thanked Daisy England
    • Sarah U-S
      2 years ago

      I have an old Quooker and it’s still working perfectly over 12 years later! However - my brother had a Qettle fitted in his kitchen a couple of years ago and it’s great! There are several types of hot taps available, but many work in different ways and are different temperatures (as Stephen mentions, the insinkerator is cooler), but the Qettle works in a very similar way to the Quooker and is definitely a boiling tap. If I was starting a fresh, I’m not sure I could justify the cost of the Quooker over the Qettle!

    • ourhousemadeperfect
      Original Author
      2 years ago

      Thankyou Stephen, that's really useful to know.


    • ourhousemadeperfect
      Original Author
      2 years ago

      Hi Sarah, thanks for your comments. Looking at the Quooker versus the Qettle, it looks like the Quooker has a better safety mechanism to prevent little hands turning on the boiling water by mistake. Would you agree?

    • Sarah U-S
      2 years ago

      Hi - I can’t really comment on the safety mechanism because my Quooker is now really quite old and the tap design is significantly different!! What I can say though is that my brother has a child and they have no issues with the Qettle, and on the couple of occasions I’ve used it, nothing shouted out to me as dangerous. Maybe see if you can view them both and see which you prefer?

    • Daisy England
      2 years ago

      The Qettle has a red clip that you put over the tap to prevent it being used. See my images below.




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