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ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:09 am Really what you should be doing if you're suitably upwardly mobile is getting a boiling water tap.

How uncouth - leave those to the footballers wives and lotto winners.

A nice Gordon Bennett stove top kettle, boiled on the Aga dahling!!!

Actually, I asked the butler to sort it. No idea what the kitchen staff do. I just ask the footman to get me a hot drink and it appears.

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:09 am Really what you should be doing if you're suitably upwardly mobile is getting a boiling water tap.

You know how bad they are for the environment, right?

And I'm not comfortable with them around children. Either way, don't want one.

Wasn't being completely serious

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:44 am Wasn't being completely serious

Nor was I - I just hate them because I know I'll put my hand under it one day.

Our Bosch lets you boil and also does 70, 80 and 90c which is good if you dont like burnt instant coffee.

Jobbo wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:07 am

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:44 am Wasn't being completely serious

Nor was I - I just hate them because I know I'll put my hand under it one day.

we stick loads of them into peoples offices - you'd have to try pretty hard to stick your hand under them, they require 2 presses/twists/etc to activate so you don't confuse them with normal taps.

I'd love one at home, but the cheap ones are shit and the expensive ones are VERY expensive.

I like mine and use it more often than I would a kettle. Using boiling water is great for soaking dirty pans etc.
It would be interesting to stick it on an energy consumption plug and see how much it’s actually using though. I reckon it’s a disaster.

Broccers wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:37 am Our Bosch lets you boil and also does 70, 80 and 90c which is good if you dont like burnt instant coffee.

That only helps with the burnt part, it still does nothing for the instant bit

Mito Man wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:37 pm I like mine and use it more often than I would a kettle. Using boiling water is great for soaking dirty pans etc.
It would be interesting to stick it on an energy consumption plug and see how much it’s actually using though. I reckon it’s a disaster.

I'm fairly sure they are a monumental distaster

We're thinking of getting an induction kettle for our hob. Would save cluttering up the worktop with one. It still astounds me how quickly you can bring a massive pan of stone cold water to the boil on full power

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:38 pm
We're thinking of getting an induction kettle for our hob. Would save cluttering up the worktop with one. It still astounds me how quickly you can bring a massive pan of stone cold water to the boil on full power

I was very suspicious of induction jobs, but I am a total convert. So much faster than gas.

Yep - same. Even used one a few times at my parents and still wasn't convinced. But weirdly, by end of day 1 of having one ourselves we were both converted.

Jobbo wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:23 am

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:09 am Really what you should be doing if you're suitably upwardly mobile is getting a boiling water tap.

You know how bad they are for the environment, right?

Compared to my wife boiling a full, fresh kettle several times a day?

I don’t mind them in concept but feel like I’d need to keep a jug out for making coffee, doing hot water bottles and the like and that would use as much space as a kettle.

Jobbo wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:23 am

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:09 am Really what you should be doing if you're suitably upwardly mobile is getting a boiling water tap.

You know how bad they are for the environment, right?

in all seriousness, are they? It obviously depends on useage - I expect if you do one cup a day they're terrible, but 50 in an office and they're great.

Rich B wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:05 pm

Jobbo wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:23 am

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:09 am Really what you should be doing if you're suitably upwardly mobile is getting a boiling water tap.

You know how bad they are for the environment, right?

in all seriousness, are they? It obviously depends on useage - I expect if you do one cup a day they're terrible, but 50 in an office and they're great.

Actually I'm not sure. I think they would be less efficient in my use (I only boil the kettle on the days I'm working from home and don't overfill it) but apparently they're not as bad as I thought they would be. Still keeping a few litres reservoir of water at near boiling temperature constantly, but then I keep my hot water cylinder with 250l at ~70C and I'm sure reducing the temperature of that by 1C would probably mitigate any energy wasted by a Quooker.

Broccers wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:37 am Our Bosch lets you boil and also does 70, 80 and 90c which is good if you dont like burnt instant coffee.

You drink instant coffee? Heathen.

Jimmy Choo wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:59 am

Broccers wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:37 am Our Bosch lets you boil and also does 70, 80 and 90c which is good if you dont like burnt instant coffee.

You drink instant coffee? Heathen.

I do. Without caffine too.

Broccers wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:32 pm

Jimmy Choo wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:59 am

Broccers wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:37 am Our Bosch lets you boil and also does 70, 80 and 90c which is good if you dont like burnt instant coffee.

You drink instant coffee? Heathen.

I do. Without caffine too.

I don't know how you sleep at night.