Instant Hot Water Tap

[SteveD]

Does anyone have one of those kitchen taps which heat the water either from a small reservoir under the sink or in the body of the tap? Our kitchen tap is a long way from the boiler and it takes ages (and a lot of cold water before warm water arrives). Any comments/pros and cons/ recommendations? Thanks in advance.

[rockyracoon]

I have a Quooker. One of first generation ones, not the superdooper ones that do sparkling water and all that. I wouldn't be without it, and when it gets scaled up and needs a service, the whole house goes into meltdown at the thought of digging the kettle out.

Ours is 3 litre capacity, if I bought again, which I will do probably when the next service is due, I might be inclined to get a bigger capacity tank.

I can 100% recommend one, well a Quooker, that is, not sure about other makes.

[Atheist]

rocky, if it's instant then it must be keeping a permananet store of boiling water. That sounds very energy inefficient and expensive. I would imagine that the water would be 'stale' (devoid of oxygen) and wouldn't make a nice cuppa.
But you seem to like it. I've never had one, so my comments are based on first principles, not experience.

[rockyracoon]

Steve was asking for opinions, I wasn't.

[SteveD]

Our interest would be for washing up pots and pans rather than for making hot drinks.

[gingejbee]

@11.14...somebody's a bit tetchy/unpleasant.

[Barmaid]

We've got one. It draws off the mains and heats it up.

It's OK, although the flow on it means that it would take ages to fill a bowl to wash up. Insofar as drinks are concerned, in my view, it doesnt get hot enough to make a drink that you will be adding milk to. It's OK for me because I take hot drinks without milk. It is handy for filling up a saucepan that you are going to boil.

Tbh, ours probably needs replacing but we simply haven't got round to it.

[barry1010]

There was a Quooker in holiday accommodation I rented and it was very unreliable. I was interested in buying one before then but was advised against it because my water is very hard.
I also don't want another thing that needs regular servicing.

[The Builder]

I think Steve is looking for a simple water heater rather than the boiling tap water ones.
I've fitted them in places such as village halls where they only need hot water in the kitchen.
There are two main types. Wall-hung (over-sink), and under-sink multipoint ones.
Above the sink they tend to be around 3kw. Ideal for rinsing cups and filling a bowl.
Under-sink can be up around 9kw and can actually serve more than one tap if needed (multi-point.)

Easy to fit and work very well. The 3kw can use any nearby socket circuit, but 9kw needs a dedicated feed direct from the consumer unit (much like a shower unit.)

Have a look here Steve.........................

(There are three pages of them to check out.)

https://www.screwfix.com/c/heating-plumbing/water-heaters/cat830974#category=cat830974&page_size=20&page_start=0