Qettle4-in-1 Instant Boiling Water Tap | True Boiling, Filtered Cold, Mains Hot & Cold

Very good and only half the price of market leader which we also have, the boiler developed a leak after six months but the company was very good to deal with and it was replaced without question got a new one the next day

I held off reviewing this tap for a couple of months to see how it performed. I’m happy now to say it’s a great tap, and wished I’d bought one sooner, but had been humming and ha-ing between this tap, and others on the cheaper and more expensive side of the Quettle. Pleased I made this choice, as it’s been great straight out of the box, and it was a surprisingly big box too! It’s beautifully finished and reeks quality for sure. The thing is there’s quite a lot of bits to get under the sink, with the boiler, filter unit, and all the hoses that go with it. That said, once you’ve worked out where it’s all going, installation is pretty straight forward thanks to the very informative fitting instructions. The drip tray provided is twice the foot-print of the boiler which was a bit of a surprise, but I realised that this is to also accommodate the optional chiller unit (which I didn’t go for because there’s a chiller in my fridge/freezer already).Operationally, it takes a little getting used to with the boiling water dispenser, since depending on what handed you are, you can end up all crossed up and potentially scolding yourself when making a cup of tea for example if you’re not careful. Of course you could mount the tap 180 degrees around, and solve the problem that way, but the normal hot water side would be rotating away from you, and if the tap is mounted close to a wall, you might not get the full rotation required - just an observation.Summing up, a great tap which delivers 100 degree boiling water at half the price of another well known brand. If I’ve one criticism, it would be the red child-proof lock (which imho isn’t very child proof) and is more a red rag to a bull than anything else. I’m sure they could come up with something better than this, but at least if the child got the red cap off, it would still have to press the button and rotate the lever. No kids in my house, so I don’t exactly have this worry, but none of these taps are completely fool-proof anyway…, are they??!!

Only had it installed a week ago but up to now love it , when first put in my smart meter shot up right into the red more than it did with kettle , realised it had to heat up to boiling point but it seems all good now , only time will tell when billscome in 😊

For the last 8 years I have had Grohe Red under sink “kettle”. The tap recently developed an internal leak and as a replacement tap was £300 and new Grohe Red was £1000+ I looked for an alternative. (I did contact Grohe for answers on the leak but got no reply) There are two of us in the house and we were happy with the temperature of the Grohe tap (about 98c) but visitors were not; they moaned that their tea was not hot enough. So a proper “boiling “tap was sought. The Grohe had a nicely designed heater tank which had a plastic housing but there was also an ugly industrial looking expansion vessel with associated safety valves with a drain into the waste pipe . The tank was fed via a Grohe/BWT filter unit. The whole assembly took up a lot of space under the sink.I do not know whether there has been a change of regulations or there has been a change in technology but the under sink units now don’t seem to need the expansion vessels. Anyway after looking at what was on the market I chose the 4l Qettle. The instructions are good and it was straight forward to fit. I did have an a problem but contact with Qettle was excellent and they sent out a replacement part straight away. The tap does deliver boiling water; it can seem a little fierce at first but you soon get used to it. It works better than my Grohe Duo Red (their new one may be better), and was easier to fit because there was no pressure vessel. The aesthetics of metal case of the tank was inferior to the Grohe but as it is under the sink who cares. The Grohe and Qettle taps were of a similar quality appearance.Grohe’s filter cartridge has I think activated carbon and ion exchange resins, the latter to remove limescale. There was a flow meter link to a display to tell you when to change the filter. A Grohe filter standard size costs £50+; we got through 2 of these a year. The Qettle filter has only carbon (I think) and the replacement display works on time (I think) telling you to replace the cartridge every 6 months. A Qettle filter cost £30 but you do have to descale the tank once a year. So consumables slightly cheaper with the Qettle.So am I happy with the Qettle?. Yes it is better than the Grohe so far in every way bar one - energy usage. I had a power measuring smart plug on the Grohe and it averaged 0.8kWh of energy per day. When the Grohe broke down and we reverted to an ordinary Kettle and the smart plug also measure 0.8 kWh/day. The Qettle however is measuring 1.2kWh+/day. In all cases we have the same about of tea/coffees per day so the result are roughly comparable. So the Qettle consumes and extra 0.4 kWh/day In a year and using the latest unit prices of 0.34 p/kWh this equates to around £50/year extra in energy cost. The cupboard under the sink is also noticeably warmer. Perhaps I should have bought the smaller Qettle unit for the two of us and brought a kettle out when we have more people . I have solar panels and a battery so my costs are not as bad as this; and the convenience outweighs this downside but it is disappointing that is poorly insulated.