According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA), around 7,000 people visit A&E Departments every year due
to kettle-related accidents.
RoSPA recommends placing the kettle towards the back of the
worktop where it will be out of reach for a small child. The Quooker tap is installed at the back of
the worktop over the sink and cannot be pulled towards the front of the
worktop.
A kettle, once boiled, contains an average of between 1.1
and 1.7 litres of boiling water. If this
is tipped over a person, particularly a young child, it can do serious,
extensive and sometimes, sadly, permanent harm.
The Quooker tap dispenses boiling water in a steady flow in
a spray format. The aerated form allows
you to pass a hand through the flow without scalding yourself. Naturally, you wouldn’t want to keep your
hand in the flow of boiling water, but you wouldn’t – you’d snatch your hand
away as soon as you felt the heat. What
makes a huge and critical difference is that by comparison you may get a few
drops of boiling water on your skin or clothing – you won’t be soaked by over a
litre of it.
When we launched our
Nordic series, we took the opportunity to build in even more safety features. There’s
an LED light to remind you that the boiling mode is in operation, and on the Quooker
Fusion the boiling mode is operated by a crenelated ring with a double push and
turn mechanism to make sure you can’t turn on the flow of boiling water
accidentally. Quooker’s patented twin
walled construction of the spout also ensures that it stays cool to the touch
even when dispensing boiling water.
We love being able to use boiling water on demand in the
kitchen – it helps with cooking, cleaning and getting hot drinks in busy
offices or homes. BUT – we never forget
that safety is important.
After more than 25 years, over 350,000 Quookers and many millions
of hours of their combined use, no-one has ever told us that they’ve had an
accident related to a Quooker.
That’s a really brilliant reason to buy a Quooker.
