Time and boiling water…

Time flies, seize the day, life’s too short, make every second count, what a waste of time!  We’re a nation obsessed with quotations about time.  It’s understandable, because time is precious – and that’s another saying. 

Unlike anything else, you can’t get more of time; you can’t buy it and it’s difficult to trade it.  One thing is certain – once it’s gone you can’t get it back. 

Mostly people want to save time, and that’s where we score highly – quite apart from saving water, energy and money, we can help you reclaim a lot of those precious minutes.  On average, a kettle takes around three minutes to boil.  A kettle with just a little water in it will take less time, of course, but we tend to overfill kettles and boil too much water for just one cup.  This may be because we don’t really trust that the water will be nice if we only boil enough for one cup – a lot of us live in hard water areas and suffer from scaly kettles – or we’re concerned that we won’t boil enough and will have to top up the kettle and reboil it, which would, of course, be wasteful. 

Three minutes doesn’t seem long, does it?   But if you’re standing waiting for the kettle to boil, it seems ages.  So we often go and do something else while the kettle is heating the water, only to miss it boiling and let it cool while we get distracted.  So again we have to reboil, and that’s more waste. 

This pattern may well be repeated several times a day, and instead of three minutes, each time it can easily turn into five or six. 

Far better to cut out the waiting altogether – and you can with a Quooker.  Better by far to make tea, coffee or a snack instantly, then get on with the rest of your day.  Over the course of the day, this can save you quite a bit of time to do more useful things. 

It also helps not to break your concentration and focus.  Did you know that each time you are interrupted you lose about 50% of your effectiveness?  Simply going to the boiling water tap, making tea, then enjoying it before you move onto your next task, helps you to plan your productive time and your breaks more effectively. 

Even if you only take three minutes to boil a kettle four times a day, over a year that adds up to a staggering three days spent just hanging about waiting for kettles to boil. 

We could easily list a hundred more interesting things you could do with the time you could save, but it would take too much of your time to read it.  So we’ll just give you one – ditch your kettle and buy a Quooker!

Time, Energy, Money and Water

Time, energy and money are probably three of the most valuable resources in most people’s lives and, for those of us on a water meter, they’ve been joined by water too. At times it may seem like we never have enough of them. Naturally, people will always try and find ways to increase the amount of time, energy and money they have, and everyone’s worst domestic nightmare would be to be without water.  Smart people will make the best use of each of them.

We live in a world where spare time is a luxury, a digital age in which so many things need a response in an instant. What we choose to do with our time ultimately defines our lives. Whether it’s working, learning or looking after loved ones, some people will feel they have too much to do and too little time. Naturally, busy people will endeavour to find all kinds of ways to save time – even if only a few minutes a day!

Energy (in terms of the stuff you need to run a home, not the sort to get you out of bed in the morning) is another commodity that is increasing in scarcity and value. As the argument for global warming strengthens and people become more aware of their carbon footprint – energy is something that we have to consume with a conscience. Not surprisingly, developments in technology are now being geared towards making household appliances as energy efficient as possible, as well as time-saving.

In times of economic austerity people make cut backs; however, money still has to be spent. So it becomes paramount to spend money wisely and make astute investments.  These days, if you’re on a water meter, water means money too, quite apart from the need to conserve it for ecological reasons. 

A product that screams efficiency and sustainability is the Quooker boiling water tap. When you first see what a Quooker tap can do, you may be impressed by its versatility, stylish design and safety features. However, four of the most significant benefits of investing in a Quooker tap are the savings that it gives in time, energy, water and money.

Quooker taps are up to 58% more energy efficient than kettles (based on making ten, 200ml mugs of tea a day). Part of the reason for this is that kettles often re-boil the same water, causing to much of it to be wasted, either through evaporation, or because people understandably feel like throwing out re-boiled water and starting again with fresh water.  With a Quooker, you just dispense the amount of fresh boiling water you need, every time.  This not only means that you will save water, not to mention money on your electricity bills, but you will always be doing your bit to help the environment.

On average, it would take around five minutes to make four cups of tea from filling the kettle to putting the teabag in the bin. With a Quooker tap, the same four cups of tea take around a minute to make. If you do this same process several times a day you are looking at saving time which could be spent getting on with work, or putting your feet up. Over the course of a year, four minutes a day adds up to 24 hours. If you make several cups a day using a Quooker tap, you’re effectively saving 24 hours each time you make a brew.

How will you spend your extra days?