Why all boiling water taps are not the same…

First things first – there are quite a few pretenders to the title ‘boiling water tap’, but only one genuine article.  We know this to be true because the patents that we hold on the genuine boiling water dispensing Quooker tap make it pretty impossible for anyone else to achieve 100ºC boiling water from a tap. 

Some of our competitors would have you believe that this is a good thing.  They say that 100ºC boiling water is steam.  Clearly anyone who has ever boiled a kettle knows that while some steam is given off when water boils, it doesn’t all turn to steam – or there would never have been kettles. 

They may also tell you that 100ºC boiling water scalds tea and coffee, so slightly off the boil is better.  But boiling water doesn’t scald if you dispense it in an aerated stream so that the air in it prevents scalding tea and coffee – or anything else you want to prepare in the food line. 

This also makes our tap safer than a kettle – the aerated stream is far safer than a constant stream from a kettle.  It’s possible to pass your hand through a Quooker tap boiling water stream without scalding yourself.  Don’t ever try that with a kettle! 

You also can’t accidentally knock a Quooker over, pouring litres of boiling water everywhere.  The Quooker has a safety push and twist action which also helps to reduce mistakes – you can’t turn it on by accident.

The turning point for taps is quite literally, their turning point.  Being able to rotate from side to side makes a tap so much more versatile, and this too has positive implications for safety.  It means that you can place a pot or saucepan on the worktop to fill.  You don’t have to sit it in the sink then lift it out – which can be tricky and precarious.  Instead you can grasp it easily and firmly to place it on the cooker.

Rising to the occasion is important too.  The long and the short of it is that if you’re going to invest in a boiling water tap you want to know that you can fill things with it – large saucepans and stockpots, for example, or tall flasks for boardroom meetings or even picnics (should the summer settle down into nice weather).  In colder weather you may wish to fill hot water bottles too.  The Quooker tap gives you a long or short neck – you just lift it up or push it down as you wish. 

They say looks aren’t everything, but we believe that if you’re investing in a boiling water tap it should also look great.  The Quooker does, and it comes in traditional or contemporary styles to match your kitchen. 

Finally – and we think, importantly – it’s backed by great customer service.  We know that everybody claims that, but like our tap, we really do deliver on our promises.

That’s why all boiling water taps are not the same.

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