Safer than a kettle

One of the things that a lot of people ask us is whether it’s really safe to have a tap which dispenses 100ºC boiling water in a kitchen.  So they’re pleasantly surprised to discover that it’s actually much safer having a Quooker tap in the kitchen than a kettle.

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. 

Even so, we don’t think you should take any risks with boiling water, which is why we added the additional feature of a push and turn mechanism to turn the tap on in order to dispense the water.  We also made sure that our tap can be raised and lowered to suit the vessel you’re filling.  You can also rotate the tap with ease so that you can fill a pan placed firmly on the worktop next to the sink, rather than holding it at any awkward angles over the sink. 

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.

http://www.rospa.com/faqs/detail.aspx?faq=415

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