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**Chris** · 17-01-2024, 22:31

I get the impression he’s talking about a Qooker tap or similar.

I have looked in to these. They’re ludicrously expensive to buy (though in this case the neighbour is being offered one for free) and they are not maintenance free. As far as I understand it they need serviced with occasional replacement seals.

We decided to stick with what we’ve used for the last few years, which is a counter-top electric thermopot. We have had 5 litre ones in the past but now we’re not running a B&B we have a 3 litre one. We have a gas combi boiler so we fill it from our regular hot tap (water around 55c) and the thermopot brings it to about 98c and holds it there. It is insulated so quite efficient to run. And filling it hot means it boils in about 10 minutes as opposed to 20 or 25. It matches our boiling water requirement quite well and generally we re-fill it every evening.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,146	Re: Which would be less costly , hot tap or..... I get the impression he’s talking about a Qooker tap or similar. I have looked in to these. They’re ludicrously expensive to buy (though in this case the neighbour is being offered one for free) and they are not maintenance free. As far as I understand it they need serviced with occasional replacement seals. We decided to stick with what we’ve used for the last few years, which is a counter-top electric thermopot. We have had 5 litre ones in the past but now we’re not running a B&B we have a 3 litre one. We have a gas combi boiler so we fill it from our regular hot tap (water around 55c) and the thermopot brings it to about 98c and holds it there. It is insulated so quite efficient to run. And filling it hot means it boils in about 10 minutes as opposed to 20 or 25. It matches our boiling water requirement quite well and generally we re-fill it every evening.