Tefal instant water boiler

[ailie]

Does anyone have one of these? Do they really do the job of a kettle? Can you easily, for example, fill a pan of water to boil pasta in? Any design faults? Are they worth their price? Are these about to catch on .& replace kettles or are they just a gimic ......will there be competition & a price drop soon?

[EmEd1984]

my sister bought one for my mum as she loves gadgets, i think she got it for about �50 in the end. some points:

* it only really gets the water hot enough for tea and coffee - not boiling.

* if you're using a small mug it splashes (but you could hold the mug up rather than waiting for it to fill on the worktop).

* they're a bit noisy when they're 'rpocessing' the water through. kind of a chugging noise.

* a plus is that the tefal one also filters the water you put in, and it doesn't have to be warmed up

i quite like them, but i wouldn't have one in my kitchen purely because it's not very pretty!!

[Ethel]

You can't make tea without boiling water, or use it for anything else that needs boiling water - such as gravy with granules.

Reviews here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/product/B000SK9 G52/ref=cm_cr_pr_helpful?_encoding=UTF8&showVi ewpoints=0

From the Tefal website:
Please note that although the Tefal Quick Cup delivers close to boiling water it is not suitable for sterilising items such as baby bottles or making up milk feeds

It heats water to between 80 and 85 degrees - not hot enough for me

[ailie]

Thanx you 2. Sounds fine for instant coffee but not much else. New model out in Feb might hve some improvements.

[Chickadee]

I bought one of these as my hubby liked the idea of it. It is now sitting in its box in a cupboard.
Complete waste of money. As previously mentioned, it splashes everywhere, it is really noisy and the water just isn't hot enough.
Instead I use a Brita filter kettle (our tap water is horrid!!).

[Chickadee]

Also forgot to mention, nowhere seems to sell the filters!!

[Velvetee]

I have one, but reverted back to a kettle. As others have said, it heats the water, but not to boiling point, so the drink cools very quickly. I also found there was always a foamy film on the top of my tea.

I now have a lovely Britta Filter kettle, it's great, no limescaley tea anymore.