Quooker: The Boiling Water Tap
by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 10. 4.05
Quooker is a device from the U.K. that produces boiling water via a tap in your kitchen sink. The tap produces regular cold water, until you "push and turn" to get boiling water instead. It does this by heating the water to 212°F (100°C) in a vacuum-insulated, thermos-like tank, and holding it until it is ready to be used. There are two Quooker models: an 800W one and a 1600W one. Here are some technical specs for the Quooker: the tank capacity is 3L, the standby power consumption is quoted as "10W", and the time to heat from cold water is either 10 minutes or 20 minutes, depending on the model. It also has an active carbon filter that needs to be replace every three years. :: Quooker via OhGizmo!
How is this pro-treehugger?
It appears to be that this device maintains water at boiling 24/7. This waste's electricity and therefore energy.
I actually think this is a Dutch company (yes, being a little bit nationalistic ;) )
I agree with Steve. I actually saw this website a couple of days ago and did a little bit of rough calculating. From the standbye-power only you can boil water with a (electric) kettle about 3 times in one day. And that is only the standbye-power (10 W)...
Agreed! I get better efficiency from my kettle, which boils only the amount of water i want to use at any given time (not much, in other words). This thing could, in theory, consume 87kw of electricity a year, just on stand-by.
You might like to review this one?