Tefal Quick Cup - how much elect does it actually save?

slewis1972

Hi

I am looking at replacing my kettle as itrs quite limescaled up.

Anyway - I have been looking at the Tefal Quick Cup as it has had some good reviews. Also, I need to consider the wife wont take it on board to just fill the kettle for 2 persons worth of tea and not the whole street. As this model you can set for the size of your mugs, thought it might be good.

Anyway - I need to factor in the cost vs electricity saving. Cheapest I can get it for is like £45.

Any advice appreciated.

Scott

moonrakerz

You will need to put the same amount of heat into a given quantity of cold water to make it boil in ANY kettle. Apart from fairly minor efficiency factors between kettles mostly they are all the same.
I notice that the blurb for this kettle says "uses one third the energy of a standard kettle" - this is just impossible - unless it is boiling one third the quantity of water !
Just another eco-gimmick, I'm afraid !

Buy something from Tesco for £4.99 and save £40 !

geri1965_2

I've heard that it doesn't actually boil the water - which sounds a bit crap to me.

Cardew

moonrakerz is absolutely correct. These are an absolute gimmick.

If you read carefully all they claim to do is measure the amount of water into the kettle accurately.

Joyful

The water coming out hot rather than boiling. Save your money.

Kazzajr

Isn't it quite easy to remove limescale?

Maybe you would be better off buying a travel kettle or a smaller one that can only hold 2 cups worth of water?

jcwn03

Hi,

I would advise you to buy a conventional kettle, I had one of these for 4 weeks until it broke and stopped heating water, on going back to a conventional kettle we realised just how much hotter a normal kettle got the water. They are also noisy and a bit messy as the water splashes into the cup. Hope this helps.