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Franke minerva taps...

hotcookie101
hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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I want one!

Please persuade me that they are no good, are a gimmick, and that as I live in hard water area, the most expensive kettle I will ever have to throw away :(

Thank you
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  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    hotcookie101 wrote: »
    I want one!

    Please persuade me that they are no good, are a gimmick, and that as I live in hard water area, the most expensive kettle I will ever have to throw away :(

    Thank you

    Get a Quooker...much better :)
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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    Meepster wrote: »
    Get a Quooker...much better :)

    LOL, you're supposed to persuade me that they are all rubbish!

    Quookers only do boiling water though don't they-they aren't a regular tap too? I like the idea of the thingy going under the cupboard too.

    But I can't afford one anyway :( ....

    Although-it would do away with the "where do I put the kettle and is it bad to have it under the wall units" dilemma I've been having ;):D
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    hotcookie101 wrote: »
    LOL, you're supposed to persuade me that they are all rubbish!

    Quookers only do boiling water though don't they-they aren't a regular tap too? I like the idea of the thingy going under the cupboard too.

    But I can't afford one anyway :( ....

    Although-it would do away with the "where do I put the kettle and is it bad to have it under the wall units" dilemma I've been having ;):D

    I can't do that, they are pretty damn fantastic!

    Yes, the Quooker taps are boiling water only, so you would need a seperate "normal" tap too. The thing with the Minerva is there is just too much to go wrong. I really don't think a 3-in-1 tap is a good idea.

    However, you could always go for one of these:

    http://www.insinkerator.co.uk/products/shwt/hc-1100.aspx

    Which gives you filtered hot AND cold water...what were you saying about living in a hard water area? ;)
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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    Meepster wrote: »
    I can't do that, they are pretty damn fantastic!

    Yes, the Quooker taps are boiling water only, so you would need a seperate "normal" tap too. The thing with the Minerva is there is just too much to go wrong. I really don't think a 3-in-1 tap is a good idea.

    However, you could always go for one of these:

    http://www.insinkerator.co.uk/products/shwt/hc-1100.aspx

    Which gives you filtered hot AND cold water...what were you saying about living in a hard water area? ;)

    I'm stepping away from the lovely taps now. I REALLY wanted a quooker, but just can't justify it. However-I can totally justify paying over £1000 more than we budgeted for, as I have fallen in love with the most perfect, beautiful, and insanely expensive granite in the world ;) (if only I could compromise on that I could have the quooker :cool:)
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    The boiling water taps I have seen in peoples houses are broken ones with people that regret buying them
    Not Again
  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
    The boiling water taps I have seen in peoples houses are broken ones with people that regret buying them

    THAT'S what I need to hear :D;)
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
    The boiling water taps I have seen in peoples houses are broken ones with people that regret buying them

    I've sold around 30 of them in the last 5 years. Have never had an issue, not even a slight problem...
    hotcookie101 wrote: »
    THAT'S what I need to hear :D;)

    Heh I'll just shut up...
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    hotcookie101 wrote: »
    THAT'S what I need to hear :D;)


    No problem.
    Not Again
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Meepster wrote: »
    I've sold around 30 of them in the last 5 years. Have never had an issue, not even a slight problem...


    I will give your number to the lady who hasn't used hers for 2 years because it was "fixed" 3 times prior the 2 years previous & now she has given up. :o
    Not Again
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
    I will give your number to the lady who hasn't used hers for 2 years because it was "fixed" 3 times prior the 2 years previous & now she has given up. :o

    What make is it?
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

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