Proboil 3 - Kitchen Boiling Water Tap

gezzerboy

Just thought I would post this to make people aware of the running costs for these Instant Boiling Water hot taps especially in hard water areas.

Bought a Pronteau 4-1 tap and Pro Boil 3

apart from the electric costs (Negligable) consider the following

On Average it will need a new filter 3 times per year £100 each
Hard Water Area will need Descaling every 3 months at £30 per go plus the effort to do it

So yearly with no electric you are looking at around £420 just to keep it running... Worth considering because If i knew that I wouldnt have bought it

troffasky

How does it cost £30 to de-scale? Is there a reason why you couldn't use an ordinary acid-based descaler?

gezzerboy

You blow the warranty if you use any other item. It could still work i guess. not tried it

vacheron

Ouch!

I must admit as soon as we heard the price quoted for a boiling water tap while our kitchen designer was offering us one, that stopped us right there even before we considered the annual running costs. :eek:

Thanks for the warning, I think I'll stick with my £39.00 Breville machine.