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Nicola_Smith92 said:

Literally just joined this site today, wish I hadn’t bothered, people are so unkind.  Ignore if you like but no need to be rude.  I’m out

A full kettle will take no more than 3 to 4 minutes to boil so a 3 kW kettle will use approximately 1 kWh every 20 minutes, that's about 0.25 kWh to boil the full kettle 

savers_united

poppellerant said:

Marvel1 said:

I have a one cup kettle, brilliant.

Brilliant other than the fact that they don't boil the water and the temperature it comes out at means it's really only good enough for coffee.  Tea takes longer to brew, resulting in even colder tea.

I know this, because I've owned several.  After that I realised that properly brewed hot cups of tea made from boiling water is the proper way.

Also how much does your hot one cup machine save you, compared to what it cost?  Let's say it costs 2p to boil a kettle for a cup of tea.  Let's also assume your one cup cost around £30 brand new (I've seen ones for over £100, so I'm being somewhat generous here).  You'd have to make 1,500 cups of tea before your energy assumption cost £30 - then that's where your minute savings would happen.

I have one and it's pretty close to boiling, hot enough to burn your hands from any splashes. 

From a price point you neec to look at purchasing a normal kettle or a hot cup machine. 

3 months we were faced with that choice after our kettle started leaking, it was £25 for a kettle (decent 3kw quiet quick boil type), or £45 (on offer) for the breville 2litre hot cup machine. So for us the difference was £20.

The Hot cup saved the leccy as we no longer boil more than we need and also use less water, its convenient and looks nice on the worktop. No more lifting / carrying a boiling kettle, no more emptying old water that had been boiled previously. I think the savings will add up quite quickly, especially in households like ours where filling the kettle was just guessing game, and quite often needed a double boil when we were half a cup short on the final cup. 

Gerry1

savers_united said:

poppellerant said:

Marvel1 said:

I have a one cup kettle, brilliant.

Brilliant other than the fact that they don't boil the water and the temperature it comes out at means it's really only good enough for coffee.  Tea takes longer to brew, resulting in even colder tea.

I know this, because I've owned several.  After that I realised that properly brewed hot cups of tea made from boiling water is the proper way.

Also how much does your hot one cup machine save you, compared to what it cost?  Let's say it costs 2p to boil a kettle for a cup of tea.  Let's also assume your one cup cost around £30 brand new (I've seen ones for over £100, so I'm being somewhat generous here).  You'd have to make 1,500 cups of tea before your energy assumption cost £30 - then that's where your minute savings would happen.

The Hot cup saved the leccy as we no longer boil more than we need and also use less water, its convenient and looks nice on the worktop. No more lifting / carrying a boiling kettle, no more emptying old water that had been boiled previously. I think the savings will add up quite quickly, especially in households like ours where filling the kettle was just guessing game, and quite often needed a double boil when we were half a cup short on the final cup. 

BiB: That's just three ways of saying the same thing !

savers_united said:

poppellerant said:

Marvel1 said:

I have a one cup kettle, brilliant.

Brilliant other than the fact that they don't boil the water and the temperature it comes out at means it's really only good enough for coffee.  Tea takes longer to brew, resulting in even colder tea.

I know this, because I've owned several.  After that I realised that properly brewed hot cups of tea made from boiling water is the proper way.

Also how much does your hot one cup machine save you, compared to what it cost?  Let's say it costs 2p to boil a kettle for a cup of tea.  Let's also assume your one cup cost around £30 brand new (I've seen ones for over £100, so I'm being somewhat generous here).  You'd have to make 1,500 cups of tea before your energy assumption cost £30 - then that's where your minute savings would happen.

filling the kettle was just guessing game, and quite often needed a double boil when we were half a cup short on the final cup. 

If your kettle doesn't have a scale marked in cups, there's no need to guess: if you require X cups of tea, just pour in a teapot's worth plus X cupfuls and then you won't waste a drop. 

BobT36

uss_tish said:

@Nicola_Smith92 so sorry you have had such a rough introduction. It can be shockingly brutal and rude sometimes and some people just have to be right. Hope it doesn’t put you off as mostly it’s a really helpful friendly site. 

Why would you ever want to be wrong? 
No-one here called her named or put her down for it, merely corrected. 
This is the proper thing to do. 

easy

Nicola_Smith92 said:

I saw this statistic in a news article, I haven't just made it up. 

Unfortunately lots of stuff in news papers and online news articles are incorrect or downright untruthful.  
It's far better to only post about things you have personal experience of,  or to check facts are true before passing them on !