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Tefal Quick Cup | 
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| Brand: Tefal
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £48.50
You Save: £11.49 (19%)
New (14) Used (2) from £32.99
Rating:  153 reviews
Media: Kitchen & Home
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 10.6 x 7.7
MPN: BR303844
Model: Quick Cup
EAN: 3016661130182
ASIN: B000SK9G52
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW IN BOX,READY FOR DISPATCH
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| Features:
| • | Opti-Quick system hot or cold water in 3 seconds | | • | Consumes only 1/3 of the energy of a kettle | | • | 1.5 Litre removable tank - dishwasher safe | | • | Claris aqua filter system | | • | Stainless steel control panel |
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Product Description
If youre looking for an energy-efficient alternative to your kettle and a quicker way to make your cuppa in the morning, then the Quick & Hot is just what you need. This fountain heats water to the right temperature for your coffee or tea in just 3 seconds, up to 65% faster than a traditional kettle. You can also make cold drinks and manually or automatically adjust the quantity according to the size of your cup. The Quick & Hot is also equipped with a filter, ensuring all impurities are removed from water. Therell always be hot water on tap with the Quick & Hot around! Power: 2800W Stainless steel control panel
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| Customer Reviews:
 Do not buy this product if you are a tea drinker September 7, 2007
blindbrotherhod (West of the Shire)
204 out of 212 found this review helpful
This is not a kettle, it is a hot water dispenser. To be fair it is quite a good hot water dispenser, the water spurts out rapidly, if rather noisily. But if you are a tea drinker then you will know that boiling water is required to pour onto the tea to release the flavour. And it does not boil the water, so tea tastes insipid and bland. If you are coffee drinker, then this product may be of more use to you. To give an indication of how un-hot the water gets, by the time I have added milk and sugar to my coffee I can drink it quite comfortably and within a few minutes the mug has pretty much gone cold.
All the environmental claptrap that is used to market this is compete rubbish; it maybe more efficient, use less electricity, reduce your carbon footprint, blah blah, but this is basically a scam. They cannot be comparing a water boiling kettle with this product, as they do not do the same things. And by the time that you take into account the designing, manufacturing, transportation, marketing costs and resources, into something which is now sat in my kitchen gathering dust, and the fact that I have had to go out and purchase a kettle (not tefal) that does actually boil the water, then you feel a little bit like you've been conned, and the all those precious, saved resources are instead wasted
If you like the convenience of warm coffee within seconds it's great. But it's expensive, it's noisey and it does not boil water like a 'normal' kettle. Add to this the fact that they seem to be cashing in on people's carbon foot print concerns to sell product, rather than a well designed, well functioning product that sells because it's good at what it does, and I feel that tefals shine is definitely tarnished.
Read the reviews above, who the hell pays 50+ for a 'state of the art' kettle and then has to put their tea in the microwave for 20seconds to warm it up!
Water Not Very Hot August 25, 2007
David Greenall (Biggleswade UK)
172 out of 177 found this review helpful
If you are expecting boiling water in your cup you will not be pleased.
I like a nice hot cuppa so for me I now have to give it 20 seconds in the microwave. I have only had this product for 2 weeks; I use bottled water so I know it is not full of lime scale.
I have taken to holding my mug as close to the outlet as possible so as to cut down the loss of heat as much as possible.
It also claims to take 3 seconds to pour a cup of hot water. I have just timed this with a stop watch and it took 24 seconds.
Overall I have to say I am not as happy as I had hoped considering the cost.
Promises more than it delivers August 19, 2007
Mark
166 out of 170 found this review helpful
This is my second review of this product as I thought an update was needed after my first one. You cannot place a second review of a product so I have had to replace my original one by editing it. My original review was placed on the 19th Aug and now, less than two months later, I have a replacement in my kitchen because the first just stopped working. It stopped mid-flow, whilst filling a mug and the red light stayed on. It banged as though something blew electrically but the fuse was still fine as the red power light was on. I thought it would be interesting to see if the second product was just as noisy and spurty and vibrated as much. It doesn't.
This is slightly quieter and smoother as it dispenses water and the water flows in more of a continuous stream than the broken version, although not completely smoothly. Perhaps that one was always faulty. The new one splashes a little less than the previous one but still splashes nontheless. I still have to wipe the worktop dry.
Great I thought, until I drank my coffee. Yes this one is smoother in dispensing the water without the spurts of steam but it is not hot. If you don't drink it as soon as it is made it is too cold within minutes. If you don't have milk then you may be ok but I do. I suspect the dispensing shortfall of the previous version was due to it heating up the water to a higher temperature but that is what a kettle is for, isn't it? Add 20 seconds in a 900 Watt microwave and our energy savings with this product are being cancelled out. The added inconvenience of reheating is something I may have suspected if this was a cheap product by an unknown brand but it is a premium price over many kettles on the market.
It is no accident that the advertisement for this product on TV shows a graphical simulation of how this product works rather than a real product actually dispensing hot water.
My wife reminded me that the first Quick Cup I bought had to go back to the shop because a piece of the plastic water container was broken off in the box when we got it home so in fact we are on our third Quick Cup. When I took this one back with the receipt, the sales assistant asked "hadn't I already returned this?" Only two out of the three I've brought home have been used and so far it scores zero out of two.
I can't change my original rating of 3 stars because I am editing an original review but now I would rate this one or two stars. A second star for a good idea badly executed.
Don't get suckered in by the carbon footprint guilt trip, until there is a product released that works effectively. Yes, strictly speaking, water for coffee shouldn't be boiling but we wouldn't dream of using the water out of our hot water taps. My latest model doesn't seem too far from that temperature and I should really take it back for a refund. It's not fit for purpose... I think they say.
Tefal Quick cup September 20, 2007
Mr. P. G. S. Butler (South West UK)
65 out of 69 found this review helpful
Yes it looks great and is expensive - It is clever too- BUT note manufacturers claims it heats water in 3 seconds. This is misrepresentation - It takes three seconds to initially heat the water and up to 25 seconds to get a cup of lukewarm /hot water . This is not suitable for Tea- Indeed one Tea producer does NOT recommend this. Ref Coffee: By the time you add milk the coffee is cold. Pot Noodle (Yuck) and Packet instant soups will not fare well with this. They need boiling water and this machine does not deliver boiling water.
The noise in use very cleverly concealed (muted) on the Tefal video ie (There is none) and is akin to a Jumbo jet at 500 paces. The worksurface vibrates too!
Other points :A pity the lid is not hinged. Good points:You do NOT have to always use a filter - Great if you live in a good water area and by pressing and holding button the system will deliver water until you stop it.
Of course it also delivers cold filtered water at Room temperature too at the press of a button - Great!
You can get an upgraded model in Europe for cheaper than UK model ( 38+ P&P). Probably be in UK soon. This has a cup selector. Finallly if you want to use 1.5 litres immediately for hot water it will deliver BUT the manufacturer says you cannot use this again for the next 10 minutes!!!
Its a great prototype ' concept' that sadly went to market before proper evaluation - see other feedbag and decide yourselves. With a little more work it could have been a world beater and has potential for a rival manufacturer to get a better product out- sooner than Tefal may like.
A fun gadget but no as it says on the box July 1, 2007
nigel howard (Suffolk, UK)
38 out of 42 found this review helpful
We actually wanted a zip tap but could not afford one so went for the tefal quick cup. To be fair it tries to do all that it says on the box. Came down this morning and literally 5 seconds later had a luke warm cup of coffee at the touch of a button!
It does say "hot water" - do not expect "boiling water". In fact the small print inside the box says you may need to use a kettle. This then leads the statement "65% per more efficient" to be disputed as you are not comparing like for like performance.
My partner has been putting her tea cup in the microwave to get it hot after making tea with the quick cup.
We are taking ours back this afternoon. The cold water is not chilled but then you should not expect more for 60. The unit came with one water filter. The shop said they would not be carrying spares (10 each)but to try local supermarkets. Has a pump to put the water through the heater that makes a whirring noise but nothing intrusive. Also the water gently spurts rather than flows.
Sadly disappointed. Plus I rated it one star - not 3 as shown.
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