Customer Reviews:
 Very Good September 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, I bought this item before reading the reviews and I thought oh my god what have I done but im actually very pleased with it. To all who have complained about misleading advertising, It does give hot water in 3 seconds and although it does take 20 odd seconds to get a mug full, I assume you want a mug of hot water in 3 seconds. Try putting a mug in the garden and spraying a hose into it to see if you can fill it in 3 seconds then imagine if it was 85 degrees. Dont be so daft. It takes 3 seconds to get hot, thats what it states and thats what it does. A kettle takes a minute or more so 20 seconds for a mug is good and it does only heat what you need, not boiling up 3 cup fulls in the kettle when you only want one. It makes noise you say!!!! So does a kettle as it boils. I made my first cup yesterday and it took 10 minutes before I was happy to drink it and my missus had tea and it was fine. Only gave it 4 stars as someone mentioned it went wrong after 2 weeks so Ill wait with baited breath.
 Water not hot enough!! September 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was a tremendous idea! Saves time, saves energy, it has a filter so no need for my water jug any longer!
BUT, it doesn't produce boiling water! So, makes an awful cup of tea! We have just got our good old fashion kettle back out of the garage......HOT TEA! bliss
A tip for those tea drinking complainers September 21, 2008
You can make a decent cup of tea with this thing. You have to let it warm up. Before putting the bag in the cup, activate the quick cup for a few seconds until it boils and steam comes out with the water, then turn it off and throw away the water in the cup. Now insert the tea bag and carry on as normal. Hey presto, a nice and hot, well brewed cup of tea. It's just the cold bit of water that comes out at first that can ruin the brewing.
Good luck tea drinkers!
Not hot, stopped working and maybe not even so green September 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I too fell for the green thing. There's only mem at home and it made sense to have something that dispenses just one cup whenever I wanted it. Just a couple of weeks after buying it however it basically stopped working. It sounded as if the capillary tube was blocked, but with filtered water why would that be? Anyway, it slowed to a trickle and it wa never boiling in the first place.
However if you leave it switched on thinking your still saving power until you press the button, you might notice that the button itself is quite warm when you return to it - it is clearly consuming electricity all the time.
I agree it was a great idea. Why can't we have individual boilers such as we so often have plumbed in in the office kitchen at home. But hopelessly flawed in execution. I hope someone does a better version, but having been stung for sixty quid on this one I shall be very wary of any others.
 Wait for the next model or a competitor's one September 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Such a good idea, but either wait for the next one to be brought out, or one from a competitor that will address all the problems listed here and elsewhere. Ours stopped heating the water within a month, but I will get another when they are a) more powerful, so less work done by the machine, so lasts longer, b) more quiet, though it is only as noisy as a kettle is, c) easier to fill (though we filled from a filter-jug which was less hassle than disconnecting the reservoir), d) have a larger reservoir, perhaps the same diameter as the top all the way down?, e) have a warning to fill the reservoir, f) have adjustment for volumes dispensed. I am not a greeny, but liked the idea that this kettle would pay for itself within 2 years of use - so it needs to last at least as long as that before it makes unarguable economic sense to buy one!
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