Boiling Water Taps Vs Kettles: Which Are Cheaper?
Boiling Water Taps Vs Kettles: Which Are Cheaper? - Bathshop321 Products
Boiling Water Taps are one of the most exciting and useful home gadgets on the market at the moment, giving you instant boiling hot water straight from your tap. No more waiting for the kettle to boil for your morning coffee, hurrah! But whilst they seem like a great investment for your kitchen, many people are put off by the cost of this new tap gadget. But when you actually crunch the numbers of long term use of a boiling water tap compared to a kettle, who comes out on top?
Boiling Water Taps are one of the most exciting and useful home gadgets on the market at the moment, giving you instant boiling hot water straight from your tap. No more waiting for the kettle to boil for your morning coffee, hurrah! But whilst they seem like a great investment for your kitchen, many people are put off by the cost of this new tap gadget. But when you actually crunch the numbers of long term use of a boiling water tap compared to a kettle, who comes out on top?
Well luckily for us, back in 2014 The Telegraph ran an article about exactly that! The results were interesting…
The energy figures were worked out using the situation of making 6 cups of tea/coffee (each 250ml) which used the following mathmatics: Using a 500ml capacity kettle, it would cost 5.46p per 24 hours according to these calculations – 3kW x 84 seconds x 6 – 0.42kWh. 0.42kWh x 13p/kWh = 5.46p. Using the boiling water tap (Quooker brand) to heat the 1.5 litres needed, it would cost 5.27p per 24 hours according to these calculations – the amount of energy used to heat water for 24 hours is 0.01kW x 24h = 0.24 kWh. So, the total energy used would be 0.1655 kWh + 0.24 kWh = 0.4055 kWh.
As you can see, the boiling water tap wins by a small margin on cost efficiency, but there are many other reasons why they are such great household items.
The main drawback of boiling water taps that puts a lot of people off is the cost of the initial purchase, which can rack up to into the thousands. While the short term cost may be high, the long term cost is reduced thanks to the energy efficiency, but for most models the savings would take years and years to accumulate and make any different to your bank balance each month. But at Bathshop321, the short term cost of boiling water taps doesn’t have to be high in the first place!
Bathshop321 is able to offer you boiling water taps from prices as low as £229.99!
This is just one tap from our boiling water taps range, to check out more please click here to go to our kitchen tap section. For more detailed information about boiling water taps you can read our recent guide to the best boiling water taps by clicking here.
