Comments on: Tefal Quickcup Kettle (review)

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:33:59 +0000

Hello: I don’t blame you, if that happened to me I would also expect a refund and would not buy another. You can’t be blamed for totally losing confidence in the product. Of course any product can be subject to breakdowns and a small percentage of most products can go faulty quite quickly. But unless they had a faulty batch its exceptionally rare for you to get two consecutive products with the exact same fault, and pretty bad luck.

I think the filmy surface on the water has definitely got something to do with oxygen as I believe it is hundreds of minute air bubbles. It doesn’t happen when tea is mashed with water from a kettle though, so it must be something to do with the way the water is pumped out of the quick cup.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:06:40 +0000

I picked one up a couple of weeks ago, and after 3 days of sheer joy it stopped heating the water - I got luke warm, then not long after it went to room temperature… so, I returned it to the store and got a replacement (I liked it for the short time it was working). All happy again, till once more it stopped working (less than a week on the replacement unit). If I return it to the store again it will be for a refund, which is a shame as I like the idea of it - I’ve emailed Tefal for advice - I should not have the same issue on two units in such a short space of time…

BTW, the filmy surface on top of the water - I can’t remember exactly what it is (someone who was awake at school might help) but it’s a natural reaction - something with the water, temp, tea, oxygen, solar system, winter equinox… help me out someone *lol*

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:51:00 +0000

Remember, the main reason the QuickCup is more economical is because it only heats the exact amount needed as opposed to heating water in the kettle where the chances are more water will be heated than is needed, which is a waste. If I was mashing tea for more than two or three people I would probably use the teapot and put the kettle on.

However, the QuickCup should be able to just keep dispensing the hot water several times if required.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:21:55 +0000

I am seriously considering getting one of these , especially after seeing them in Costco tonight for about £44, is there any problem with making lots of cups of hot water for instance if visitors come around, in other words can I get a constant flow of 3 seconds per cup, one directly after the other . I am having my kitchen done at the moment and see that a lot of kitchen places have a hot water thingymajig that goes by your sink but at a cost of about £500 I figured the tefal would do the job just as well, what do you think
thanks
Pat

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:57:51 +0000

Many thanks Donal: I rely very much on people like yourself to inform me of outdated links to other sites. I’ve removed it now.