​Life is definitely not all about short cuts.

Not really, but filling and lifting a kettle can be for some and this allows my (older than the queen) grandmother to make her own tea in her room of her residential home. For health and safety they wouldn't allow a standard kettle, even if she could lift it.

I think instant boil devices are marketed more towards uses where time is important, like in business. I'm intrigued as to whether or not these would be a more economical solution to boiling the kettle. Especially since these will dispense the amount of water you need, and you won't risk overfilling the kettle and wasting energy!

Rubbish
These are brilliant.
Water has to BOIL to come out of the spout. This one probably dispenses around 270ml of boiling water.
Did you know that reboiling water (as people often do with a kettle) concentrates the nitrates in water? You are only going to get clean water as only boiled once with a one cup. You can make 2 cuppas in less time than it takes to boil a kettle, & who totally empties a kettle each time?
The same amount is dispensed each time so buy a few mugs to fit.
A boon for the elderly or those that can't lift a kettle.

Had a couple of the Breville hot cups and they were brilliant, but always seemed to break down after a year or so.

£22.99 with free delivery and a 3 year warranty..... Brilliant. Ordered.

Thanks for finding.

Seems like a decent price, but does anyone know how good this actually is?

Could be a false economy if it's a rubbish product...

These are around £35 in b&m so just got this offer lovely jubbly bargain heat added

Because boiling a kettle is so hard....

Can you change the amount of water dispensed?

​Life is definitely not all about short cuts.

I have one and its great

almost a year old so hopefully Trickydic's prophecy doesn't come true lol

Had one a year and its great, not so good if you need 4 cups when friends come round.

These devices are prone to failure, much like a Zip tap which is useless. And keeping hot water constantly hot is just energy inefficient. If people can't wait under a minute to boil a kettle then what can I say...

looks like the old Breville non adjustable water measure model

Surely it heats the water using a coil as it is dispensed?
No idea what the stand-by efficiency is though, hopefully zero or <1W.

I greatly suspect this is the same line of reasoning Walmart et al use to justify cutting staff perks. I imagine there is a series of PowerPoint presentations (with comic sans font to lessen the blow) explaining how jobs would be in danger if employees took time to boil the kettle

And in such an instance, no problem. But I doubt that is the target market for this product...

Do not get this unless you like:
>80°c dispensed water
>water that fulls the cup - too much so that you can't add in milk
>95dB sound that fills adjacent rooms with "eeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiggghhhh - click"
>low tap - so have to tilt taller mugs underneath

Had the one up from this a few years now. Still working great. Looks good and Nice hot brew in 30 seconds. But this one hasn't got the stop function on it. Which is vital for this.

They don't stay constantly hot... They are instant boil kettles and that boil the water as it leaves the spout through pressure. The water in the tank is clap cold.

But your sweeping statement did not differentiate and without a larger market everyone who either needs or just wants one would have to pay more.

[quote=aaronace1011]Do not get this unless you like:
>80°c dispensed water
>water that fulls the cup - too much so that you can't add in milk
>95dB sound that fills adjacent rooms with "eeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiggghhhh - click"

I only use mine for cooking veg and potatoes on the cooker as it then doesn't take so long to boil up on electric cooker. As for coffee or tea it was never hot enough. I did read on Internet that it's cheaper than boiling water in a kettle.

What if I want more?

We've got a proper Quooker plumbed in boiling tap and I was going to come here and say how rubbish this was in comparison. But, for £22.99 it's hard to truly compare with something that costs hundreds of pounds, they are just a totally different market.

Clearly there is a market for something like this and, whilst it's not for me, it appears to be a good price for those who want a very basic product for a cheap price.

life is short - things like this are great.

I'm impatient and would rather have a cup of coffee now than a minute later..some people don't have the time to waste :wink:

A kettle is cheaper and more reliable. Happy to wait 30 seconds to boil water.

No, that was yesterday...

I too find them pretty good, but I must agree with how long they last.
First one bought in December, but was replaced under warranty by Amazon in July 2015.

Sadly, this unit still works, but I often find a small puddle on the worktop near the rear of it, which look like it's coming from the handle, so must get in touch to see if the warranty is valid from the original purchase or from when they sent the replacement.

Separated at birth (Breville VKJ142 Hot Cup on the left and the Aldi one on the right)?

Ok, we get, it's not for you and you don't agree with helping the frail and infirm, because you're so able, so move on.

Prefer the one on the left, as the other one not working.

Please state where I said that?

I only pour in enough water for my usage - thus emptying the kettle after each use - more efficient + more control over the water dispensed

if you purchase one of these you will need a kettle as well anyway eg: making a pot of rice with high volume of Hot water - more efficient to obtain using a kettle eg(1): extended family all wanting a hot drink at same time

Also it boils the water in Plastic - Enjoy your hydrocarbons in your cup!

I hope it is Heat-Shielded - or else the boiling water will contaminate the cold in the reservoir to make Luke-warm thus higher risk or bacterial growth - hello Cholera & Dysentery

....And many more but this is just a deals site :smiley:

Bought my One Cup in Aug 14 and it's still going strong after at least 3 cups a day.

I use filtered water in it, and water is soft up here so maybe it doesn't like hard water?

Repeat step 1

Not as I hoped and more what I expected! :disappointed: Warranty from OPD!

Amazon CS told me to contact Breville directly, but after dealing with them in the past regarding a faulty £50+ filter kettle (a month or two outside of warranty) a few years ago, I know that won't end well.

I did say back then I'd never buy Breville again and look where I am again.:confused:

I prescribe 20 slaps to my own face!

So not instant then if I wanted a litre compared to boiling a kettle. I rest my case.

I agree with your comment ....
BUT, a relative who's sadly lost most of his sight finds his (similar, branded machine) a god-send for making hot drinks etc.. Measured amount of hot water dispensed straight into his cup - safer than trying to aim and pour boiling water from a kettle into a cup!

There's two types of 'instant boil' kettles. There are ones like the Teafal which electrically pump water past a heating element. They are fairly complex, noisy and some of them produce far less than boiling temperature water.

This design is effectively just like a normal tiny kettle with an external reservoir. The reservoir fills the boiling chamber via gravity, then the water just sits there. When you turn the kettle on, only then does it start heating the water. When it's boiled after ~30 seconds, the pressure gets high enough for the steam trapped inside to force the water from the boiling chamber, up through the spout into your cup. Once it starts, it syphons the whole lot with one woosh followed by a glug as a fresh slug of water gets gulped from the reservoir for the next cup. By design it means water has to be boiling to get out, so no lukewarm tea. Also, there's no pump, control board or sensors to fail, so it should be fairly reliable. Very clever design. Only issue is the base model has a fixed boil volume, which is a good mug full. I guess the adjustable ones must dunk a float into the boil chamber to reduce the volume???

Anyway, I think these are great, but generally I only make 1-2 mugs of tea each round.

Who said it was instant?

They are called "instant boil devices" as a generic term. It doesn't mean the water is dispensed & heated in an instant. Hotdogs are not actually dogs that are hot either! In fact the dog content is less than 1%

So this item in question is neither instant nor can squirt out more than 270ml of "hot" water at a time and has a max capacity of 1.5L that needs to be refilled.

Before the Saga brigade get involved again, what is the advantage of this over a kettle again?

​No you can't takes about 40 seconds to boil and automatically puts out the water can always remove the cup

Well the main advantage is that you get a hot cup of water in around 40 seconds and it only boils a cup at a time, which (for people like me who don't have huge mugs or the need for 1.5 cups of hot water) saves money on the energy bills. This in-turn gives me more money in my pocket to spend on hotdogs.

Yet my kettle boils in under 30 seconds and from what people have said the water will not be hot enough for a tea.

Yet my kettle boils in under 30 seconds and from what people have said the water will not be hot enough for a tea.[/quote]
What kettle do you have?

A Philips (Just made a cuppa ten minutes ago and counted).

Switched it on, got my cup out, fished out a tea bag, milk out of fridge, it was done.

So in your case, because you have the worlds fastest kettle you will just save money on your energy bills. I have had two of these. the first had a leak issue and was replaced. The second seems to heat the water to a higher degree and as long as you descale often, will continue to.

I don't. I just said mine boils in under 30 secs.


Not bothered about energy bills given that I pay under £400 a year for gas and electricity.


I do so by boiling half a used lemon with a splash of vinegar

I'm going to be honest - you've lost me.

It's just as quick as having a mug of water in a 3kw kettle to make a billy-no-mates cup of tea... it's is pretty much a single shot kettle. It'll heat it to the same temperature. The convenience is that you don't have to keep filling the kettle between each mug of tea and you don't have to lift a kettle of boiling water to pour.

That's quite alright old chap, I rarely have anything useful to say as it is

Hot from me, I've got the Breville version and it's brilliant. Stops my Mrs half filling the kettle to make just one cuppa every time she wants one! Does this also light up the water chamber when boiling?

Don't know how they get away with totally ripping off the Breville version in every way though :P

Excellent find. Thank you for sharing. Heat from me

Not bothered about saving money.... Joins the biggest money saving forum in the land...

Many ways to save money. Buying this and using it is not one of them, alas

Breville are quite keen on product licencing (e.g. Their espresso machines are sold by Sage in the UK). They probably make these for Aldi.

What is it you're getting out of still commenting on this product that you have no need for?
(Checks definition of troll)

I'm not the only one who's reported how it can genuinely help the quality of life of some people, yet you belittle that with your Saga brigade comment!

Unlucky, mines still going strong after over 2 years use.

Although I have not tried this particular model, with similar models I have found that although they heat water hot enough for coffee it is not hot enough to make decent tea, which needs boiling hot water. They have always been several degrees lower than boiling. Prefer a kettle for tea.

Dihl 2.5litre ones on eBay for around same price...

This dispenser is pretty good, I brought one for a gift last year. The only downside is that you cannot adjust the amount of water that it dispenses.

Did you look at the mirror? Did you even answer the question I asked you previously?

So . Is there no stop button on this .. It just dispenses all the water out ??

A kettle could do that....

mdrn lyf is all srt cts

​I have had one of these for years and it still works perfectly.I sometimes find a puddle behind it when I have slightly overfilled it.

​You two remind me of my 7 year old twins. In a bad way.

I drink around 12-15 cups a Cha a day & have been using this same kettle for just over 2,5 years & love it.
Makes you a cuppa in around 30 seconds & that's impressive.
You can't adjust how much water comes out.

I would buy another one if this one fails.

my kettle boils 500ml (min) in 30seconds.

4 pages of comments about whether this kettle is any good or not - do people really have that much time to waste?

yeah, they obv dont have this kettle :wink:

breville one cup has served its purpose since i've had it...where as a cheaper version can't be grumbled at...:wink:

I got one of these at Aldi today and it is indeed exactly the same as the Breville One Cup. Albeit half the price.

Well mine just arrived its quite good and there's room to add milk my son has the breville model and i will say it's slightly better so depends on how much you wana spend thanks Aldi....