How on earth did this get by Health & Safety? It’s an accident waiting to happen.
Part of me says it’s a great idea, but when I saw it on TV just now the other part of me said bloody hell, that looks lethal.
What it is is a worktop mounted tap which produces instant boiling water. We’re not just talking about hot water – this is the full 100°C stuff. Real boiling water.
The one in the video has no sink under it, so I’m trying not to think of what would happen if you accidentally turned it on and hot water was blasted onto the surface and splashed down your front and legs. Or if a child – fascinated by the noise – climbed up to turn it on.
The Quooker website calls it “ultra-safe”, but I can’t see any signs (or data on the site) which indicate any kind of fail-safe mechanism being fitted. I could be wrong, but it is just a tap which provides boiling water under pressure.
I wonder what they’ll think of next. Above door heater curtains like you get in big stores using actual flames?