Product Description

The amazing Quick Cup system from Tefal gives you hot water in just 3 seconds! Or if you prefer, just filtered water at room temperature. With it's advanced technology and great looks, the Tefal BR306 Quick Cup is perfect for those who want to save energy and still enjoy their favourite beverage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11885 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Tefal
• Model: BR306845

Features

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• 2.8kW.
• 1.7 water tank.
• Easy to fill and dish washer safe.
• Hot filtered water in 3 seconds without preheating.

Manufacturer's Description
Introducing, the new and improved Quick Cup Deluxe from Tefal. Still enabling us to beat the boredom of waiting for a kettle to boil and saving just as much energy, the Quick Cup Deluxe serves hot (not boiling) or cool water on demand in only 3 SECONDS and uses only a third of the energy of an ordinary kettle - so a great time, energy and money saver.

Thanks to a unique "Opti-Quick" technology system (a patented innovation by Tefal), you don't need to pre-heat your water. With the push of a button, the water is sent up the heating element in a spiral movement, heating it immediately as it travels. This way, no energy is wasted on heating water you don't need, or boiling water you don't use. In fact, Quick Cup provides an energy saving of up to 65% compared to a standard kettle, helping you to save on bills too. Tefal energy experts have calculated that there could be a £31 cost-saving per year using Quick Cup compared to an ordinary kettle. So if you are thinking of replacing your kettle and want to help reduce your carbon footprint, then Quick Cup could be the best way to help put your energy-saving intentions into action.

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Customer Reviews

Definitely not for Quiet Cuppas!
Generally speaking, this is a pretty good product; it's easy to set up, a quick wash and dry, attach the drip tray and run a couple of tanks of water through the machine to clean the inner parts and it's ready. As for its size, I have a Morphy Richards retro-style toaster and the footprint of the Quick Cup is just slightly smaller than the toaster.


The Quick Cup is very straightforward to use too, lightly press the large red corner (that's the button!) and within about 3 second's it starts to produce scalding hot water and takes about 24 seconds to pour the whole mug. An important point to note about this is the water is "scalding", not "boiling", which is ideal for making cups of coffee but I don't find it quite gets the full flavours released to make a good cup of tea, having said that, my fiancé thinks it does.


However, one potential hazard to be aware of re the red button is it's very sensitive, as I discovered after making my first cup; I went to reposition the unit on the worktop and my forearm brushed against the button and suddenly the thing jumped into life and I had to quickly scramble to find a container to catch the water that about to be released! (Of course, if I'd been smarter, I would have switched it off at the wall but in the panic I didn't think that).


The only major fault with this unit is the NOISE. I deliberately wrote that in capitals because when you hear it, you'll understand! If you're in the habit of having a 'quiet cuppa' in the middle of the night if you can't sleep, if you use this; 1) you'll realise that nights of quiet cuppas will be things of the past, 2) and you'll soon discover you're no longer the only person in the house who won't be sleeping! Tefal ought to do something about this issue, it is a pretty major flaw.


The unit is also programmable; the quantity of hot water can be varied and set according to your own mug sizes and it will keep repeating that amount until it is reprogrammed. The Quick Cup can also be used for dispensing ordinary filtered water (the grey button on the other side).

Not yet got rid of the niggles
We decided to purchase a Tefal Quick Cup as a way of saving energy and liked the idea of instant hot water. However, nowhere was it mentioned how noisy the pump was when it was working, or the build quality. The water capacity was actually quite small and making a drink for more than 3 people meant refilling the tank before you made the third mug.

We have had to have ours replaced twice in 6 months due to the machine conking out and making horrendous noises. The third replacement just three months ago, was the deluxe version which has been just as problemmatical and noisy and now retired to the cupboard. We have given up contacting the makers as none of the machines we have had have worked properly. We have gone back to the good old kettle and water filter jug. No noise and no potential steam burns and worries that it will explode. The Quick Cup is an excellent idea and when it was working it was great. Unfortunately it never worked for long enough. I think the company needs to go back to the drawing board and iron out some of the problems before they continue to market it.

IT'S A NOISY LITTLE THING
I have no problem with it's functionality, it produces filtered hot water, the capacity of the water container is the same as my kettle 1.7ltrs so I have no complaints on that score. It can be used to make a cup of coffee, cup a soup or maybe a herbal tea (mines a camomile). I actually quite like what it is all about, it is a clever idea.

HOWEVER:

1. It has not been designed to look good, my wife described it as big and ugly and that it took up too much space.

2. It struggles to make real tea which is down to the fact that it does not produce boiling water.

3. The instructions DO say that it is quite normal for the machine to make a noise, apparently this is the pump in operation (so don't be alarmed). It does not just make a noise it 'MAKES A NOISE!'

My young sons bedroom is above the kitchen and normal kitchen noise, cooking, kettle, toaster and talking do not bother him or wake him.
Yet he came down the other night to find out what that 'loud noise' was.
Placing it on a hard surface next to tiles appeared to amplify the sound that I would describe as a claw hammer tapping a nail into a steel pipe.

If the manufacturers could have tamed the noise of the pump it would have had greater fuctionality and I would have awarded it 4 stars, if they could have made it more 'pretty' my wife would have awarded it 3 stars.

As it is, it has now been given early retirement.