Average User Rating: 60% (213 Reviews)
1 / 5	Do not buy this product if you are a tea drinker blindbrotherhod (West of the Shire) - 7 September 2007 This is not a kettle, it is a hot water dispenser. To be fair it is quite a good hot water dispenser, the water spurts out rapidly, if rather noisily. But if you are a tea drinker then you will know that boiling water is required to pour onto the tea to release the flavour. And it does not boil the water, so tea tastes insipid and bland. If you are coffee drinker, then this product may be of more use to you. To give an indication of how un-hot the water gets, by the time I have added milk and sugar to my coffee I can drink it quite comfortably and within a few minutes the mug has pretty much gone cold. All the environmental claptrap that is used to market this is compete rubbish; it maybe more efficient, use less electricity, reduce your carbon footprint, blah blah, but this is basically a scam. They cannot be comparing a water boiling kettle with this product, as they do not do the same things. And by the time that you take into account the designing, manufacturing, transportation, marketing costs and resources, into something which is now sat in my kitchen gathering dust, and the fact that I have had to go out and purchase a kettle (not tefal) that does actually boil the water, then you feel a little bit like you've been conned, and the all those precious, saved resources are instead wasted If you like the convenience of warm coffee within seconds it's great. But it's expensive, it's noisey and it does not boil water like a 'normal' kettle. Add to this the fact that they seem to be cashing in on people's carbon foot print concerns to sell product, rather than a well designed, well functioning product that sells because it's good at what it does, and I feel that tefals shine is definitely tarnished. Read the reviews above, who the hell pays £50+ for a 'state of the art' kettle and then has to put their tea in the microwave for 20seconds to warm it up!... Read Full Review »
3 / 5	Water Not Very Hot David Greenall (Biggleswade UK) - 25 August 2007 If you are expecting boiling water in your cup you will not be pleased. I like a nice hot cuppa so for me I now have to give it 20 seconds in the microwave. I have only had this product for 2 weeks; I use bottled water so I know it is not full of lime scale. I have taken to holding my mug as close to the outlet as possible so as to cut down the loss of heat as much as possible. It also claims to take 3 seconds to pour a cup of hot water. I have just timed this with a stop watch and it took 24 seconds. Overall I have to say I am not as happy as I had hoped considering the cost.... Read Full Review »
1 / 5	Tefal Quick cup Mr. P. G. S. Butler "Baskervilleboz" (South West UK) - 20 September 2007 Yes it looks great and is expensive - It is clever too- BUT note manufacturers claims it heats water in 3 seconds. This is misrepresentation - It takes three seconds to initially heat the water and up to 25 seconds to get a cup of lukewarm /hot water . This is not suitable for Tea- Indeed one Tea producer does NOT recommend this. Ref Coffee: By the time you add milk the coffee is cold. Pot Noodle (Yuck) and Packet instant soups will not fare well with this. They need boiling water and this machine does not deliver boiling water. The noise in use very cleverly concealed (muted) on the Tefal video ie (There is none) and is akin to a Jumbo jet at 500 paces. The worksurface vibrates too! Other points :A pity the lid is not hinged. Good points:You do NOT have to always use a filter - Great if you live in a good water area and by pressing and holding button the system will deliver water until you stop it. Of course it also delivers cold filtered water at Room temperature too at the press of a button - Great! You can get an upgraded model in Europe for cheaper than UK model ( £38+ P&P). Probably be in UK soon. This has a cup selector. Finallly if you want to use 1.5 litres immediately for hot water it will deliver BUT the manufacturer says you cannot use this again for the next 10 minutes!!! Its a great prototype ' concept' that sadly went to market before proper evaluation - see other feedbag and decide yourselves. With a little more work it could have been a world beater and has potential for a rival manufacturer to get a better product out- sooner than Tefal may like. ... Read Full Review »
2 / 5	Unquestionably the best device for making the worst possible tea HP Sauce (Essex, England) - 25 November 2007 Had I paid attention to my own advice and read all the other comments here, I would have known that the 'Quick Cup' is known for turning into a 'No Cup' not long after you buy it. Mine broke just a fortnight after I wrote the review below, and I'm now going to have to go through the fuss of replacing it. Stick with your kettle! *** Drop a thermometer into a mug of freshly produced Quick Cup water and it'll barely register 85 degrees. Frankly I've had baths in warmer stuff. Those of you who understand what you need for a proper cuppa will know that the water must be boiling hot (as in 'not 85 degrees'), and if you read the rest of the comments here -- the majority of which identify the exact same flaw -- you will not make the same mistake as the people who wrote them and will wisely steer clear of such a poorly implemented great idea. Those of you who don't mind drinking tea that looks and tastes like you've held a cup under the drain from your sink, highly recommended. P.S. It makes really awful Pot Noodles as well. The noodles won't cook if they're not boiled, so you end up with something not far removed from cockroach legs in stagnant water. It's not pleasant. P.P.S. I realise that admitting to eating Pot Noodles pretty much invalidates my opinion on anything but I was hungry.... Read Full Review »
3 / 5	A fun gadget but no as it says on the box nigel howard "Nige" (Suffolk, UK) - 1 July 2007 We actually wanted a zip tap but could not afford one so went for the tefal quick cup. To be fair it tries to do all that it says on the box. Came down this morning and literally 5 seconds later had a luke warm cup of coffee at the touch of a button! It does say "hot water" - do not expect "boiling water". In fact the small print inside the box says you may need to use a kettle. This then leads the statement "65% per more efficient" to be disputed as you are not comparing like for like performance. My partner has been putting her tea cup in the microwave to get it hot after making tea with the quick cup. We are taking ours back this afternoon. The cold water is not chilled but then you should not expect more for £60. The unit came with one water filter. The shop said they would not be carrying spares (£10 each)but to try local supermarkets. Has a pump to put the water through the heater that makes a whirring noise but nothing intrusive. Also the water gently spurts rather than flows. Sadly disappointed. Plus I rated it one star - not 3 as shown.... Read Full Review »