I found this deal at Sydney CBD Oxford St Australia Post but it is available at other Australia Post outlets as well.
Never seen it this cheap, its RRP is $129.95.
http://www.tefal.com.au/All+Products/Breakfast/Kettles/Produ…
Tefal Quick Cup Kettle $49.99 @ Australia Post
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Good deal but I will mention the following.
This does not boil water, it heats it to about 90 degrees so if you use this for tea it will not be as good as a kettle.
Dont fall for the hot water in 3 seconds either.
It is true that hot water does start coming into your cup in 3 seconds but it takes another 30 seconds to completely fill your cup with water.If you only put the water you need into your kettle it will boil the water (not just heat it) just as fast (or close to it) as the quick cup does. If your kettle has an enclosed element you do not need to worry about a minimum amount of water. As you would be using your kettle to only boil the water you need then your kettle will use less energy.
Look on youtube, it is noisy.
The filter will need replacing every 50L (Thats about 200 cups, 250ml per cup)
I decided to not buy one when i was looking at them recently.
Mostly agree but you don't wait 30 seconds to start preparing your tea/coffee. You start filling your cup with your tea bag/coffee already in it. So effectively it's ready to drink in around 30-40 seconds. It's impossible to be that quick with normal kettles.
Not sure if it has been fixed, but I recall reading a while ago that these things have a high failure rate.
You can return it to auspost for full refund in 14 days if you're not happy I already check that. :)
chatted to a sales guy at HN balmain a couple of months ago. haha, saw the promotional video on a bigscreen there, asked about it, and he said they're no longer stocking them due to the high return rate. how funny is that!?
I just fill my kettle with hot water from under the tap… takes less than a minute to boil to 100c. Don't really need this…
And if I only need one cup of tea I just fill up my kettle 1/4 of the way, and it boils even faster that way.Sorry this is off-topic, but hot tap water generally should not be used for cooking/drinking, especially in older homes due to the risk of lead contamination. Simply put, contaminants dissolve more easily in hot water and with lead having been used to join pipes in older homes, there is a small risk of negative health effects from consuming hot tap water.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/tips/water.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/health/29real.htmlin that case, what kind of water are you supposed to use? are you saying you should get bottled water?
No, you're meant to just use cold tap water. Takes longer yes, but it's safer since it doesn't carry metal contaminants from the piping as easily as hot water does as GreenGuava points out.
P.S. Tell your family and friends the next time you see them :P
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And you shower in hot water form the same pipes.
Our skin absorbs things, if there is lead in your hot water from your pipes then chances are that you will absorb some with each shower or bath you take.Just because hot water might dissolve lead more easily doesn't mean that cold water is lead free. When the water is sitting still in the pipe it can leach the lead.
No one said that cold water is lead free. But there's no doubt that there's more lead found in hot tap water than cold, hence the recommendation of using only cold tap water in the kettle.
If you want to use hot tap water in the kettle to save time, then suit yourself. GreenGuava was just giving friendly advice.
@manbearpig: I was not trying to be rude to GreenGuava just trying to point out that out contact with hot water from other sources are going to be greater than that from a cop of hot tap water
I just fill my kettle with hot water from under the tap
That must waste a bit of water over time as you wait for the cold water to come out before filling with hot water
Hot tap water also tastes funny. At least in every house I have been in.
would this be worth it for mainly Tea?
i dont think so with the long pouring time and the supposed high return rate, although, it does look very appealing especially at $50
Why the heck is Australia post selling Kettles??
Choice review
http://www.choice.com.au/Reviews-and-Tests/Household/Kitchen…
Good points
Only three seconds to start dispensing hot water.
Adjusts amount of water, after which it shuts off automatically.
Uses less energy than a normal electric kettle.
Replaceable filter.
Dispenses both hot and room-temperature water.
Manual or automatic measured flow.
Bad points
While it meets the three-second claim to produce hot water, it takes 34 seconds to fill a cup.
Costs $15 every 50L or six weeks for replacement filters.
Our tester found the Quick Cup relatively easy to use. The first model we bought had a nasty habit of splashing water around the cup, but Tefal has updated this with a new nozzle that solves the problem. If you buy one, make sure it comes with the new nozzle.
The best way to test out whether its the old nozzle or the new nozzle is to check the nozzle itself. If you look up inside the nozzle, the old one is flush with the housing and is a white plastic, whereas the new one projects from the housing by about 1cm and is a black plastic (you can see it in the main photo above). If you have already purchased one with the old nozzle, contact the distributor for a replacement. Contact details are through the website above.