any suggestions?
kettles are too loud
so is that tefal instant water heater based on youtube videos. and pod coffee machines.
i have a percolator that is very quiet, but it is also very slow.
is there such a thing as a quiet urn?
any suggestions?
kettles are too loud
so is that tefal instant water heater based on youtube videos. and pod coffee machines.
i have a percolator that is very quiet, but it is also very slow.
is there such a thing as a quiet urn?
so its a filter and a heater? and a chiller or carbonator if you want? cool!
which kind did you get and how much was it? i'm expecting expensive…
I only got hot water and still. Paid $1.5k for the unit but another 1.5k for the risers, font (little drain grate thing) and for it to be perfectly recessed into the stone top.
I would have gone for the cold as well but my fridge already has plumbed cold water.
Not a fan of sparkling.
wow
@bargain huntress: Wow indeed.
Wife just bought a couple of upright water coolers that do hot and cold water for her office for a few hundred.
Just refill the water bottles for it from the tap?
In America they don’t really have kettles, they use the microwave.
its an option but its nearly as noisy - especially the door
You sound like you're coming home late at night to make instant noodles without wanting to wake the whole house! ;p
What if you push the open button when closing the door so the latch is open? And stop before it beeps.
i am a stopper-er before the beeps person
but i have never tried the latch trick - i shall try it - thank you
@bargain huntress: If you don’t want the 1 beep it makes when stopping you can just open the door and it will stop too. Can close later when not trying to be quiet anymore.
Boil it on the stove
can you take the whistle off of stove kettles?
Boil it in a saucepan… Or a gravy pan (1 with a spout)
You seem to be over complicating things.
And why the need to be so quiet? Are we in a Netflix movie I'm not aware of?
one with a spout would work
i would prefer more speed though
@bargain huntress: Well, you can prefer anything, depends on whether you prioritise quietness or speed, or wanna spend a lot of coin to get both.
My suggestion is free.
@spackbace: good point
use the hot water tap
i do but it wastes water heating up and it never gets quite hot enough
I've got a Zojirushi 5L Water Boiler. It's quiet unless it's boiling the water after you refill it, even then it's quieter than a kettle.
Zip tap ?
What have we come to, where even though we have the luxury of tap water that we can drink (for now), if we want to have a hot drink we don't want to make a noise, or we want the hot water instantly, or both.
We have come to a time where carry legal and financial liabilities everywhere we go and stress levels are off the charts so sleep is hard to come by.
When a good night's rest is a luxury, quiet boiling water is a necessity.
you made me lol
i know, definitely a first world problem.
i guess i agree with tshow
sometimes the little things make a big difference somehow
What is the actual use case here? It would seem to be very specific for a situation where "kettles are too loud".
Cooking cup noodles for a midnight snack in bedroom without waking up a light sleeper?
people have made several good guesses
mostly it's that i have a couple of hearing problems
(i am pain sensitive to noise,
and i have trouble filtering noise (so in open plan living areas every time i or someone else boils the kettle i can not hear a word on the tv or in the conversation i'm having))
OK. The only boiling water solutions I am aware of that are effectively silent (and that don't require either slow heat ups or the potential for mess with saucepans as described earlier) is a set up along the lines of what @tshow described.
I'm not aware of any other solutions that can provide both speed and effective silence to the level you require.
Kettles aren't loud at all. Get one that doesn't whistle and they're basically silent.
To be extra safe you can stay nearby and turn it off just before it boils.
they are very loud to me
i think kitchen cabinets tend to create an echo chamber which makes it worse
the turning it off just before boiling trick does help, but other people use it too
Get a kettle with different temp settings, and set it to 80 degrees?
Fair enough. As a side suggestion, you could also consider getting a good large thermos (if you don't have one already). Something like a Zojirushi. The gf would always want to carry hot water, and I swear I've almost burnt my tongue sipping yesterdays water
Google portable water heater kettle element.
Used to make boiling water while travelling, you stick the heating element into a cup of water.
I have a Billi.
Instant hot water, zero sound.