Quiet Heater of Drinking Water of Some Kind

bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 22:49

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?

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  • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2019 - 22:53
    +2

    I have a Billi.

    Instant hot water, zero sound.

    • bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 23:14

      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…

      • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2019 - 23:26

        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.

        • bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 23:34

          wow

          • Baa on 20/12/2019 - 02:33
            +1

            @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?

            • [Deactivated] on 20/12/2019 - 13:15

              @Baa: Too much effort and potential for bickering about "never filling up the bottles".

              Peace in the valley is worth the coin.

            • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:11

              @Baa: that's a pretty good idea
              do you know what brand?

  • Oz em on 19/12/2019 - 23:16
    +1

    In America they don’t really have kettles, they use the microwave.

    • bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 23:35

      its an option but its nearly as noisy - especially the door

      • bobbified on 20/12/2019 - 02:15
        +3

        You sound like you're coming home late at night to make instant noodles without wanting to wake the whole house! ;p

      • Oz em on 20/12/2019 - 10:37
        +1

        What if you push the open button when closing the door so the latch is open? And stop before it beeps.

        • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:12

          i am a stopper-er before the beeps person
          but i have never tried the latch trick - i shall try it - thank you

          • Oz em on 20/12/2019 - 16:39

            @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.

  • spackbace on 19/12/2019 - 23:36

    Boil it on the stove

    • bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 23:37

      can you take the whistle off of stove kettles?

      • spackbace on 19/12/2019 - 23:40
        +1

        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?

        • bargain huntress on 19/12/2019 - 23:51

          one with a spout would work

          i would prefer more speed though

  • crentist on 20/12/2019 - 02:57

    use the hot water tap

    • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:14

      i do but it wastes water heating up and it never gets quite hot enough

  • yippy on 20/12/2019 - 06:51
    +1

    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.

  • jason101 on 20/12/2019 - 07:48

    Zip tap ?

  • GG57 on 20/12/2019 - 08:57
    +1

    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.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/12/2019 - 13:19

      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.

    • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:17

      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

  • Seraphin7 on 20/12/2019 - 09:55
    +1

    What is the actual use case here? It would seem to be very specific for a situation where "kettles are too loud".

    • scrimshaw on 20/12/2019 - 13:22

      Cooking cup noodles for a midnight snack in bedroom without waking up a light sleeper?

    • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:21

      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))

      • Seraphin7 on 20/12/2019 - 15:26

        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.

  • crentist on 20/12/2019 - 15:18

    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.

    • bargain huntress on 20/12/2019 - 15:23

      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

      • spackbace on 20/12/2019 - 15:31

        Get a kettle with different temp settings, and set it to 80 degrees?

      • crentist on 20/12/2019 - 15:41

        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

  • lainey13 on 20/12/2019 - 23:33

    Google portable water heater kettle element.
    Used to make boiling water while travelling, you stick the heating element into a cup of water.

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