Fohen Florence 3-in-1 Hot Tap in Chrome £264.98 (Members Only) at Costco

Your poor wife/partner, with such analysis you would likely not own a dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, washing machine. Why have a tv when you can listen to the neighbours arguing?
Ridiculous.
BTW my Insinkerator filters are £20 each for cheapest compatible ones; as you say, change every six months. Also, my original boiler is still going after 5 years in the south east which is a v hard water area. (edited)

It depends on how often you boil your kettle in a day doesn't it?

Do you need to be careful about amp rating of the wifi plug when using with one of these?

Would agree that Quooker are definitely superior - however they are also 4 times the price for the equivalent, so I would expect and hope so
These Fohen taps do indeed get mixed reviews, mostly due to the boiler units - but still it's a good price for them, and if you are one of the lucky ones who gets a good unit, they seem to be pretty decent. At least buying from Costco its a pretty simple returns process if needed, and once installed...swapping out for another brand if needed in the future should be pretty simple.

Check the post below, you pay for convenience and don't get me wrong it's great BUT people need to be fully aware of what they are getting into, it isn't all roses, especially if either your tap (and the handles / washers are not serviceable) or boiler goes wrong out of warranty!

Magic

That's weird I can see chrome and just ordered? keep trying if you want florence website a bit temperamental it seems

I've had mine for 3 years, not a single problem. Highly recommend!

Depends where your electric supply is, but I'd say somewhere between 1 and 2 hundred.

They don't get out of bed for less than 60 quid these days.

Maybe because with this you might only use the amount you need unlike with a kettle where you generally boil a bunch more than you need. Most kettles have the minimum line at what would be 2 cups so if i make 1 cup then it's 1 cup of wasted heat. And unlike this kettles aren't insulated so the heat drops down to room temp quick, whereas with water heaters(like this i assume) they have super thick insulation and even leaving them off over night can still leave you with very hot water in the morning. So it doesn't actually use much energy at all to keep the water at whatever temperature once its at that heat.

Butttt this is just in comparison with making tea which is quite an insignifigant amount of water. Just running hot water in general like when doing the washing up this will be signifigantly more expensive than if you have a gas boiler for hot water. I'm sure their save energy claim is in very limited scenarios, possibly even comparing it to other electrically heated water systems. (edited)

You seem to be struggling with any good reasons to justify the extra costs of the barely boiling tap.

90 - 98, In order to draw the best flavour out of the tea the water must contain oxygen, this is reduced if the water is boiled more than once which these hot water taps continuously do, so not good for the real perfect cup of tea, 80 for Green tea. (edited)

The electricity use is the least of your problems and has ben clearly laid out in a chart in this thread, you will also find if you don't use the correct filters or don't change them then the flow reduces as crud builds up in the filters, it also builds up in the water cylinder chamber making it less efficient over time, see my images, so all this they are perfect is a load of bull, yes they are great but at a cost, would you keep that cruddy boiler after 2yrs of non stop use, just because it looks shiny outside doesn't mean its not full of crud inside, if that was a kettle and you could see inside would you boil water and drink a cup of tea from it? thought not! With that and using cheap fake filters or not changing your filters you are heading for a new boiler.

I would look on these as a 2 year product, write off the cost over the 2yrs and change the boiler, you may find a boiler is the same price as this kit so maybe buy 2 kits and that will last 4yrs as the boiler is dead easy to switch over plus you get a spare set of taps just in case because if the start to leak around the handles they are not serviceable so its a whole new tap that costs more than a boiler! This is something to look at if your are drilling into a new or expensive worktop otherwise in 2yrs you face looking at a dud system sitting there or have it removed and a blanking plate. Yes you may get a few more years out of it but do you really want to drink from this? and it will be less efficient, so head out of the sand and face reality! Yes I bought 2 kits, yes I think they are great.

Boiler after 2 yrs in Thames Water area medium hard water, looks wonderful outside until you unbolt it and strip it apart and find THIS inside! What can you expect after it has boiled non stop for 2yrs plus 24/7?

I think the cold and hot is coming from your mains water supply and house hot water supply. The other tap that is linked to the heated storage tank under the sink cupboard (that comes with this tap) is keeping hot water that was filtered