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Author's product rating:   

Performance	Excellent
Ease of use	Very easy
Durability	Long
Safety	Safe
Value for money	Good

Advantages:	Energy efficient, very fast and filtered water
Disadvantages:	Maybe the price, water cools down quite fast, but it could be me !  !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The Tefal QuickCup is somethig quite like no other. It offers what you want from a kettle, but in the sort of time you want - 3 seconds!

It's very handy if you're a little short on time or fancy a quick brew. Its clever system is designed to measure out a 200ml cup of hot water at the touch of a button, and poured in a very short space of time. Its small and so doesnt take up much space on the kitchen work surface, and has a very appealing design to it. However, like most pieces of technology, its not without its downsides.

It does need regular top up of water, as you would find with a kettle. However, the Tefal Quickcup only holds 1 litre, as opposed to the normal 1.5litre kettles found in most homes. This is, of course, only minor. But it does mean that if it runs out of water half way through your cup, you've got to stop and start and watch how much it fills your cup 2nd time round so you dont drown your tea bag!

I'm on my 2nd Tefal Quickcup, as the first one had a couple of problems with it. The first was that it leaked from underneath, so I dont know if this was just a little glitch with the particular quickcup we had, but it does leak a tiny bit from the nozzle, so you have to keep your cup under for just a few more seconds to make sure there's no more water. The 2nd problem, which was a little more major and lowered my satisfaction of the product was that it left a bit of a nasty film on top of the drink. A sort of thick froth, like what you would find on a cappucino, but it would stick the sides of the cup. When we got the 2nd Quickcup, this was not apparent, and the drinks tasted and looked much better. But I wonder if I'm starting to see signs again of the froth returning................

This one depends on who you are, and whether the benefits outweigh this, there is of course, the small matter of cost. You can pick up a standard kettle from somewhere at like Tesco for about a fiver, and it does the job. We paid around £50 for the Tefal Quickcup, but like I said, its whether the benefits outweigh the cost.

It claims to be much more energy efficient than a standard kettle, which i totally agree with, as it only uses power to pour the water into the cup, taking only a matter of seconds, rather than having to wait for about 5 minutes for your water to boil. The next one is that you get filtered water every time. I live in quite a hard water area, so the filter water did bring a cleaner and different taste to the drink.

So there you have it. Some of the benefits and downfalls to this new way of making a brew, in a massively shorter amount of time. I think its available from most major retailers / electric stores for around £50-£55. But there's some standard kettles that cost even more than this, where you're simply paying for the brand, rather than what it does..........