We are getting the Vertex bottleless water dispenser thanks to learning about it on GW. It is a filter and has both hot and cold water at the touch of a button. You hook it up to a water supply to not need bottles, so it solves the dispensing, filtering and hot water needs all in one (we did not "need" the hot water feature, but will prob find it to be handy).
The only downside is it will take some counter space, but we plan on making it fit our plan because we could not find a fridge freezer set with water in the door in our price range. We have an interior icemaker and wanted to encourage filtered water drinking in our house over store bought pre-made drinks. I am guessing we will make more (unsweetened) iced teas with the simplified hot water feature....

Here is a link that might be useful: Vertex

An IHW faucet is made out of many parts. The main part, which you see, is metal that has been chromed. It is chrome-plated brass. This is standard. Inside this main part, called the body, is a tube that carries the extremely hot water to the opening (spout). The tube is not metal. It is made of a material that is designed to hold boiling water. This is standard too. It is robust and durable. It remains soft and supple for decades. Water travels through this tube after you press on the faucet lever.

As for chrome peeling, well, years ago, a chrome finish might peel off a plastic body. I haven't seen that ever in recent years. Other people posting after me might know more. Hope this helps.

I got an Insinkerator because the faucet matched mine best. They have several price levels on the faucet, so some may indeed be cheap. Mine isn't. The ISE claims to get hotter than others on the market but I don't know if that's true.

I was really happy with ISE customer service. My GC was not a reader and destroyed my tank, but I had a replacement quickly installed by a good technician sent by ISE (after they walked us through some tests on the unit on the WEEKEND!).

Mine is a Mountain Plumbing Little Gourmet installed with 3 cm marble -- no problems. I've been very happy with it and the way the faucet blends with the rest of my plumbing.

The main problem I've read about is with the Insinkerator brand, the TANK leaking, even with the newer stainless steel tank. That leaking can cause a lot of problems to cabinetry if not caught quickly.

I've read that, if you have a filter, it is best to plumb filtered water to the IHW tank (any brand). Then, your IHW tank has to heat only water and not other stuff, some of which can cause premature failure to tank bodies.

(Have you ever seen the organic gunk buildup inside a regular size water heater after ten years? Have you ever flushed one? All tanks are sedimentation tanks, to some extent.)

Thanks for all the feedback!

Totally go with Waste King. I tried two Insinkerators and either got up to 180° without really playing with it. Often it was 160°!! Unacceptable, as they claimed 200°. The Waste King just works great, 190+ water, all the time.