Do you love your instant hot water dispenser?
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Instant hot water dispenser owners, what model did you buy?
Comments (17)Just wanted to second the information on longevity (or not) of these things-- We have hard water--and have gone through two of these things in 10years. I am told no matter how much you spend, that without softening the water, 5 years is a high score. (my second one just bit the dust last month) I have loved the convenience--and will most likely get yet a third one when I update my kitchen this year. For a nominal cost it has been great over the years---from water to quickly heat baby bottles in the early years, to tea and coffee and other instant foods....and I've even used the scalding water for cleaning from time to time. I do not use a filter. I would spend as little as possible and go into it knowing you'll probably only get a couple of years out of it. (our most recent one was an insinkerator). My husband swore when it broke last month that he'd never install another one of these "pieces of !@#$" BUT a week later he said in passing---"I kind of miss the instant hot" So there you have it!...See MoreInstant hot water dispenser
Comments (13)We just installed our second Insinkerator instant hot water heater. We've had one in our main kitchen sink for years (maybe 10? at least 5) with no problems. Just put in a bar sink in our pantry and put a second one in there for tea (and instant simple syrup for cocktails) - which seemed like a ridiculous indulgence but with all the $ we spent on the cabinets not so much. This area is quite small and narrow and there was an issue with space. There's also a garbage disposal - had to work to make sure everything would fit but it did. The first one, we bought maybe the second cheapest model from HD, and the one we just bought was similar. The big price differentiators seem to be 1) adding filtered cold water and 2) fancy spouts. We opted for the simple spout with a red dot on it, which helps people know what it is (we have a lot of guests). Obviously we've been more than happy with ours....See MoreReally, do you use your hot water dispenser?
Comments (26)I use my instant hot every day. We got our first one about 15 years ago when I had granite installed and it was suggested (had only heard a little about it before) and it finally stopped working about 6 to 8 months ago so we got another one. Then, we just did a full gut kitchen remodel and we were without it for about 7 weeks...really missed it! When we had the new kitchen installed, we did get the hot/cold combo unit (so my folks will be getting the one that was only 6 to 8 months old). We have R/O water and it runs through the unit for both the instant hot and the cool water. The tap has a push down tab on the left with a red tip for hot and one with a blue tip on the right for cool. We got the Insinkerator HC-WAVESN-SS. It looks fine and I really like not having "three" faucets at the sink like we did before (regular faucet, R/O faucet and instant hot faucet). Many of the dispensers do NOT come with a tank, you have to buy that separately. We were happy to see that ours is one of the few that DOES include a stainless steel tank and it says it can dispense 60 cups of instant hot water per hour. I found it at Lowe's online only (at least where we live in Arizona) and thought the fast shipping was a bit much. The Great Indoors price was upwards of $200 higher but they price match plus give you 10% of the difference off plus give you free shipping, so that's what we did. Like others, I use it for pasta, tea, jello (boil it first, of course but it boils so much faster). One thing I do daily is fill a small 1 cup size glass prep bowl about half full and put in my wedding ring and tennis bracelet. Just putting them in the hot water for a few minutes each day keeps them sparkling clean and I don't have to be quite so careful about washing my hands with soap or not letting my ring touch hand lotion when I put it on after applying lotion....See MoreAdvice on instant hot water dispensers
Comments (4)They have the active safety measure that the handle must be held in the On position for it to work. You can't just turn it on, walk away, and have it run. A small burn and then then turn it loose is all that would happen, even in the worse case scenario. Best case is that your kids learn without the minor pain reinforcement and never touch it at all. But they are big energy wasters. 90 seconds in the MW uses less energy and allays your safety fears. Plus the $600 cost and another $300-$600 to run the dedicated electrical line that they need. If you have room in your panel. So many things in a kitchen redo need that dedicated line that sometimes you need a new panel to fit them all in....See Moreastridh
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