Sometimes you get what you pay for......

[Seadog]

Our current toaster cost 4.99 from asda

My current toaster cost.... nothing

 

[Nomad]

If anyone ever needs a simple cheap temperature on/off switch, search for KLIXON disc temperature switch - some samples https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=klixon+disc&_odkw=klixon
Last ones I bought were about £2 each so I got a variety when I was fitting an electric fan onto an older car

 

[gaz1]

This has got me thinking. With being retired we have quite a few cuppa's a day. I bought a nice gas hob kettle from Aldi as a back up and might start using it rather than the electric.

as a family weve all burnt a few of those as there easy to forget

so watch out when your boiling that kettle as its not a walk away kettle and it will turn off when boiled

i have another spare kettle with a nice base on mine that i use for the rocket stove

Le'Xpress Stainless Steel 2 Litres Whistling Kettle

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[lotus_esprit_s1]

A friend in the domestic appliance business ( see his How to Repair videos) showed me a plastic Bosch washing machine drum, still with the moulded 'ears' to bolt it together. But, they're now stuck/welded inseparably together, so changing the bearings goes from a ten quid job to over two hundred, so uneconomic really.

It's utterly cynical. They'll say the item is repairable, but in practice render it extremely unlikely that it will be.

I had exactly the same Bosch machine, the bearings went and turned out there were two versions of the machine, the earlier version of that model with bolted together drum, and later version with plastic welded drum. Obviously I had the second one!

I replaced it with a Miele machine which is supposedly good for ten years.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My current toaster cost.... nothing

Did you make one like this from the scrap bin?

 

[minimutly]

I installed a boiler tap. Quettle brand a couple of years ago. We love it. Instant boiling water whenever you like. My wife would boil the kettle then do something else then boil it again. Sometimes 3 times before getting round to putting the water in the tea pot! So definitely works out cheaper for us!

Cheaper after paying for it plus install? How long did it take?

 

[striker]

Cheaper after paying for it plus install? How long did it take?

Very easy to fit, 3hrs ish including moving the sink trap, electric socket was under the sink unit anyway, for the washer.. I can't recall the cost but I think it was £500. We sized up. Apparently we can get 8 boiling cups before it needs a rest...

 

[Blobber]

Very easy to fit, 3hrs ish including moving the sink trap, electric socket was under the sink unit anyway, for the washer.. I can't recall the cost but I think it was £500. We sized up. Apparently we can get 8 boiling cups before it needs a rest...

£500 is a lot of kettle boils!

 

[striker]

£500 is a lot of kettle boils!

It is. But we like it. It's so convenient. We also get filtered cold drinking water from it.

 

[bigegg]

I got a ghillie kettle from the bootie for a fiver.
Boils a pint of water (two mugs) in about 6 minutes on a few twigs.
If I fill it (6 mugs) it takes about 10 mins
It helps that I've got an outdoor "cooking area" just outside the back door - and a big pile of dry twigs.

 

[Dieselman 63]

I got a ghillie kettle from the bootie for a fiver.
Boils a pint of water (two mugs) in about 6 minutes on a few twigs.
If I fill it (6 mugs) it takes about 10 mins
It helps that I've got an outdoor "cooking area" just outside the back door - and a big pile of dry twigs.

I’ve got one of them. Wet my socks when I washed the soot off by sending the tap down the middle!

 

[keithski122]

I installed a boiler tap. Quettle brand a couple of years ago. We love it. Instant boiling water whenever you like. My wife would boil the kettle then do something else then boil it again. Sometimes 3 times before getting round to putting the water in the tea pot! So definitely works out cheaper for us!

I thought about an instant boiling water tap when I redid our kitchen but isn't it just a constantly hot tank under the sink?

 

[mike os]

I thought about an instant boiling water tap when I redid our kitchen but isn't it just a constantly hot tank under the sink?

Yep… that keeps water at 99c all day and night …

 

[striker]

I thought about an instant boiling water tap when I redid our kitchen but isn't it just a constantly hot tank under the sink?

Yes it is. But it's really well insulated. So if your not using it. It just tops up the temp periodically. If your drawing water off for a brew it obviously works harder. There was a number of kettle boils a day quoted where it becomes more economical than a kettle.
Obviously not counting the install costs!

 

[gaz1]

Yes it is. But it's really well insulated. So if your not using it. It just tops up the temp periodically. If your drawing water off for a brew it obviously works harder. There was a number of kettle boils a day quoted where it becomes more economical than a kettle.
Obviously not counting the install costs!

that thing reminds me of the instant hot water above the sink and yet cheaper

Heatrae Sadia Santon A7/3 Oversink Water Heater 7L 3kW

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of coarse you can go down the electric shower route instead

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i wouldnt fit one on the sink but have its own station more so where younger teenagers can get burnt from one of them the extra sink defines that its a really hot water area not as what the kitchen sink is for where its set at much lower temps

 

[striker]

that thing reminds me of the instant hot water above the sink and yet cheaper

Heatrae Sadia Santon A7/3 Oversink Water Heater 7L 3kW

WE WONT BE BEATEN ON PRICEWe regularly check our prices against our competitors, to ensure we can offer you the best deal possible.

www.electricpoint.com

of coarse you can go down the electric shower route instead

Triton T30I Instaflow Handwash Oversink Water Heater 3kW - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.com. Compact unit that fits into small spaces and provides a source for instant hot water where only a cold mains supply is available. Single control for start / stop and temperature selection. Nozzle is designed for hand washing without splash-back. Ideal for a...

www.screwfix.com

i wouldnt fit one on the sink but have its own station more so where younger teenagers can get burnt from one of them the extra sink defines that its a really hot water area not as what the kitchen sink is for where its set at much lower temps

I don't think either of those are for drinking water. And probably wouldn't get hot enough for a decent brew! There's a safety clip provided to prevent any minors from scalding themselves as for teenagers, well they're old enough to know better!

 

[gaz1]

the older ones did as they was glass and scalded if you wasnt careful with them

yes you could make a brew from them as they boiled like a kettle however they was poor in the way of insulation

its what these new types remind me of the older types