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| Breville VKJ142 Hot Cup | 
| Brand: Pulse Home Products
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  121 reviews
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 10.8 x 7.9
MPN: VKJ142
Model: VKJ142
EAN: 5011773034579
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 121
 brilliant - well worth it - added tip! February 7, 2009
S. R. Strauss (london)
67 out of 69 found this review helpful
Having bought the tefal quick cup a few months earlier and finding it is not hot enough for a cup of tea of for someone who likes very hot drinks, i bought the Breville Hot Cup.
It is really good - although takes longer than the tefal to heat up - but it is boiling water, and ideal for the cups of tea etc that need boiling water.
The only critism is that there is no flow regulator, you cant press the button to stop flow, it has a set amount. this was resulting in overflowing mugs (after milk had been added) - so the ingenious way around it, is that we now have a small jug placed under the nozzle at all times, and the water dispenses into that and we pour what we need into the cup.
Very quick, very easy and very useful.
we now have both units side by side, so for different drinks, people etc have the choice!!!
It's not a Hot Cup... it's a Hot Mug! May 19, 2009
b4-its-2-l8 (London)
37 out of 38 found this review helpful
This product is excellent. It won't replace a kettle because when friends are around you'll need the ability to make multiple hot drinks simultaneously, which this won't do, but for energy conscious individuals who only wish to heat enough water to make one drink at a time... this is excellent.
The product is simple and the process is simple; fill the reservoir with water (which has enough capacity for 5 mugs), flick the switch, and 35 seconds later... it produces one steaming hot mug of water...
...or bowl / jug / whatever you place under the spout... but... I wouldn't recommend placing a cup or anything else small; the unit produces 250ml of scalding hot water (which is appropriate for a standard sized mug) each time, no more, and no less. Consequently, if you use a cup, the chances are you'll have to deal with the overspill but fortunately Breville included a 'beer pump style' drip tray that should cover this.
For me it's brilliant: I put the coffee in the mug, place it under the spout, flick the switch and carry on about my business, when I come back not only is the water hot, my mug's also poured (and in this respect it reminds me of the old 'Teasmaid' units there used to be, the only difference being this one starts manually, not via a timer).
I already use a thermal kettle which keeps my unused boiled water hot, and do so for the sake of reducing my energy consumption, but I like this product because I only boil the amount of water I need to at the time I need to use it.
I have only two quibbles: the opening to pour water in could be a little wider to allow easier topping up; it's narrow and oddly angled. Plus, adding the ability to vary the amount of water that gets boiled, even within a set range, to allow for different users' needs according to their cup/mug sizes, would be very useful but neither of these quibbles are enough to diminish the rating this unit's worth.
It's likely to be a bit of a luxury to find space on the kitchen worktop for both this unit and a kettle also, but if you do have the space, and you make solo mugs of hot drinks more than you make multiples, this is an excellent product well worth considering.
Time saver October 29, 2009
Mrs. Pauline Leech (Cambridge UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bought this as a present for my Mum who is aged 89 and she loves it. I am happier that she can fill it with cold water and put her cup under for a nice hot drink without worrying about her having to lift a heavy kettle and risk having boiling water over herself. It is also very quick and saves on electricity by only boiling a cup of water at a time. Very fast delivery service.
Makes a great economy saving cuppa April 22, 2009
Silverfrog (Leeds UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This niffty design is a great way of economically making your hot drink. It's designed to only heat and dispense one normal sized cup of boiling water. It looks impressive but does it live up to its looks?
First of all, don't expect the cup as in the picture as you won't get one so is misleading. It's well designed as you have a base plate and the main section of the 'kettle' can be detached (just like a cordless kettle) to refill your water. It then sits back on the base plate and you flip a switch which will heat exactly one cup of water in about 30 seconds. The base has a collection tray which holds exactly one cup as well, just in case you flip the switch but forgot to put your cup underneath. The kettle itself (as well as the switch) light up blue when switched on and switches off when the water dispenses. Which reminds me, it does give a rather loud/worrying sound when dispensing the water....
The only thing I would say that could be better is for the amount of water to be dispensed to be variable as my wife sometimes likes 'larger cups' of tea in which case it's either too little water with one or too much with 2 dispenses.
All in all a great idea from Breville to heat one cup of water for your tea/coffee. Great for a small office where using a normal kettle heats up too much water (hence wasting electricity ... it all adds up).
Awesome - perfect for my mornings! January 26, 2009
M. Wilson-Howard
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
I must confess I'm not a morning person, so the easier and quicker it is to get my much-needed dose of caffeine in the morning the better. I bought this for my new flat, because my former flatmate had a Tefal Quick Cup, which I loved the idea of but never used because the water wasn't hot enough for my coffee, especially with milk as well. I thought I'd give this Breville one a go as an alternative, and I love it! Its fast and dead easy to fill up. I love the illuminated tank as well - helps me find my way around the kitchen when it's dark and I'm half asleep!
I dont know how I ever got to work on time without this, so if your morning routine is as hectic as mine then I would get a Breville Hot Cup!
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