Not everybody will have one of these kitchen gadgets, but with the quality of tap water in my area, I had to spring for one.
My brother has one, also due to the poor quality of water in his area. It’s handy, especially the hot water tap.
We have one in the office, it had three settings - cold, hot, and boil (meant for instant soups and the like).
Cold and hot were always available, but for the boil, you had to press it and wait about 90 seconds for it to reach temp. A little light would flash while it was coming up to temp, and then change to steady when it was ready.
I can’t tell you the number of times I’d be standing there, in front of the water dispenser, red light flashing, mug with a tea bag in my hand, and one of my coworkers would stroll in nonchalantly, say “Good morning, Tasty,” grab a paper cup, then reach into the six inches between me and the dispenser, press the cold water button to fill their cup, effectively canceling my boil cycle!
