Quooker's Fusion Round in gunmetal (FNRGME, Quooker article 21.085.20) is a kitchen mixer tap that also pours 100 °C boiling water, so it can take over from your kettle as well as your ordinary tap. It is the rounded version of Quooker's all-in-one Fusion tap, with a clean, modern design. Its gunmetal finish is a deep, dark grey with a cool blue undertone.

What it does

It mixes hot and cold like any tap. Boiling water comes from a small Quooker tank in the cupboard underneath, which works like a vacuum flask on your mains supply. It keeps water at 108 °C, and because the air in its insulated wall is so thin, holding that temperature takes just 10 W. The water boils as it leaves the tap at 100 °C, fresh water refills the tank behind it, and an active carbon filter inside the tank purifies it further. Add a Quooker CUBE and the tap also pours chilled filtered still and sparkling water.

Using it every day

Boiling water never comes out by accident: you press the handle twice, then turn it. The spout is insulated and swivels, the boiling water doesn't gush out as a solid jet, and Quooker points out that, unlike a kettle, a tap can't tip over. Make tea, cook pasta or peel tomatoes without waiting for a kettle. Gunmetal is a deep dark grey with blue undertones and a subtle sheen, named after a type of bronze. Quooker describes it as an industrial finish that gives a dark kitchen depth and a light kitchen a strong accent.

Size and installation

The tap is 366 mm tall, with a 220 mm spout, and mounts on the worktop. Below it, in the cupboard, sits the Quooker tank, connected to the mains water and to power. There are three to choose from: PRO3 (3 litres of boiling water), COMBI (7 litres boiling or 15 litres at 60 °C, with no hot water supply needed) and COMBI+ (unlimited 60 °C water, but it needs a hot water supply). A mounting bracket fixes the tank to the side of a drawer unit. The Fusion Round is also made in polished chrome, stainless steel, black, rose copper, patinated brass and gold.