I have been living with the product below for about 2 weeks now and I have to say I honestly do not know how I lived at work without it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6896112041
The this product does exactly what it says no more no less. the boiling point is 215, the keep warm temp is 190. Very convinient and easy to use. it takes about 20 minutes to boil water from room temp and keeps the water at 180 ish all day. hit reboil and within a few minutes you are back to boiling temp.
i have found it to be a god send for my office. I use spring water or filtered drinking water (Work uses well water(Read Nasty!)) Cleaning it is a breeze though it is not generally required as you are passing BOILING water through the system constantly.
I am constantly using it to make oatmeal in the morning, hot cocoa and tea of course, soups, etc.
the only complaints I have are as follows:
1 It needs to keep the water in the dispensing unit around the same temp as the water in the tank. (the first little bit of water that comes out is usually fairly close to room temp. maybe half a cup (measured Cup not tea cup) or so) i keep a paper cup next it and toss that water out the back door.
2 i wish it had a thermometer built in to tell you how hot the water was in the tank.
3 the unlock button is annoying but serves a good purpose.
4 the magnetic power cord is very easy to accidentally bump off with out noticing. again annoying but necessary.
well worth the 40 bucks if you need hot water at work and do not have a stove other means of heating water. I know you can get a kettle but this is way cooler
for us guys its important not to look like a sissy sipping tea with a little ceramic tea pot and kettle handy. lolmakes a great companion to the inginutea single serve steeper.
like I said I just wanted to share so others will not have to spend 3 hours on google researching.
the other dispensers I found were far more expensive and had hit or miss reviews. the ones that do multiple temps seemed to fall short when reviewed.
I am very happy with my purchase. operation is really straight forward. boil... unlock.... dispense....
Thanks
Thomas