A chiller and filter jug plug & go water dispenser that serves instant chilled water at the touch of a button. Always filtered, and always to the exact volume required.

When the descale warning symbol is shown, press and hold the descale warning symbol for 3 seconds. Please refer to section 5 of the user manual for full details. The Liscia jug has a height of 240mm, width of 260mm and depth of 100mm. It has a total capacity of 2.5L and a filtered capacity of 1.2L.Quantifying the energy use for the chiller is more complex because it’s easy to keep a filter jug in the fridge door. It’s hard to say how much extra energy it takes to keep that cool and how much is lost all those times you open and close the fridge door to fetch water. Jennifer (Jen) Oksien is our Large Appliance editor who has reviewed too many home appliances and mattresses to count over the years. She was sent the Aqua Optima Aurora to review, with a complimentary afternoon tea, by way of celebrating the product launch. The appliances was used regularly over a few weeks to make hot and cold drinks for herself, and her family.

Aqua Optima: Our filters significantly reduce the number of unwanted substances found in tap water, including microplastics, chlorine, limescale, and heavy metals to bring you purer water that tastes great Convenient and Efficient: Select from 4fl.oz to 35fl.oz dispense options, perfect for a cup of tea or boiling water for pasta; Combine kettle, chiller, and filter jug into one small footprint appliance; Requires no plumbing, simply plug, fill and go Set up a public drop-off location. To learn more about setting up a public drop-off location, please visit the following link: https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/aquaoptimaDrop of your Aqua Optima water filter at your nearest public drop-off location. To find a location near you, please visit the following link: https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/aquaoptima Convenient, chilled, filtered water from a tap – both still and sparkling. This is the deluxe option if you don’t need a boiling water tap but you do want to free yourself from a bottled water addiction. Look out for Grohe Red if you want boiling water. My frustration today, is that I have had to stand for 3 hours plus continually filling machine, not very good use of my time, especially that I have to work, and I did not expect this at all. No override facility. Very frustrating. Who ever designed this in the engineering department needs a medal because it’s something out of this world it’s fantastic. But it’s not as simple as electricity use. If you buy bottled water, then swapping to a filter is of course a huge environmental improvement. Meanwhile, the question with all products is how much energy and materials went into making them and how long will they last? Build quality seems good. If your kettle dies and you choose to replace it with the Aurora rather than a new kettle, the lower energy-use over its lifetime might make up for the extra materials. But if you’re going to have a kettle too, then like many kitchen appliances, it’s an indulgence.

Aside from the maintenance of the filter, it's important to descale regularly in a very similar way as you would with a coffee machine. When it's ready to be descaled the descale icon will be illuminated in orange, which takes out the guess work of when to descale. I'd recommend referring to the user manual for this, again, so best to keep this somewhere safe. Should you buy the Aqua Optima Aurora? However, as someone who cares a lot about their tea, I did struggle with the temperature settings. While it claims to go up to 100°C, I suspect that the Aurora struggles to quite get there. I say that because the tea I made with the dispenser reminded me of the tea you'll get on planes or from the office hot tap. It was just shy of boiling, which meant that my tea was never quite able to get that perfect brewing. It does have a generous capacity though, which goes up to 3.8 litres in total. When you add in the water filter, which comes included but needs to be replaced monthly, which drops the capacity to 1.8 litres. I then slotted in the filter, filled up the container with water and popped the lid on. The Aqua Optima Aurora was then ready to use. Using the Aqua Optima Aurora Hot and Cold Filtered Water Dispenser: Get instant hot and boiling water at the press of a button, with 7 temperature options from chilled to boiled; Select your ideal water temperature depending on your drink type or preferenceIt was good whilst my wife was unable to lift a kettle. She only had to make a cup of tea or coffee. different temperature options from chilled to boiled. Select your ideal water temperature depending on your drink type or preference. Taste the Difference: We carry a full line of filter jugs, replacement water filters, instant hot and cold filtered water dispensers, and water filter chillers for all of your household