Franke Mythos Water Hub 6-in-1

The Mythos Water Hub is Franke's most ambitious tap to date, a 6-in-1 system that delivers hot, cold, filtered, chilled, sparkling and boiling water from a single spout, with app control layered on top. At £2,925 it sits in the same conversation as the Zip HydroTap, and the reason it exists is to compete with Zip on functionality while keeping a more domestic-looking tap above the worktop.

The genuine selling point is the breadth. Six water types from one tap is the most you can buy in this category, and the app integration lets you set sparkling intensity, temperature presets, and CO2 monitoring without bending down to the undersink unit. The build quality matches Franke's reputation on its mixer ranges, and the 4L tank is large enough to handle bigger pots without an awkward refill wait.

The compromises are the boil temperature, the warranty, and the complexity. At 98°C it does not hit a true rolling boil. The 2-year warranty is short for a £2,925 product when Quooker offers 7 years on the tank. And six functions packed into one undersink means six things that can go wrong: the CO2 system, the chiller, the filter, and the boiler all need servicing. Buy this if you genuinely want sparkling water at home, otherwise the spend is hard to justify.