Quooker Front

The Front is the newest shape in the Quooker line-up, and at £1,400 it is also the most expensive of the standard 3-in-1s. The defining feature is exactly what the name says: the hot-and-cold lever sits on the front of the spout rather than at the side, and the boiling-water ring stays on the body. It picked up a Red Dot Design Award in 2023, which tells you more about the look than the function, but the ergonomics really are different.

Where the Front earns its premium is in tight installations. Because the mixer lever sits on the spout itself, you can mount the tap against a back wall, a window cill, or a tall splashback without losing access to the handle. That is a real problem with side-lever taps in narrow worktops, and the Front is one of the few solutions that does not involve a wall-mounted commercial fitting. The boiling-water control still uses Quooker's double push-and-turn child-safety lock, and the dispenser uses Quooker's standard aerated flow, which mixes air into the stream so it is gentler than an open boiling pour.

The sums are less flattering: you are paying £100 to £400 more than the Fusion or Classic Fusion for what is essentially the same PRO3 tank and a redesigned tap head. If you do not have the windowsill or backsplash constraint that the front-mounted lever solves, you are buying styling. The chilled and sparkling options still require the separate CUBE module, which Quooker prices on top.