Who knows what a Tauchsieder is in English?

Amazing - I was having a sort-out yesterday and came across one of these very things. I asked her indoors (yeah right!) where she/me/we bought it. Answer...

In Karstadt, Karlsruhe! 1993. Who needs a database anyway :-)

Sorry is no help.

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dave
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In message , MM writes

Hi,

Back from my time living in Ffm, SWMBO and I have learnt to search on google.de for those things which the Germans just do well, or just expect to buy as on any day out. You might even try amazon.de.

[gentle mickey take]

After your time in Germany, I would have hoped you would have learnt enough German to search for a "tasche tauchsieder" or even just a "tauchsieder" ;-)

(ie, a "cup" immersion heater / cup heater).

[/gentle mickey take]

The first shop result on google.de brings up four different mains powered ones.

One of the good things about being in the EU is that they will usually ship to the UK - and even with shipping it is often still cheaper than then the UK.

Mit Freundliche Grussen! mailto: snipped-for-privacy@billmagee.co.uk

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Bill Magee

Cup boiler. Here's one

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Rob Morley

All those things are on only when the operator has a hold of them whereas the "beverage heater" is pretty much left to its own devices.

Will there not be voltage/plug type issues. Something at the back of my mind says the voltage is more or less the same all over the EU. Fairly trivial to change to a "British" plug but would it be worth it? "Spare" plugs lying about? Would changing the plug invalidate any guarantee? Do you care about any guarantee on such a low priced item?

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soup

| Andrew Gabriel wrote: | > Years ago, it was a common Pifco product in the UK (I had | > one at university, and it's probably still somewhere in the | > family). I've still seen them around, but not as frequently | > nowadays. |=20 | One place I worked we weren't allowed a kettle because of "health and=20 | safety" but we were allowed one of them cup-boilers. |=20 | Their main weakness is that, unlike soldering irons, they don't usually= =20 | have a convenient stand to put them when hot, but not in use.

And the flex drags them and the mug over if you are not very careful.

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they work :-)

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Dave Fawthrop

Ahem. "tasche" is yer pocket.

No wonder they're considered unsafe.

Thomas Prufer

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Thomas Prufer

is pretty much what I'm looking for.

MM

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MM

I think it's the difference between states of mind! Germans are much more pragmatic by nature.

MM

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MM

£117.90!!!!! One hundred and seventeen pounds!

These things are around a tenner in German department stores.

MM

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MM

I can't see any coil immersion heater listed in either the latest Argos catalogue or on their web site. I searched the Argos site for "immersion" and "boiler".

MM

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MM

My Dual hi-fi equipment, power drill, and several other electrical items bought in Germany work fine in the UK. I'm not worried about a guarantee on a low cost item like a Tauchsieder. By the way, the

*literal* translation is dip boiler or dipping boiler - you dip it into the liquid (as opposed to a typical British immersion heater that is installed in a water tank as a fixture).

If anyone is visiting Germany and I have now triggered an urge for them to acquire such an amazing utensil for themselves, this is how you ask for it: "towk zeeder" - sorry, I can't do the proper "ch" sound in writing, but the shop should understand.

MM

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MM

Tasse Tasse Tasse. It's been a while :-)

mailto: snipped-for-privacy@billmagee.co.uk

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Bill Magee

If you check back to my first three posts on this subject you'll note that I mentioned Karstadt in my third and "all over Germany" in my first! I had already done what you suggested (through

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several weeks ago, but not posted a message yet. ;)

[gentle mickey take]

Should be: Mit freundlichen Grüßen

(You need the dative plural after mit; and the u in Grüßen needs an umlaut. The adjective freundlich is not spelled with a capital F. The sharp s, or sz, is not obligatory, but preferable. Some German typewriters did not have the character, so ss was an acceptable alternative. By the way, umlaut is the English rendition of Umlaut, which, being a German noun, is written with a capital letter.)

Here is an interesting note (in English) about the German double-s:

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is an excellent page for those beginning German:
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MM

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MM

If they are unsafe, why are the 12v versions apparently still available in Britain? Could one of those not set the car alight if left unattended?

MM

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MM

coil in a real Tauchsieder is in direct contact with the water, like the element in any electric kettle, thus causing rapid boiling in an instant. When I had one in Germany, I could walk across the room to where I kept my (English) teabags and by the time I had returned to the Tauchsieder the water was bubbling nicely. This Pifco thing looks like the nanny state has been at it! Nice try, though! ;)

MM

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MM

I'd consider a Tauchsieder unsafe, if it were used in my pocket: "Tasche-Tauchsieder"...

ebay.de has some, but all the ones I saw had either "Germany only", or silly prices for shipping to the UK.

Thomas Prufer

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Thomas Prufer

I know - I had one many years ago.

I thought it looked like a ceramic-element version, rather than something that had sacrificed simplicity and effectiveness in the name of safety. But I'm probably wrong.

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Rob Morley

time you are there or over the internet. Some things are just about impossible to obtain in the UK, like metric only measuring tapes, which I normally pick up from Carrefour or similar!

The equivalent over here is a travel kettle, presumably because of superior safety.

Christian.

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Christian McArdle

There's an old Nescafe ad in which a rather attractive young woman dunks one of these in a mug to make a cup of coffee in a VW Beetle on a beach---but that's the only place I've ever seen one.

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Sam Nelson

They are easily obtainable here:

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"Immersion heater" £4.75 about 11th item down

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Bob Mannix

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