My Prestige kettle started leaking this week and wouldn’t switch off via the automatic switch.
I thought it might be to do with limescale as it has done this before and after removing the little bit of limescale, it was ok.
This time l used the ‘vinegar treatment’ but alas it seemed worse.
I looked online and saw the Prestige kettle l would like but that would take a few days to come. Instead, l looked for reviews on kettles. Their recommendations for kettles varied from a cheapy Russell Hobbs to a £100plus Kitchenaid, Cuisinart or Dualit.
I went to Asda and saw their own brand George Home glass kettle for £10 reduced from around £30.
I looked for reviews on my mobile phone and it had great reviews, so l bought it! I have tried it, it’s wonderful but a little bit heavy if you fill it to the maximum. It does one cup though and it’s fast.
Also the water doesn’t have that awful taste that some kettles give.
I also bought a Russell Hobbs Mode, model 21444 from Robertdyas as it had great reviews. I wish, l had read the reviews more fully as lots of people say the water ‘tastes’ even after lots of boilings. I will be taking it back for a refund!
I also didn’t realise, that it is made of plastic!
Today, l have ordered a Prestige kettle online from TKMaxx as they are at a good price of £24.99. I will keep this or the Asda glass one as a spare.
What kettle do you have. Was it a cheapy or an expensive top of the range one? Maybe bought for its trendy look or to go with your kitchen?
Are the expensive kettles worth it?
Year ago my kettle broke, I had to wait a week for a new one to be delivered and in the meantime I had the hassle of heating water in a saucepan on the stove. When I was out one day I bought a £8 basic kettle to keep as a spare .
My kettle broke and I pulled out the cheap spare to use, I got used to it and didn’t get round to buying a ‘good one’ for many years . I certainly got my moneys worth from the cheap one .
We found that some kettles can add a taste to the water for quite a long time. We even gave up on a new one because of that. The kettle we found OK is a Russell-Hobbs metal jug kettle.
I would never use a plastic kettle - always stainless steel - I have one electric and one for the gas hob. Never thought about glass ones - would the glass not eventually go cloudy?
ST, The instructions with it advise you to de-scale it regularly to avoid discolouration.
It lights up blue when you boil the water in it. I know… little things, please little minds!
I look into everything when l go to buy anything but the choice of kettles is a minefield.
As long as they don’t have that horrid metallic or plastic taste, l don’t mind.
When we lived in a hard water area we bought a Brita filter jug and used water from that to boil in a kettle. No need to descale the kettle after using the filtered water.
Meg, Whilst l was in one of the shops looking at kettles, a stranger came up to me and said he had bought his kettle from Argos for £5 and he said it was great.
Mart, If a new kettle has a taste that continues after several boils. I return it to where l bought it from and get a refund.
I can’t bear a tainted cup of tea.
I do actually, if possible, sniff inside kettles before l purchase them. I haven’t been reprimanded by store staff as yet!
Ted, My friend has one of those in his ‘£30,000 designer’ kitchen. I have used it but it scares the life out of me as it appears to be gushing at a high speed! Yet hardly any water comes out at one time.
I must say, the tea tastes lovely with no horrid taste in the water.
I use one of those One Cup machines. Put a beaker under the spout, press a button, and within twenty seconds it deposits the correct amount of hot water into the beaker. Saves waste and electricity.
I’ve had a couple of plastic kettles, but they do leak eventually
when I moved house about 9 years ago I got a stainless steel Goodmans for about £20 I think, and it’s worked perfectly ever since
I see that the same model is listed on B&M Bargains website for £18, but I’ve seen them higher priced, so shop around
At a quick look, the Goodmans & Cookworks look to be the same
if I was buying again I’d get the same, or something in the £20 to £30 range, there are quite a few to choose from
Most certainly not worth it!! Our kettle is one from Wilco and cost a fiver. Since buying it about 2yrs ago we have bought 2 more and they were still a fiver …why pay more?
An electric kettle is a lidded + spouted container with a heating element fitted with a steam detector and of course a boil-dry cut out; so to me anything over a fiver is a waste of money.
We have a Dualitt Architect kettle. About twenty five years ago we bought a Dualitt toaster and it is still going strong. I’m not so impressed with the kettle though. It requires descaling every couple of weeks and is very noisy. It is also hot to the touch and despite it’s size, the maximum level is about half of what you would expect. Looks nice though. :-p
