The Kettle Minefield

Longy, l also have a Dualit toaster that l have had for years. I think they are the best brand for toasters as nothing much can go wrong with them.
I saw that Costco had a Dualit ‘Lite’ kettle and toaster set for around £84 reduced from £120 in their Black Friday sale. I nearly, nearly considered buying the set until l read, these particular ones were made in China and not the U.K. and they didn’t get very good reviews. Besides that, l have their toaster already but it’s only a two slice one. It would’ve been silly getting the four slice toaster just for the sake of it.

With regard to a kettle, why bother? Just run yourself a bath and take a cup of the boiling water that you women seem to enjoy from it.

Scott, Were they plastic or metallic and does the water taste ok?

Zaphod, lt is a minefield because there is just too much choice!!
I thought you were joking about the Bugatti kettle! l had never heard of them, only seen their magnificent Bugatti cars at Car shows/exhibitions!
Where would they be on sale? Somewhere like Harrods?
I did see Breville kettles on my ‘kettle journey’ in the stores but didn’t take a lot of notice of them as they hadn’t really come up in my online search.

Besoeker, That was nice useful present to get, a bit different to a gold watch!

Annie, That’s a nice looking kettle. Is it heavy when full of water though?

The glass one l bought is heavy when l fill it. I think l will end up with muscles like Popeye’s mate, Pluto!

The Russell-Hobbs kettle had to be red (Mrs mart likes red). It is quite old now. The light in the switch doesn’t always work but it still boils water. It leaked a little while ago but I took it apart and cleaned a seal where the steam comes down a tube to turn the switch off when the water boils.

I could have mended the light at the same time. I could see a bad connection inside some clear sleeving but decided I wasn’t that bothered about the light.

We live in a hard water area so it has a thin layer of limescale in places. I think the water loses any taste the kettle surface might give it once it has a coating of limescale.

Oh a Bugatti kettle is no joke, I assure you - it took quite a discussion before I finally convinced my better half that looks are not everything.
They ARE beautiful but flawed, & the basic one is better though it is underpwered which means it takes a while to boil.
You can buy them in lots of places, including Am a zone. :smiley:

I have to say that our Breville is - so far - doing well considering it’s over a year old because, as I said before, two years seems to be the max here even if you really look after them.

Hi

I have a cheap glass kettle wich lights up blue and i find it fine for my needs.

I rarely use it, not being a tea drinker.

I have a coffee machine which I use constantly.

Brushed stainless steel Artangel. We bought the two slice toaster as well. I think it was they were about £40 for the set, maybe slightly more. Never noticed any unpleasant taste or scaling.

Same as ours Besoeker. :slight_smile:

I think they can be repaired quite easily if they ever go wrong. Ours is a two slice with the extra grill thingy (for toasting things that are too thick to fit in the other slots by squashing them) :lol:

Brilliant things and yes, they can be repaired - though IIRC that’s only for those & not their cheaper versions.
Our cream 2-slice one is easily 10 years old and still works fine, even being used almost every day.

Their kettles can’t be easily repaired though as I have discovered after buying one some years ago.

I think all kettles are throwaway these days. Our last one (think it was a Russel Hobbs) had to be binned because a small plastic hinge on the lid had broken. A common fault and spares not available. :cry:

Art I haven’t noticed but then I don’t usually fill it to max. It seems to take an awful lot of filling to get to max. It’s pretty light when empty.

It is quality for the price. The build is solid and I don’t get the feeling it will fall apart overnight. I do like looking at it on the kitchen counter. It’s a cheerful design and we need cheering up at the moment when we are spending so much quality time with our kettles! The only down side is that lid. But if you fill from the tap then it’s easy as you can fill from the spout.

I must say I do like Dunelm products. They are great quality and great value for money. It’s my go-to place for household goods these days.

But that’s so annoying. There must be a kettle landfill mountain somewhere. This is why I was thinking of getting that old fashioned stove top type. At least those last forever.

Yes but can it make cheese on toast? I saw one of those lifestyle hacks about making cheese on toast in a toaster the other day. You put the toaster on its side and put in the bread with cheese inside (non cheesy side to gravity). I haven’t been brave enough to try this!

I don’t know the make of my kettle, I think I purchased it from Wilco,…S MEG kettle, have you seen the price of those?

Apparently it boils water in under 10 seconds.

I bet that makes a bit of a noise Pauline?

…Hee,hee,I’m in a silly mood today,Annie.