The Kettle Minefield..

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?

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You're our kettle expert .....

I usually buy Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless Steel at around £30 .....

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I have a Braun

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 .

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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.

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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?

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I have one of those where there is a heater tank, under the sink, and you hold the cup, plate, jug, whatever, unter the tap and turn it on.

It's genuine boiling tap water - on demand.

Perfect.

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I have one of those.

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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!

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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.

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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.