What's a decent kettle?
22 November 2014, 12:52 PM
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What's a decent kettle?
We live in an aggressive water area, the water is so hard it pops out of the taps and smacks you
Seriously, our kettles are lasting a year or less.
The latest one was a £5 job from Asda that my lad bought when the last one, a 319 job from Sainsways exploded during the summer.
This last one has lasted 4 months...we have neither box nor receipt, so out it goes.
I need one that will last a bit longer, and stand up to hard water and being boiled 30+ times a day.
Any suggestions?
Seriously, our kettles are lasting a year or less.
The latest one was a £5 job from Asda that my lad bought when the last one, a 319 job from Sainsways exploded during the summer.
This last one has lasted 4 months...we have neither box nor receipt, so out it goes.
I need one that will last a bit longer, and stand up to hard water and being boiled 30+ times a day.
Any suggestions?
22 November 2014, 01:00 PM
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Well my £5 no brand kettle has lasted 3 years, so far ,admittedly the outer switch for turning on has gone but you just stick your finger inside - havnt been electrocuted yet
The fancy Russel hobs 25 quid one before fell to pieces ( such that you couldn't use it at All ) within 3 months
The fancy Russel hobs 25 quid one before fell to pieces ( such that you couldn't use it at All ) within 3 months
22 November 2014, 01:14 PM
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If you use the kettle +30 times a day are you using it at work?
Looks like you need to cure the cause not the effect by using a filter kettle or a built in water filter system.
Looking at your very high usage it may be cheaper in the long run to be looking at commercial solutions.
Looks like you need to cure the cause not the effect by using a filter kettle or a built in water filter system.
Looking at your very high usage it may be cheaper in the long run to be looking at commercial solutions.
22 November 2014, 01:38 PM
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We have had similar woes re kettles, (since an ageing Russell Hobs gave up the ghost)
A magi mix had to go back to John Lewis after a problem with the power switch, they had already replaced it once (they admitted it was design fault and had loads back)
In the end we swapped it for something called a "Sage" - from John Lewis, eary days 4 months, but still working
A magi mix had to go back to John Lewis after a problem with the power switch, they had already replaced it once (they admitted it was design fault and had loads back)
In the end we swapped it for something called a "Sage" - from John Lewis, eary days 4 months, but still working
22 November 2014, 01:58 PM
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22 November 2014, 05:28 PM
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Got this one: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/househo...pdt.html#cat-0
But from Argos, and paid £7 for an EXTRA 3 year warranty.
Now I really AM on free kettles for life.
But from Argos, and paid £7 for an EXTRA 3 year warranty.
Now I really AM on free kettles for life.
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22 November 2014, 05:30 PM
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We've had a few cheap kettles too Jezza. The current Russell Hobbs jobby was £15 down from £50 at Sainsbury's. Lasted a decent while.
All I could suggest is filtering the water somehow. Sodding water here destroys everything
All I could suggest is filtering the water somehow. Sodding water here destroys everything
22 November 2014, 05:33 PM
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The above has a built-in Brita water filter and can be used for filtered cold water too.
Now I just need a source of cheaper filters........
mind, £36 for a year's supply isn't bad.
Perhaps I could get Anglian Water to foot the bill, since they supply the horrid hard chlorinated water we get here.
Now I just need a source of cheaper filters........
mind, £36 for a year's supply isn't bad.
Perhaps I could get Anglian Water to foot the bill, since they supply the horrid hard chlorinated water we get here.
22 November 2014, 06:25 PM
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Anglian water here too , we use our kettle Max twice a day but fitted a new kitchen I put a inline filter on the tap , few weeks gone and not as much limescale
22 November 2014, 08:13 PM
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******* hell, I still use the kettle I bought when I moved in here 24 years ago, and it's used umpteen times a day it's not an ornament either!
22 November 2014, 08:47 PM
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Yup, it does make me look like an extremely greedy ****** but I can't part with it, it always seems to boil the water to the perfect temperature, most other kettles I use I need to let my coffee cool for around five minutes before I can drink it. I guess this is a classic case of function over form lol. 
22 November 2014, 09:40 PM
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Kettles, a bain of my life only outdone by modern toasters that don't toast and aren't big enough for UK bread.
If you look at cordless kettles, you'll note that about 70% of them use the exact same identical base. The problem here is the contacts within the base is shyte; they corrode, start to arc and then burn out or worse - melt. Not helped if you pick it up off the base whilst its still switched (makes the contact arc - shortening their life). The design hasn't changed for year - you still see kettles with the very same flawed (cheap and nasty) design.
Some kettles are different and if you look in show rooms you'll find the ones which don't use the generic base contacts - I'm currently using a stainless steel Philips which has a different base, that so far has stuff up to life. Fast boil disc element. Only flaw is the lid broke. Oh well - still the best kettle I've had.
I've had a Delonghi that didn't switch off, Haden that leaked and Russell hobs/Breville/Morphy Richards/Tesco with the usual burnt out base contacts (same design base).
I see Bugatti make kettles....could earn you pub Kudos when you say you have a Bugatti back at home
If you look at cordless kettles, you'll note that about 70% of them use the exact same identical base. The problem here is the contacts within the base is shyte; they corrode, start to arc and then burn out or worse - melt. Not helped if you pick it up off the base whilst its still switched (makes the contact arc - shortening their life). The design hasn't changed for year - you still see kettles with the very same flawed (cheap and nasty) design.
Some kettles are different and if you look in show rooms you'll find the ones which don't use the generic base contacts - I'm currently using a stainless steel Philips which has a different base, that so far has stuff up to life. Fast boil disc element. Only flaw is the lid broke. Oh well - still the best kettle I've had.
I've had a Delonghi that didn't switch off, Haden that leaked and Russell hobs/Breville/Morphy Richards/Tesco with the usual burnt out base contacts (same design base).
I see Bugatti make kettles....could earn you pub Kudos when you say you have a Bugatti back at home
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22 November 2014, 09:47 PM
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Avoid kettle with base contacts (the bit in the middle) that are like this. They almost always burn out sooner or later. This is a generic style of contact shared amongst many manufacturers. Its crap. YOu can easily tell if a kettle has this contact in a showroom as it'll interchange with some other brands of kettle from different manufacturers.
If you look at a Philips (not recommending them - just an example) - its similar, but they use a different style/design of contact. It doesn't interchange with non-Philips kettles.
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22 November 2014, 10:58 PM
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Bad idea, they don't get nearly hot enough to make a decent cup of tea.
This one does, though
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLw1Rx_cAI
This one does, though
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLw1Rx_cAI
23 November 2014, 08:42 AM
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23 November 2014, 12:19 PM
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Living in Wales we are blessed with the softest water in the UK and my current kettle is 3 years old and the element looks good as new.
The solution to the OP could be some form of Burco Boiler due to output or if funds allow a Dualit kettle. We have had Dualit stuff in work for years and it's very robust, even the toasters take proper size bread.
The solution to the OP could be some form of Burco Boiler due to output or if funds allow a Dualit kettle. We have had Dualit stuff in work for years and it's very robust, even the toasters take proper size bread.
