Poss. OT. Recommendations for a cordless kettle

Nick · 2009-12-27T17:34:02+00:00

Good day folks,I wonder if you can help with this.Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.In traditional style, if possible, although this is not essentialHeavyish use, it does not get cold between 07.00 and midnight.The best we have found so far are Morphy-Richards and have used them for about 5 years.The M-R warranty/guarantee system is not bad but their kettles go from bad to worse.Every one that we have used is styled to our liking but all have leaked from either, or both, the spout or the clear plastic contents indicator.The latest offering is now about 5 months old. I have a garden sieve that holds more water !Thank you, and best wishes to all for a better new year.Nick.

PeterC 16 years ago

The £10 job from Tescrot about 18 months ago was OK except that it dripped a bit. Looked around (and asked on here), but it's almost impossible to tell from pictures. Finally bought one from Wilkinsons for £15; not keen on the colour (dark blue, so shows dust but not odd splashes from the teapot) and it seems a bit lightly made, but it doesn't dribble at all (has a proper rim to the spout) and runs at about 2700W. Also, the vapou/steam is emitted straight up rather than out at an angle, so can be closer to walls etc. It's a Breville VKJ118:

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Tescrot one has a 'switch' in the base of the kettle that disconnects the supply before the contact breaks; the new one hasn't.

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Rob 16 years ago

I think the OP is referring to a kettle type where the cord is housed in a static base, and the kettle 'docks' with the base:

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Steve Firth 16 years ago

"Some kettles can be detached from the cord more easily than others."

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Dave Liquorice 16 years ago

We have a Breville "Lightning" but this a plastic jug style kettle not traditional. It runs at about 2.5kW (measured) has a silly blue light when it is heating and a "keep warm" button that is handy for making coffee temperature water but is easy to leave on... Easy to locate onto the base.

Must be 3 or 4 years old and is now starting to disintegrate on the inside of the spout but is otherwise fine. Our water is very soft, no descaling required ever.

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Rod 16 years ago

As have we, for several years. (Though we have the European white model FLF1 - IIRC - with a mere 1700W element.)

Really like the kettle. No problem with the filter mechanism. The later models (FLF2?) bedecked with stainless steel seem heavier. Seems to release far less steam (OK - water vapour) into the room than any other kettle I have used.

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PeterC 16 years ago

Sorry, that should have been: runs at about 2970W.

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Andy Champ 16 years ago

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Steve Firth 16 years ago

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