Kettles

LiE said:
I hope you hide it a way when not used, that thing is ugly!
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Mine is slightly different in that it is grey. It goes away when not in use, like everything else (I dislike things left out on my countertops).

Can't see the grey one for sale any more though;

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dan958 said:
Mine is slightly different in that it is grey. It goes away when not in use, like everything else (I dislike things left out on my countertops).
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Urgh. What a waste of life. Putting things away and getting them out all the time.

Unless you only use it a couple of times a week, that's proper sociopathic behaviour :D
 
cheesyboy said:
Urgh. What a waste of life. Putting things away and getting them out all the time.

Unless you only use it a couple of times a week, that's proper sociopathic behaviour :D
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Like literally any time I have a guest that may want a cuppa, so that could be a long time! :D

I don't really have many other appliances, toaster and microwave are hidden in a corner. I get the slow cooker out whenever I want to use it as that is quite bulky to leave out all the time.
 
dan958 said:
Like literally any time I have a guest that may want a cuppa, so that could be a long time! :D

I don't really have many other appliances, toaster and microwave are hidden in a corner. I get the slow cooker out whenever I want to use it as that is quite bulky to leave out all the time.
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Fair enough - infrequently used stuff in cupboards is pretty sensible.
 
h4rm0ny said:
The appliance market in general seems to diverge horribly these days. You can get dirt cheap tat aimed at those who want to spend as little as possible and will fall apart within a year and never perform well during. Or something bloated with features that you don't want. Simple and crap or overblown and (sometimes) not crap. Either marketers don't realise there are people who just want a basic thing but in quality, or they make too much money from the market segmentation. Same all over. I've had a fifteen year old TV since I bought it because even though I'd like to get something with a superior screen (4K, HDR, higher refresh) anything with that is also usually huge and burdened with a crappy Android OS, microphones and / or built in cameras. Fridges, washing machines, anything. You really have to hunt for something that just does a single job well, these days.
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The most reliable kettle I've ever bought was a £6 one from Tesco. We got it for my grandmother, and when she died I think we took it as we'd just bought a house. It worked for at least 3 years after that, so it was probably something like 10 years old. We only got rid of it because it scaled up, and that was just because we have such hard water.

Since getting rid of that kettle, though, we've had two more.
 
As only the wife has hot drinks, we have a Breville HotCup kettle - only dispenses one cup of water to you don't waste energy boiling water you wont use.

When we have family round, we have a normal kettle we get out of the cupboard.
 
cheesyboy said:
Surely the water either boils or it doesn't?
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doesn't seem that binary. i thought it was the element/thermostat/whatever on its way out on the first kettle but no i dunno. either every kettle i've bought has a cut-off less than boiling point or my particular mug ceramic is a total heat leacher.
 
if you cook from scratch, plus tea/coffee, kettles a fundamental piece of kit.

After philips refused to replace £40 kettle that failed after 2years, discovered the £12 3kw Asda 'which' award kettle,
now have a reserve one too, if it goes AWOL. . does one cup.
 
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ok - more than 2 years .. but as harmony said - when did kettles become like throwaway fashion clothing
 
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