Spec me a kettle ;-)

thezappa said:
About £1500 less than one of those. We had them at my old work and they are great but you have to use them a lot to get the pay back. Don't have anything else to add to this thread I'm afraid.
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I just specced one up at over £3k...lol no thanks







unless they can make it nicer looking
 
Pho said:
^ Shame it's only 2.3 kW. Get 3kW unless you like waiting all day :p
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You can still get 3Kw kettles?? I thought they had gone the same way as 2Kw vacuum cleaners :p (All in the way of being more efficient of course, which it was never about really)

(Disclaimer, I am pretty sure that you can still get 3Kw kettles, but I am also sure that there was a proposal to ban them at some point, Because a 2.3 Kw kettle is obviously more efficient than a 3Kw one isn't it, stands to reason it uses less KW's :p)

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Back to OP, I have one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Water-Co...304423&sr=8-12&keywords=morphy+richards+brita

I didn't pay that for it however! :eek:

Mind I am very happy with it. Be warned however, If you are a 98Lb weakling you will need to practice with your Bullworker before being able to use it.

Compared to other kettles it is large and reassuringly heavy! :p
 
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The problem with the Dualit is that it looks to be made of stainless steel which means it wastes energy heating up all the metal (which has a high thermal heat capacity) and which then radiates out, wasting more energy and also making the kettle dangerously hot. (It's a very similar design to one that I had years ago).

I've got a mid-price phillips one which i'm very happy with. it's quick to boil (having a wide base), 1.7l capacity which helps a lot with boiling water for cooking (more energy efficient) and it has a plastic body with a brushed stainless steel skin on the outside. As the plastic has a lower thermal capacity than steel, it doesn't absorb as much heat and the outside stays much cooler.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-HD...qid=1488313475&sr=8-1&keywords=philips+kettle

Had mine about 5 years, zero problems. look at the ratings for it.

(Hopefully OcUK haven't got into kettles yet).
 
boxman2000 said:
We have a Kenwood stainless at work and must have been boiled well over 4000 times and works perfectly. Cost like £25 or thereabouts... I fail to see how a £70 kettle does more than this, unless you want it for aesthetics or possibly temperature controlled kettle which I appreciate is required for some that are into specialist teas etc.
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need someone to buy the expensive ones to subsidise us

Philips still make good kettles, also got two for work no failures,
- agree broad base so cannot knock it over
- if you have an inbuilt Britta, what do you do for the vegetables/pasta ?

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Health issues... what utter bunkum.

I used to design the damm things many moons ago and not one complaint about being poisoned from a plastic kettle. You can say the same thing for any material.
 
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