Taffycat
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My quest is very simple, I'm looking for a new electric kettle, because ours has suddenly become incontinent. Yesterday morning, we discovered it sitting in a pool of water. It's a Philips brand, just over two years old, so really not that old.
So there are plenty of kettles around, all shapes, sizes and prices, but it's actually proving to be quite difficult to find the "right" one.
It has to hold 1.7 litres - no less - and ideally, be QUIET in operation. (The Philips drowned-out conversation, the radio and just about everything else... in both the noise and liquid sense latterly.)
So to assist us in making a choice, I've been reading quite a few reviews. The kettles which boast supposedly-good features are - it would seem - often let-down by those particular selling-points.
I'm probably a bit perverse, but when there are lots of 4 and 5-star ratings, I just cannot resist heading straight for the 1 and 2-star comments, which can be quite revealing. They speak of lids being loose and falling off when boiling water is being poured, thus burning the hands of the users.
Then, there are the leakers, sound-blasters, frequent-travelers (they're the out-of-the-box faulty ones which have to be returned several times before the buyer eventually gives-up in favour of choosing a different brand.) The ones which produce strange-tasting water (irrespective of whether they're made of stainless steel or plastic.) ... The sloooow-coaches which take a week to boil (yes okay, an exaggeration, but you get the idea.) The dribbly-spout brigade and the ones which wobble on their bases!
Of the 5-star variety... "reviewers" mainly seem to bang-on about the aesthetic beauty of their chosen product, as they casually mention how well it matches their brand-new kitchen, with it's fabulous work-surfaces made from left-over moon granite, sourced from NASA.
General searches via Mr Google, have looked promising..... right until I try to track-down the ideal-sounding kettle, only to find that it's out-of-stock or discontinued! Bah humbug!
Opinions are subjective, of course, and one individual's idea of "quiet" is someone else's Bedlam. So, 24 hours and a lot of internet research later.... we're still searching.
So, is anyone here using a nice QUIET, fast-boiling, 1.7 litre (or 2 litre) "continent" kettle, that they would be happy to recommend please?
Oh - before anyone suggests a stove-top kettle, no, that wouldn't suit either, because there isn't sufficient hob-space when I'm cooking. It's also a bit slow.
So there are plenty of kettles around, all shapes, sizes and prices, but it's actually proving to be quite difficult to find the "right" one.
It has to hold 1.7 litres - no less - and ideally, be QUIET in operation. (The Philips drowned-out conversation, the radio and just about everything else... in both the noise and liquid sense latterly.)
So to assist us in making a choice, I've been reading quite a few reviews. The kettles which boast supposedly-good features are - it would seem - often let-down by those particular selling-points.
I'm probably a bit perverse, but when there are lots of 4 and 5-star ratings, I just cannot resist heading straight for the 1 and 2-star comments, which can be quite revealing. They speak of lids being loose and falling off when boiling water is being poured, thus burning the hands of the users.
Then, there are the leakers, sound-blasters, frequent-travelers (they're the out-of-the-box faulty ones which have to be returned several times before the buyer eventually gives-up in favour of choosing a different brand.) The ones which produce strange-tasting water (irrespective of whether they're made of stainless steel or plastic.) ... The sloooow-coaches which take a week to boil (yes okay, an exaggeration, but you get the idea.) The dribbly-spout brigade and the ones which wobble on their bases!
Of the 5-star variety... "reviewers" mainly seem to bang-on about the aesthetic beauty of their chosen product, as they casually mention how well it matches their brand-new kitchen, with it's fabulous work-surfaces made from left-over moon granite, sourced from NASA.
General searches via Mr Google, have looked promising..... right until I try to track-down the ideal-sounding kettle, only to find that it's out-of-stock or discontinued! Bah humbug!
Opinions are subjective, of course, and one individual's idea of "quiet" is someone else's Bedlam. So, 24 hours and a lot of internet research later.... we're still searching.
So, is anyone here using a nice QUIET, fast-boiling, 1.7 litre (or 2 litre) "continent" kettle, that they would be happy to recommend please?
Oh - before anyone suggests a stove-top kettle, no, that wouldn't suit either, because there isn't sufficient hob-space when I'm cooking. It's also a bit slow.
oh, and if you ask the price, you can't afford it. 
Still going to need ear-defenders and a loud-hailer, (kidding!) but it has its good points too. Very stable, quick to boil and, at the moment, it's reduced to just £21.59 (from £27.99.) .
Oh and some bourbons to dunk please.