Dull Men's Club

In my experience not only are the dirt cheap kettles good, they're better than their more expensive counterparts. Plug it in, hit the button, wait a bit, got boiled water. More expensive devices will ask for what specific temperature or offer useless bloat features. It's a simple job, the device should be just as simple to match.

Get a 10€ one from Tesco. They heat water perfectly fine. Seriously, don't over think it. The 90€ ones are no better than the 10€ ones.

Okay my sister who uses an electric kettle constantly for tea said “anyone who uses it 20 times per day needs one of these: https://store.zojirushi.com/products/cdlfc and reports that her first one lasted more than 7 years!

Edit: fixed the broken link!

Who the fuck uses a stove top kettle in this millennium? At the end of the day you could buy a cheap normal kettle and be fine. That said last one I bought is a Kitchen Aid. Works well, has settable temp, looks pretty, cost not a huge amount for a kettle, but also wasn't cheap, probably boils water at about the same rate as a cheap one .. would buy again

I bought a Zojirushi water boiler. It keeps up to 4L of water at any of 4 set temperatures ready to make tea at any time. I love it. It has a vacuum sealed inner tank so it doesn’t use much electricity to keep the water hot once it is up to temp. When it is getting low I just top it up. I let it go 24/7 and it has been amazing.

https://www.zojirushi.com/category/water_boilers_warmers/

I got one as a gift. Electric, gooseneck with temp control. It's been great. I love that it's faster to get it to just the right temp without overshooting. I don't like my hot drinks very hot. Just a bit above lukewarm. And speed matters for me because I was coming in from the cold.

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2. I got one that has a little tea steeper. And a thermostat so choose the temp and it turns off when it's boiling. Has helped with tea consumption and getting rid of Microplastic tea bags

The one I use was <$15 from Mal-Wart^tm^. No temp settings, but it shuts itself off once the water hits a rolling boil. I usually shut it off myself once the water starts to bubble a little and it's usually the perfect temp for my tea.

I have a Stagg EKG Pro Studio. It heats up quickly, you can set it to whatever temp you want, it feels good in the hand and well balanced. I don't really have any complaints about it so far. The only problem I've run into was a result of user error - if you fill it up all the way you have to be careful when pouring so water doesn't come out of the vent in the lid. The only real drawback is the cost. It was stupid expensive.

I got a wide-top multipurpose kettle, with just an on/off switch and no temperature control. Solely for boiling water. It has a glass lid and a steamer basket for eggs, dumpling, and such. Not too bad. Bit expensive compaged to the bog standard electric kettle, but easier to clean. And by expensive I mean $8 vs $6. No kettle is worth more than $10. Unless it can brew a cup of Earl Grey, hot, automatically.

A friend of mine who cares a heckton about repairability swears by her duality kettle. She's had it for over 10 years, and has done at least one major repair. It's super expensive though (when I looked, I found one for £80 on sale, but alas, that was too dear for me)

For tea? Black, green, herbal, oolong? Temperature control might be useful.

For coffee? Gooseneck are, for me, irritating except in the specific case of pour over.

If you don’t need temp control or gooseneck, the cheapest auto shutoff with most power is probably the best option. There’s comfort features sometimes that matter so if you don’t like beeps or certain tactile feeling then you need to handle the device to find out. But they’re a simple device.

I have the Phillips 5000 series kettle.

Having it stainless steel inside is important to me because of microplastics. I didn't want any plastics where the water makes contact.

Have had it for over 6 months now and have had no issues. Just need to descale every so often, and not pour too aggressively.

I have 3. One with a wide open top in the kitchen for eggs (electric kettles are great for hard boiled, soft boiled, and poached eggs. 3 minute perfect poached eggs every time in a kettle, seriously) , a small one for travel, and a fancy one with a thermostat for tea.

Never know when you might need a kettle.

Electric kettle is one of those things where once I got one I wish I had waaaayyyyyy soooner. We don't even drink that much tea or anything but being able to make hot water at a specific temperature on demand is way useful. slow or clogged drains with plastic drains. carpet cleaner. cleaning in general. and of course hot beverages. set it and forget it. way easier than a microwave or stovetop.

Mine's a nice stovetop kettle but it's on an induction hot plate near my coffee maker. Works pretty similar to electric kettles that have the detachable bases, but I can use it on the stove if I want or use the hot plate for other things. The temperature controls on the hot plate also work really well for heating water to just under a boil.

I bought the induction hot plate to use when the power went out since I didn't have 220v to run my stovetop, so this is how I make use of it so it's not sitting on a shelf until the power goes out lol.

I love my Bonavita kettle and use it daily for pour over coffee. If you don't care about that, a non-gooseneck water boiler/warmer would probably be a better choice, especially if you're using it 20 times a day. Either one is great for tea and soup as well!