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 essential
Heavyish 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.

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:34:02 +0000, Nick wrote:

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 essential Heavyish 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.



We had one of those fancy globe-style cordless kettles for a few years.
Not a cheap beastie. However, it eventually developed a couple of faults,
including burning of a switch contact in the base. In an emergency we
replaced it with the cheapest Tesco Value one - which has now been going
for longer than it's predecessor and just doesn't want to die on us.

Just watch - it will now... :-(


Best Wishes!

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On 27 Dec 2009 17:46:03 GMT, mick wrote:

We had one of those fancy globe-style cordless kettles for a few years.
Not a cheap beastie. However, it eventually developed a couple of faults,
including burning of a switch contact in the base. In an emergency we
replaced it with the cheapest Tesco Value one - which has now been going
for longer than it's predecessor and just doesn't want to die on us.

Just watch - it will now... :-(


When my last "designer" kettle broke - I think it was a Bodum - I
nipped round to Tesco and bought their ugly white plastic fast boiling
kettle for £5.97. I promised myself (and partner) that we would
replace it with something better when it broke, expecting it to last
366/7 days. I work from home so it gets a lot of use.

Four and a half years later, it is still ugly and going strong.

;-)

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:53:30 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On 27 Dec 2009 17:46:03 GMT, mick wrote:

We had one of those fancy globe-style cordless kettles for a few years.
Not a cheap beastie. However, it eventually developed a couple of
faults, including burning of a switch contact in the base. In an
emergency we replaced it with the cheapest Tesco Value one - which has
now been going for longer than it's predecessor and just doesn't want to
die on us.

Just watch - it will now... :-(


When my last "designer" kettle broke - I think it was a Bodum - I nipped
round to Tesco and bought their ugly white plastic fast boiling kettle
for £5.97. I promised myself (and partner) that we would replace it
with something better when it broke, expecting it to last 366/7 days. I
work from home so it gets a lot of use.

Four and a half years later, it is still ugly and going strong.

Ditto. Our Dualit one packed up; got a Tecso one and it's lasted over two
years already (longer than the Dualit).


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On 27 Dec 2009 20:17:59 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:53:30 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On 27 Dec 2009 17:46:03 GMT, mick wrote:

We had one of those fancy globe-style cordless kettles for a few years.
Not a cheap beastie. However, it eventually developed a couple of
faults, including burning of a switch contact in the base. In an
emergency we replaced it with the cheapest Tesco Value one - which has
now been going for longer than it's predecessor and just doesn't want to
die on us.

Just watch - it will now... :-(


When my last "designer" kettle broke - I think it was a Bodum - I nipped
round to Tesco and bought their ugly white plastic fast boiling kettle
for £5.97. I promised myself (and partner) that we would replace it
with something better when it broke, expecting it to last 366/7 days. I
work from home so it gets a lot of use.

Four and a half years later, it is still ugly and going strong.

Ditto. Our Dualit one packed up; got a Tecso one and it's lasted over two
years already (longer than the Dualit).


I stayed in the same hotel twice, twelve months apart. On the first
trip there were two Dualit toasters in the restaurant, one of which
failed at breakfast during my three day stay.

On the second trip there were two cheap Morphy Richards toasters in
nasty white plastic. I asked the manager what had happened to the
Dualits and he said they were always breaking down; the Morphy
Richards duo had been going for 8-9 months and there had never been
any problems with either of them.

Of course the cost of two Chinese Morphy Richards toasters was a small
fraction of the cost of one Dualit, made in Britain.

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:41:04 +0000, Bruce wrote:

I stayed in the same hotel twice, twelve months apart. On the first
trip there were two Dualit toasters in the restaurant, one of which
failed at breakfast during my three day stay.

Actually, our Dualit toaster gets very heavy use and has gone for years
with no problems. I don't think they're right for hotels, though, as
people misuse them. They try to force the clockwork, and leave it set to
4 slices when toasting one.



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In message , Bob Eager
writes
When my last "designer" kettle broke - I think it was a Bodum - I nipped
round to Tesco and bought their ugly white plastic fast boiling kettle
for £5.97. I promised myself (and partner) that we would replace it
with something better when it broke, expecting it to last 366/7 days. I
work from home so it gets a lot of use.

Four and a half years later, it is still ugly and going strong.

Ditto. Our Dualit one packed up; got a Tecso one and it's lasted over two
years already (longer than the Dualit).

We have Dualit. 15 years now. Probably the noisiest kettle in the world.
Good for hard water areas as the element is not immersed in the water.

Lifting any kettle off the base while still heating may seriously
shorten the contact life.

regards



--
Tim Lamb

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:12:02 +0000, Tim Lamb wrote:

In message , Bob Eager
writes
When my last "designer" kettle broke - I think it was a Bodum - I
nipped round to Tesco and bought their ugly white plastic fast boiling
kettle for £5.97. I promised myself (and partner) that we would
replace it with something better when it broke, expecting it to last
366/7 days. I work from home so it gets a lot of use.

Four and a half years later, it is still ugly and going strong.

Ditto. Our Dualit one packed up; got a Tecso one and it's lasted over
two years already (longer than the Dualit).

We have Dualit. 15 years now. Probably the noisiest kettle in the world.
Good for hard water areas as the element is not immersed in the water.

Lifting any kettle off the base while still heating may seriously
shorten the contact life.

That wasn't the failure mode. The transparent windows crazed and started
leaking.

--
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http://www.mirrorservice.org

On 27/12/2009 17:34, Nick wrote:
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 essential
Heavyish 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.


FWIW, just bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-Ener.../dp/B001CWIN54

It is good for boiling just what you need quickly, but those reviews
don't bode well.

Rob

"Nick" wrote in
:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.
In traditional style, if possible, although this is not essential

We have an Ottoni Fjord, bought in 2006 (I think).

Expensive (over 50 squids even then) and looks like a traditional old
fashioned kettle. It was bought specifically to go with the new, old
fashioned looking kitchen in a renovated Victorian house. Looks just
the part, and attracts admiring comments from those who are into that
kind of thing.

Still going strong. No probs. Googling finds it shown on price
comparison sites, but no working links to current suppliers, so I
suspect it's been superseded.

Kind regards
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Nick wrote:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.

No such thing exists. All kettles have a cord. Some kettles can be
detached from the cord more easily than others.

On 28/12/2009 12:27, Steve Firth wrote:
wrote:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.

No such thing exists. All kettles have a cord. Some kettles can be
detached from the cord more easily than others.

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:

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/59...scription.html

FYI

Rob

Rob wrote:

On 28/12/2009 12:27, Steve Firth wrote:
wrote:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.

No such thing exists. All kettles have a cord. Some kettles can be
detached from the cord more easily than others.

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:

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

Steve Firth wrote:
Nick wrote:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.

No such thing exists. All kettles have a cord. Some kettles can be
detached from the cord more easily than others.

http://orangeexpeditions.com/assets/images/100_0660.jpg

:P

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:
Nick wrote:

Looking for a good and reliable cordless electric kettle.

No such thing exists. All kettles have a cord. Some kettles can be
detached from the cord more easily than others.

http://orangeexpeditions.com/assets/images/100_0660.jpg

What's that bit of cord tied round the handle?