Honestly, I've had £5 kettles from Wilko last forever and £30 Russell Hobbses last 6 months. There has been, in my experience, an inverse relationship between kettle price and how long they last: the cheaper the longer. Just get whatevers cheap in your local supermarket, boil it 6-7 times to get rid of the plastic taste and then it'll last you a good 15 years.

As an addendum: make sure you get a 3kW kettle, 1500 and 2000W takes an age to boil.

Dualit is also what I went with when I was in the market for a kettle and researched to find a quality durable brand. Have had mine for a few years so far and has been great.

I looked up the Dualit brand, as I wasn't familiar with it.

Jesus Christ, those things better be a goddamn heirloom for the price they're pushing. Damn near $200 for a kettle?

I use my kettle for baking bread as much as I do for tea (heating then pouring it into a pan in the bottom of the oven helps get better oven spring for say a loaf of bread). My long thin gooseneck takes a long time to pour the water in, I wish I had a broader spout for just that.

Thanks for the feedback. Is that the name of the kettle brand or style: dualit?

I make a pour over coffee every morning, so a goose neck kettle with temperature control is important for me. If you’re not a pour over nerd, I don’t think there is a reason to get the gooseneck. 

I had the Cosori kettle for a solid 5 or 6 years before the handle started separating from the kettle. We retired it once the handle got sketchy (not really interested in lifting ~1L of boiling water with a wobbly handle) but I'd say 5/6 years for the ~$25 we paid for it was more than worth it.

I also have a tremor and bad depth perception so I definitely knocked it on stuff a few times. That may have contributed to the handle breaking but the glass stayed solid!

I have a US version of the black kettle which takes 2mins to boil... Also the spout is key for me, I make pour over coffee every morning.

Love the fit!

That dress is absolutely stunning! Damn she looks good!

she is stunning! i’m so proud of her. i’ve been following her since girl meets world and i feel like a big sister in a way (parasocial whatevef). man’s best friend is brilliant and i’m just so happy to see that she’s finally being appreciated after being around for such a long time.

maya finally met the world

she's bloody earned this

it’s been so wild watching her since her disney days 😭 i feel like a proud mom (she’s older than me lol)

In terms of pure electricity? Either Feedback or Shockrock. Amphibian is probably overall best due to the mass amount of versatility he has

I mean, Feedback on aura alone is my favorite.

Though Buzzshock is a close second.

Frankenstrike has always been a personal favourite, and an underrated alien among the roster. I assume because he's too overtly a Frankenstein's Monster homage?

Ampfibian for me.

best in what way, if you mean power wise, Feedback no duh, if you mean my favorite, Brainstorm

I really liked Shulva

My pick: Brume Tower. I think the game is at it's best when there are more labyrinthine levels to explore, and Brume Tower is visually stunning, very complex, fun to run through with some amazing enemies like the Possessed Armor, all capped off with one of the best bosses in the game.

Dragon aerie and dragon shrine for how beautiful it is .

That actually feels like we are in dragon place . There was ancient dragon . There were dragon eggs and their mothers were protecting those dragon eggs . The way the dragon knights bow to us is just so cool .

If we are talking about a place with enemies , bosses and atmosphere it's frozen eleum loyce

Eleum loyce IMO, great level design apart from frigid outskirts, I love the visuals of this place, it just feels magic and ruined. It makes me wonder about the old days and how everything went wrong at some point, also great storytelling.

Brume Tower is a masterpiece in terms of art direction, level design, and environmental storytelling

Love my 1L bonavita variable temp kettle, going on eight years strong

I'm in the market for a second gooseneck kettle and wanted to upgrade to the Stagg, but the amazon deal for the Bonavita is too hard to pass up.

I paid $85 for mine 6 months ago. two years ago.

Fellow kettles seems quite praised.

I only have regular one but ergonomics is spot on. And design(as in industrial design) is smart too, it has no seams on the bottom so it’s virtually leak and corrosion resistant.

For the actual brewing, the slow controlled pour of the EKG is unbeaten in my experience. I prefer the feel of the Bona’s handle and its larger capacity though. The electronic interface of the EKG makes up for it, much better than the Bona.

Stagd EKG for sure. The 600ml unless you regularly brew over that, it's much more controllable.

The Bonavita has a lot of silly quirks that the Stagg fixes. The most annoying of which is the hold turning off every time the kettle leaves the base, where hold stays on for the Stagg. The temperature wheel is also much much better for large swings in temperature. Great for going from 140 to start Turkish, 210 for most coffees, and 180-200 for teas.

My 1.7L Bonavita kettle just died yesterday. It's only 2 years old max. So anyway, I'll be watching this thread.

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Bro the wait in the pouring rain for B stage barricade was so worth glad yall had a blast

Glad to have you! This show was a blast.

Do you live in a hard water area? If you do, but don't descale your kettles, that might go some way to explaining why the kettles keep breaking

Zojirushi all the way

Dualit. It’s serviceable (the classic)

Any of them. I would skip the kettle and go for one that just dispenses hot water.

Our cuisinart has been going strong for nearly 15 years.

I bought this one from Krups 7 years ago, and it has been the greatest. I use it every day. I've never used the tea infuser part, I just use it to heat water to the desired temperature.

I bought this a month ago,so far I love it here

I am using the Bonavita variable temperature gooseneck kettle. It has preset temps but you can change any preset in one degree increments. The gooseneck can take some getting used to So I recommend pouring into your tea ware using cold water a few times. I it .9L capacity which works for me but some like a larger capacity. I am still working on my set up but I hear some people don’t like the cord length because it is quite short, little more than 12” I think.

The hold temp button is convenient for a person like me because I have to heat my water in the kitchen. I tend to sip and savor so I use a small gaiwan and cup so my tea doesn’t get cold. I use a double walled travel mug/container/whatever the word is, I can’t think of it right now, (lol) and pour from that during my tea sessions. The Bonavita’s temp hold function makes it easy to refill without waiting for the water to come to temp again. That said, it’s just as easy to give a couple seconds and save on electricity. Currently my sessions are a party of one, and it just occurred to me that I can use the variable temp function for that.. That’s probably exactly what it is used for... so there’s that.

I don’t like that the kettle is not insulated so it gets hot to the touch, but such is life, my spout preference, and my budget. I use the “Zero” brand water filter and haven’t had any problem. Buuuuuuuutttt the opening is small at the top so you likely will need a bottle washer to get down in it.

This not an advertisement for Bonavita. Lol!

I have this Cosori brand electric kettle that I got from Amazon for like around $70-$80.

Pros:

-It was cheapish compared to some other options. -I've had it for months and it still works fine. -Heats water fast, isn't noisy -Gooseneck design makes the smoothest pour ever, seriously the gooseneck design is amazing

Cons:

-No variable temperature settings, all temps are preset -I am constantly battling limescale. It doesn't matter if I use Brita water, or if I always make sure this thing is dry. There is always limescale trying to form. I haven't tried using distilled water yet.

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I don't know about temps but mine is a glass kettle with a blue LED light in the bottom. I thought the light would be stupid, but it is actually seriously beautiful to look at on a Monday morning, in the dark, while you wait those torturous minutes for your tea.

Dancing blue bubbles are a good way to start the day.

You are welcome!,William Sonoma also has it if you live in the US

My kettle (electric, Canada) is over 40 years old, maybe 50. It is so old it does not have an automatic shutoff. It whistles like a banshee. It heats a litre and a quarter in 3.5 minutes. There is nothing, repeat nothing fancy about it. It knows two temps, not boiling and boiling. It is an old Proctor-Silex from the days when things were built to last.

It was my mother's before it was mine. It is still going strong, and for all the above reasons I absolutely love it.

never going to give it up

Love my Bonavita with gooseneck spout and temperature read out.

I love my kettle!

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I have a glass Pyrex kettle that used to be my great grandmas and I absolutely adore it. You can find them on eBay and such

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