Kettle survey (not really a survey)

Mine is a Breville 3pint and is between 2 and 3000 Watts. It takes 3:42.88 minutes to switch off, at max. If I put a pint of water in it, It takes less time to boil the same amount of water on my induction hob, using the boost function.

I was wondering how efficient or otherwise my kettle is. Given that it's twenty years old, its full of water boiling time doesn't seem bad at all when I compare it with newer models. We don't fill it more than necessary most of the time. Timing it to boil at full was for research.

I have a hob kettle. How long it takes to boil depends on how much water is in the kettle, which burner I put it on and how warm the water was when I started.

Ours takes as long as it takes to cut up two pouches of cat food, put them down on the mat, fill the cat milk bowl, put that down then wash the knife. (In short, I haven’t a clue but will check in the morning.)

If we fill ours to maximum it spurts all over the place when you try to pour out the boiling water.

Never fill mine to max

1.5 litres is just over the maximum and it took 3 minutes 35 seconds - a Morphy Richards about 2 years old.

We rarely fill it to the maximum.

Haven't made the tea yet.

Russell Hobbs, 1.7 litre, 3 min 31.7 secs. But, it is only 2 weeks old so probably working quite well at the moment. It's a lovely sort of purply silver colour too. It was half price in Sainsbury's.

Just going to boil it (and make a )
Back in a tick

We have a Breville - about seven years old - bought in a Sainsbury sale and cost £12 - not timed it but boils quite fast and going OK so I won't knock it - only thing I am not keen on is the lime scale which shows up so much as the kettle is black and our water is very hard. I filter the water but still get a line round the edge of the lid etc.

[Baggs] breville is three pinter when filled to max, happy to take part in your kettle trials today, am ever so slightly bored!!

1850—2200 W

Good point, Welsh. Standard 3 pint/1.7L is what I'm particularly interested in.

Surely will depend on capacity as well as power of the kettle.

My kettle is rarely cold before I'm having another coffee.

3 year old Breville up to the max mark, 4 minutes 19 seconds

Whoops, meant TY.

TH, nls!

Mine is a twenty year old Phillips Filterline and takes 4 minutes and 31 seconds.

Am just going to boil it, I will be back!!