Kettle Recommendation

Simplest way is to tell your daughter that you could not find what seemed appropriate so offer her the money to make her own choice!

We bought an Asda kettle last month. £18 so cheap. It was so noisy it had to be returned. Can’t find a quiet electric kettle. If I’m in the kitchen, I want to be able to have a phone conversation without hearing a kettle.

Hi madeleine45

I was just helping her look for one. It isn't a gift. If it was that's what I would have done.

I don't buy anything for my children without asking if they like it first unless I know it's something they use. Pointless if they aren't going to wear/use it. It's either that or money.

Sorry Patsy70, your Morphy-Richards has an appalling handle and lid, positively dangerous with a scald risk. We used one at a holiday flat and it was awful !!

LovelyLady I bought a Russel Hobbs Quiet kettle 18 months ago it is brushed steel effect.
It is certainly much quieter than a previous one that looked ”more stylish”
It doesn’t drown out conversations and normal tv volume etc
I have read that regular descaling helps also.
Though water is fairly low on lime in this house.

I have a Le Creuset Kome stovetop kettle, polished steel. It does show marks but easy to rub off. I don't think it's possible for it to leak or rust.

DrWatson

Sorry Patsy70, your Morphy-Richards has an appalling handle and lid, positively dangerous with a scald risk. We used one at a holiday flat and it was awful !!

Well, Patsy likes hers.

Operator error perhaps?

Probably Callistemon21 - but my daughter has this and I burn myself on it most times I use it! I discussed this with my husband and we think it's because I've got a weaker grip than him and hold the kettle differently.

The Dualit stainless steel kettle doesn’t show fingerprints.

I’ve had expensive Russell Hobbs kettles but by far the longest lasting, by many many years, is the cheapest Tesco Value one.

A tip for keeping stainless steel looking good ( used in showrooms as their appliances get lots and lots of mucky finger prints). Put a teeny tiny bit of light oil (I use baby oil) on a cloth and wipe all over. Cooker hoods, oven fronts, microwave trims etc etc. polish off with clean cloth. Works a treat. Doesn’t last for ever but does last for a good long while.

Yes, a bottle of Johnson's Baby Oil is in my under sink cupboard 🙂

Thanks for the tip about light oil!

I have had a Russell Hobbs kettle for ages, and it's been easy enough to get marks off it. I do prefer a metal kettle to a plastic one, as I think the plastic ones make the water taste of plastic, which makes me wonder if I'm drinking plastic...

I also keep baby oil in the kitchen in particular for a stainless steel backsplash at the hob and the cooker hood. The kitchen installers have me this tip many years ago.

Taps improve with light oil too...