27-01-2016, 08:43 PM
(20-11-2015, 03:10 PM)Murphyv310 Wrote: Hi
I particularly hate kettles with a sight glass...
So do I, though I've never owned one: because of leakage after quite short periods as you say (there are many, many reports of this from Amazon reviewers of various brands), and because the modern kettles I've met in use elsewhere have tended to be too darn noisy, and because I've a stubborn preference for living with a kettle that looks like a kettle... it might be argued I'm getting old if I hadn't always been this way.
The current incumbent here, with a Russell Hobbs K2 in retirement but ready for duty if and when needed, is a two litre Burco "commercial kettle", which has probably boiled ten or twelve times a day for the five years we've had it from new. The only design flaw that's concerned me at all, if it's indeed a matter of design and not availability, is that its black plastic parts don't like being raised repeatedly almost to the temperature of boiling water. The lid has a central knob which used to have a round plastic escutcheon at its base, which soon began to look nibbled at the edges and has now crumbled away completely, at least restoring a tidy appearance. More concerningly, the edges of the switch / thermostat housing (its overall style quite resembles the K2) show the same crumbling effect and shedding of black powder from where the moulding meets the body of the kettle.
Paul
