Product DescriptionHamilton Beach Brushed Stainless Finish Cool touch tea kettle - has 8 cup capacity, and cordless base for easy pouring & safe operation. Concealed heating element & thumb activated lid for easy filling. Automatic shut off when water boils. On - Off light & mineral deposit filter .
What Others Say
I love it.
This electric kettle has been great. It's all stainless steel on the inside, except up where the lid is, and the hot water doesn't touch those parts. It was important to me that I not get plastic, rubbery parts in my boiling water, and all of the other stainless steel kettles I looked at had something questionable touching my water. Not so on this one.
It doesn't take up much space on my counter top. It doesn't heat up my house. It doesn't leak unless I overfill it. The only issue I have with this kettle is that the fill line is on the wrong side, where you can't really see it unless you detach the lid (you don't want to do that). I can sort of see the line, but not easily. And, you can really only fill it about 1/2 way. ... Read More
Plastic still touches the hot water!
Does noboy notice that the underside of the lid is all plastic? Also, that black shadowing in the photo near the "spout" on top of the lid is not shadowing or light reflection. It's plastic! Worse yet, there is no way to pour out your water without it flowing along all that plastic at the spout unless you completly remove the lid before heating the water! I'm sending this back and asking for my shipping fees credited to me as well. This is a misrepresented product!
Metal liner, cool outside, good balance - best combo of features
Most importantly, my wife loves it, and she is a gadget-phobe. I just bought a second one for my mother.
We have been using it for two months now, and no problems so far.
After my usual exhaustive search, I selected this tea kettle because it had the best combination of features.
PRO:
- All metal: stainless steel liner and no exposed heating element to accumulate scale buildup. The lid is plastic but it doesn't come into contact with the water. I really didn't like the idea of boiling water in contact with plastic.
- Cool touch exterior for safety and also it insulates the water inside, keeping it hotter after the kettle shuts off upon boiling.
- Nice balance for the handle - I find ... Read More
funky lid, no water level indicator, does heat water as advertised
Well this is a good pot with it's own unique characteristics. First is the lid. It rotates from a closed position to a 90 degree angle. Doesn't sound bad, but in practice the lid is still in the way when you try to fill the pot. Keep the lid clean because the water you add is going to come in contact with that surface.
Second, for a hot water pot, it is unusual to NOT have a water level indicator. Even if you never check it, you have no option here. That means opening the lid to check how much water is in it.
It does boil water rather quickly and that is it's main function at my house. I have noticed that it doesn't hold as much water as other kettles we've had. So it gets refilled often. Then that lid comes into play ... Read More
Great Kettle.... until it broke
I am on my third Hamilton Beach Kettle in a year. I love using the kettle, it boils water quickly, it's easy to fill and clean, and it's mostly made of stainless steel. So, I keep wanting to give it another try. However, once the third kettle give out - based on prior history with the other two, it has a few months to go - I am switching to a different brand.
