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KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 13:07

My kettle has died..

Have any of you used a smart kettle or are they a gimmick

I quite like this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RediKettle-Var ... r=8-6&th=1

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

We've had one of these Bosch ones for about 15 years now, still going strong:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-TWK8631G ... 003ZHVAJK/

Do use the lower temperature feature a fair bit as well.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kov: (Thinks).."time for a wee brew." and fills kettle.

Kov's phone goes 'Ping,' he's got a text.

"This is your kettle. How many drinks are you making? Not just one, I hope, that's waaaayyyy too much water. I don't turn on until you've emptied some out. NOT DOWN THE SINK, YOU WASTREL, WATER SOME PLANTS WITH IT OR SUMMAT, BUT DON'T WASTE IT. THINK OF THE THIRSTY PEOPLE OF THE THIRD WORLD WITH NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER."

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3307

That actually sounds quite good - I'd have got the one in the office to shout at people. No, Steve, you don't need a whole kettle for your one cup.

Plus it would have cut down on the huffing and puffing at him having so little time. WELL STOP SITTING WAITING FOR A FULL KETTLE, THEN.

Ahem. As you were.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 13:35

Warhead wrote:

Kov: (Thinks).."time for a wee brew." and fills kettle.

Kov's phone goes 'Ping,' he's got a text.

"This is your kettle. How many drinks are you making? Not just one, I hope, that's waaaayyyy too much water. I don't turn on until you've emptied some out. NOT DOWN THE SINK, YOU WASTREL, WATER SOME PLANTS WITH IT OR SUMMAT, BUT DON'T WASTE IT. THINK OF THE THIRSTY PEOPLE OF THE THIRD WORLD WITH NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER."

I need you as my kettle.. I would buy that.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 13:42

markg wrote:

We've had one of these Bosch ones for about 15 years now, still going strong:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-TWK8631G ... 003ZHVAJK/

Do use the lower temperature feature a fair bit as well.

That looks better than the one i saw.

The one i listed seems to want to pour water everywhere..

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 13:44

At our office we have a boiling water tap which, health and safety risks ignored for a second, makes making hot drinks a lot more convenient.

By my understanding it doesn't actually cost a huge amount to maintain the temperature either, although I'm not privy to the electric bills.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 13:46

GazChap wrote:

At our office we have a boiling water tap which, health and safety risks ignored for a second, makes making hot drinks a lot more convenient.

By my understanding it doesn't actually cost a huge amount to maintain the temperature either, although I'm not privy to the electric bills.

Could be something to look at when I replace the kitchen next year.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 14:12

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NTR43BQ? ... 1_t_img_lh

I can tell google to switch my kettle on... :DD

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

KovacsC wrote:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NTR43BQ?psc=1&pf_rd_p=412e17bd-2d19-4af7-bd07-daea3c4821a4&pf_rd_r=43X3NPEPJM8SZFGK41CJ&pd_rd_wg=bNDTs&pd_rd_i=B08NTR43BQ&pd_rd_w=KRNRp&pd_rd_r=2cdfb215-7e32-4779-9519-c792d6a10a7e&ref_=pd_luc_rh_ci_mcx_mr_huc_d_01_01_t_img_lh

I can tell google to switch my kettle on... :DD

And your kettlle will yell from the kitchen, "Get up and do it yourself, you lazy sod."

I can tell MY kettle to switch on, but it's terribly ignorant and always ignores me.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

KovacsC wrote:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NTR43BQ?psc=1&pf_rd_p=412e17bd-2d19-4af7-bd07-daea3c4821a4&pf_rd_r=43X3NPEPJM8SZFGK41CJ&pd_rd_wg=bNDTs&pd_rd_i=B08NTR43BQ&pd_rd_w=KRNRp&pd_rd_r=2cdfb215-7e32-4779-9519-c792d6a10a7e&ref_=pd_luc_rh_ci_mcx_mr_huc_d_01_01_t_img_lh

I can tell google to switch my kettle on... :DD

Unless you can plumb it in, that feels kind of gimmicky.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 14:23

Joans wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NTR43BQ?psc=1&pf_rd_p=412e17bd-2d19-4af7-bd07-daea3c4821a4&pf_rd_r=43X3NPEPJM8SZFGK41CJ&pd_rd_wg=bNDTs&pd_rd_i=B08NTR43BQ&pd_rd_w=KRNRp&pd_rd_r=2cdfb215-7e32-4779-9519-c792d6a10a7e&ref_=pd_luc_rh_ci_mcx_mr_huc_d_01_01_t_img_lh

I can tell google to switch my kettle on... :DD

Unless you can plumb it in, that feels kind of gimmicky.

I was thinking that.. also £120!! for a kettle

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

You can get a smart plug that'll turn your kettle on for you, if smart is that important to you.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

We got one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07S6BPM72/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_01V6JBPK7WC8EDXMVFXY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 when our kettle packed up (from an eBay seller, so it wasn't that much). Seems to have a bit of a leaky bottom, but it lights up different colours and that's what matters.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 14:30

Yeah, you’ll need to remember to fill it up the night before if you want the kettle boiling before you get up. Otherwise I can’t see the point. :shrug:

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

DavPaz wrote:

You can get a smart plug that'll turn your kettle on for you, if smart is that important to you.

Just never plug a smart kettle into a smart plug or else it'll become self aware leading to all sorts of moral quandries/unfathomable consequences.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 14:32

DavPaz wrote:

You can get a smart plug that'll turn your kettle on for you, if smart is that important to you.

No not really... i was just looking them up.

It does seem a bit pointless, if I have to put water in, then get my phone or shout at it to switch the kettle on..

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16651

Just get that Bosch I linked earlier. It's fast boil so if I'm doing two cups and don't fill it right up it's always boiled by the time I've got the cups out and put stuff in them.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6621

Can you somehow connect it to a smart tap, that will fill it for you?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2021 15:18

Smart straws will be the future.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4862

Does the kettle come in all black?

The pot wants to know.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4862

Also while we are on smart kitchen appliances, this Modern Toss cartoon continues to amuse me.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:13

Sir Taxalot wrote:

Also while we are on smart kitchen appliances, this Modern Toss cartoon continues to amuse me.

Be Excellent To Each Other

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