Price: $42.76
Manufacturer: Black & Decker
This cordless kettle lifts off its 360-degree swivel base for easy filling and pouring. The hinged lid stays open and the water window lets you see the water level. For home, office, or dorm, this handy unit boils water for tea, hot chocolate, or instant foods.
Information
- Amazon Sales Rank: #87200 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Stainless
- Brand: Black & Decker
- Model: JKC650
- Dimensions: 10.75" h x 6.75" w x 9.13" l, 4.00 pounds
- 360-Degree cordless and boil dry protection
- Concealed heating element and auto/off
- Locking latches
- Water level indicator and power light indicator
- 1500-Watt and handle type: open
Product Reviews
Avoid this item
This kettle failed after four months of regular daily use. A replacement I got did not work at all.
One year and then rust
Actually 13 months. I picked up my kettle this morning and realized that there was corrosion where the plastic base meets the metal body on the outside. When I look inside I see discoloration to a greater or lesser extent all the way round the base - clearly this kettle is corroding from the inside out on a previously invisible seam. I had the previous version of this kettle and it lasted me several years before the base gave up the ghost but it never corroded in this way.
So good points: it does boil water fast.
Bad point (and the reason I won't be buying another one) - surely a kettle that is so poorly manufactured that water can seep through a seam and eventually leak is potentially a hazard? And there is no way to tell if "your" version of this kettle will be any better - you cannot see this seam inside until corrosion sets in.
Almost perfect
It does the job of boiling water efficently. The lid does not open fully and therefore it is difficult to fill. It is almost perfect. The true test is will it still work next year and the year after that. My experience with many different brands, cheap and pricey, is they last two years only.
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