Why would anyone buy a stove top kettle?

[Workreturner]

Staying at a lovely holiday home. No kettle, just a stove top kettle.

At this time of day I’m usually becoming coffee / tea / coffee / tea and repeat.
But takes so bloomin’ long to boil!

Just wondering if there are any advantages to a stove top over a plug in kettle? Genuinely curious!

Me too, Shriek, and well spotted - all welcome over in my Christmas name change thread in Chat

They do look nice! I can see clearly now.

I love mine purely for the whistle

This is why i should stay out of here.

Ten minutes ago I thought they were pointless, and now I would absolutely love one of these.

Me too stars I need a whistle for mine, but now I want to buy a new one! Sad to say, I'm not sure I can find another the same now, so might end up just not

Unless anyone here throwing theirs out and has a spare whistle now?!

They dont break

Those of you without could just whistle at the opportune moment - pretend you've got one.

I might get one, now we're on a smart meter. The difference in cost per kilowatt hour between gas and electric is quite surprising.

I have one!

• doesn’t break
• doesn’t take worktop space
• less cluttered
• looks nicer
• whistles!

Oh & works if there’s a power cut (also works on the stove & camping job)

Ffs hob

Home now and back to my beautiful bravabtia stainless steel electric kettle that boils water in about a minute.

So happy!

I really don't think that they're more environmentally friendly or save money. Maybe if you have an induction stove they're no worse, but I bought one for our gas stove a few years ago. We have bottled gas and went from using a 15kg bottle once every 8-9 months to every 3 months! That's a phenomenal increase but not surprising when you think how long it takes to boil X by however many cups of tea you have a day.

reallybadidea I wondered the same about gas v electricity consumption, and also metal v plastic. I used an old camping kettle on our gas hob when our electric kettle broke and really liked the idea of it, but it took an age to boil.

The hot water tastes nicer. Boiling water in plastic is not healthy.

Well its obvious you will use a lot more gas! That's not a revelation, but household gas use/charge is considerably less than cost for electric kettle use/charge.

I would have thought a kettle that lasts a lifetime on the stove is considerably more exo frie dly than the years of replacing plastic kettlesthe plastics used, the wiring, and the elements, than an empty tin?

I'd buy one next time. I like them. I have gas

Only drawback is the heaviness for me

My kettle is lightweight no way would I have a le cruset type one - take longer to boil 🤣

Negligible, and not heavy, again negligible.

What I have found though that does make it take a lot longer to boil is when I watch it.

Doesn't take up space on work surface. No annoying cords and plugs. Looks nice. I'm not in that much of a rush

We have an Aga (though turn it off in summer) but prefer stove top anyway. It is a bit slow when Aga off and using gas hob though.

The le creuset kettles aren’t like the cast iron pans, RandomMess, you could lift it with a finger!

@witchmountain not my friends one certainly not compared to mine!!