Aibu to ask if anyone has a glass kettle?

[MissMiserable]

Do they end up manky if you live in a hard water area?

Yes.
I hate mine. I loved it when I bought it and it was all lovely and shiny. And it still is everytime I descale it, but literally the first time I use it after descaling it it already starts looking horrid.

We had one for a while, about a year or so I think.

It did get grotty looking and our water isn’t even particularly hard.

I do and it can look manky on occasion, but at least you'd notice a slug in it!

Yep, it went manky really quick.

I've had mine about 2 years and it's still clean. Water in my area isn't overly hard though. I love mine.

at least you'd notice a slug in it!

Um... is this something which actually happens? I really, REALLY hope you’re just joking. Slug tea (not envy).

We do and it gets very manky unless you use filtered water, like from a Brita pitcher.

We LOVE ours. Lights up blue, so you don't even need a light on in the kitchen at night. We have soft water though, so its stayed shiny and clear. It's our second one.

Yes... it is fine straight after de-scaling but one or two normal uses and looks shite again :(

I suspected as much. Thank you

Yes, even in not-so-hard an area too.

We're on our second. This one has a built-in filter, it stays much nicer than the previous one. Also we keep this weird lump of wire wool called a scale catcher in it which really helps reduce the build up

Pop a denture cleaning tablet in it from time to time. Ooh I should sell this tip to Take a Break mag

Yes my mums always had bits in the bottom - not in a hard water area either. She doesn’t like it but it was a gift so she has to use it

*has

I use descaler in mine every month or so and it's fine

I'm just wondering how a slug would happen to wander into a kettle.

Yes but oust every 6-8 weeks and stays lovely

Yes. It’s shit. I fucking hate it. I have to descale it every five minutes otherwise it looks horrible (but still tastes fine). I realllllllly want a Dualit architect kettle but DH refuses to let me chuck the glass one as long as it’s still working fine. I keep hoping it’ll get accidentally smashed somehow.

Would not buy again.

we live in hard water area, i don't think it got that manky, but I was always afraid we were going to bash it. Base died in the end is why it was replaced.

The base!! I’m going to sabotage the base!

Ours has algae in the bottom. We're in software area so no limescale.

Mine was fine but I needed to descale it every month or so. I did have a plumber round who commented we lived in an exceptionally hard water area. I wouldn't say it ever looked manky.

I broke the lid off it and replaced it with a non glass one, as I was pissed off and went cheaper, but I liked it.

I have one, it's manky but I don't care. The blue light is nice plus the non-slug bonus.

Someone on here found a slug in their coffee machine, iirc, some time after it had crawled in.