AIBU to spend £162 on a kettle? Are Smeg products worth it?

[Canadianskates]

Thinking of buying a Smeg kettle but are they really worth the price? £162 for a kettle?! They look really beautiful but are they worth it?

AIBU to buy one????

I've got one and love it for its look. It's no faster or slower than any other kettle I've had. It replaced my kitchenaid kettle that didn't last as long as it should've.

If you buy a cheap one that lasts 2 years (mine is currently 8 years at £20). That's 16 years before the Smeg one works out cheaper...if you think it will last 16 years go for it...

I have no idea bit £162 on a kettle seems bonkers

Wouldn’t recommend. A friend bought me a Smeg kettle as a housewarming gift and I bought myself the matching toaster. The kettle lasted just under 2 years and the toaster about 2.5 years. Appalling for such an expensive price point. The kettle was also really slow. I replaced it with a Kenwood Dusk Kettle for under £40, which is the fastest kettle I have ever owned. Boils one mug of water in about 1 minute, absolutely brilliant.

Smeg appliances look great but are rubbish. They used to be manufactured in Italy but now are mass-produced to much lower standards in China.

Soo true 👏

In Which? magazine tests, Smeg items almost always do terribly. It makes me wonder why anyone buys them.

I love my Dualit. Ignore the weird vertical grey shadow on the pic. It's a white kettle

www.johnlewis.com/dualit-studio-kettle-1-5l-white-grey/p2201375?s_share=jlappdroid

Dualit hold up well for years, but like any kettles need descaling from time to time.

@Canadianskates our Dualit was £99.99 from Costco, if you have a membership?

I love how they look and I have bought 3 or 4 because of that but they all end up leaking at the bottom of the clear plastic water level bit. If you google it it's a well known fault.

My Breville kettle was (I think) £32 and has lasted three and a half years (including boiling it millions of times to make up DS' formula.) I love that kettle and I'll be sad when it goes. (It's metal and has a solid bottom, I don't like the ones with the exposed element.) I got it in black, naturally. 😁
I eventually want to get a variable temperature kettle, but the Breville one is £80 so I need to save up! (The Argos Cookworks one is less than half that but I want it to last.)

I love mine, it’s fast and looks good.

It depends on how you define "worth the price." In my book, if Smeg are the equivalent of Swiss- made watches and you know that the kettle will happily work for decades, then yes, it could be worth it. But if it's only going to last 5 or 6 years then it's going to be an expensive, short-lived purchase.

Ultimately, though, it's your money and your choice how to spend it.

They have dreadful reviews

The KitchenAid kettles are also heavy, and seem to do better in reviews than Smeg, I really like mine, though they are not very good for left handed people, probably a lot of the temperature controlled ones aren't because the temp gauge part is on the front for right handedness. Though Smeg doesn't have the a temperature gauge on the kettle so maybe ok

Dunno about Smeg but my Dualit one is 7 years old and like new. I am diligent about descaling it though- hard water region.

I am confused by this as I have the temperature controlled one, I am left handed and can't see what you mean about it being the 'wrong way around '. Mine has SMEG written on both sides so it still looks correct when it's the right way round for me.

Dualit here. Had ours at least 10 years with no problems. As previously mentioned, they are repairable and British made too!

Had the very same experience as Picoloangel. At first, I thought we were unlucky and that it was a “dud” kettle. Bought a second Smeg and the paint chipped off of that too. Had zero satisfaction from Smeg customer services so I’d never buy any of their products again.

Just read your update. If your Dualit kettle is like my Dualit toaster, good choice! I’ve had mine for years, it still looks great, and does a really good job.

Looking at the Smeg ones they do look fine, the KitchenAid one has a thermometer thing on the kettle at the front which I do use and DH always leaves the kettle the wrong way round so it's at the back

Style over substance. Ive had 2 and they both broke very quickly.

I can’t get over ‘Smeg’ (yes I know it’s the brand) being written on a kitchen appliance!

As for if it’s worth spending a lot of money on kettles and toasters etc. I do think so, they don’t last longer or work better. However, if you love it and can afford it, why not? We got matching Kitchen Aid appliances because we loved the look. The kettle has always had issues.

One of my sons bought me a KitchenAid kettle - it's very efficient and a thing of beauty! puts the rest of the kitchen to shame 😄

Kettles | Best kettle with temperature control | KitchenAid UK

Ah. Sorry, misunderstood... That's reading when you haven't finished your morning coffee for you 🤦‍♀️😂

I just looked at the kitchen aid ones and they do look lovely. Ridiculous it's the wrong way round for left handed people though, really poorly thought out from kitchen aid!

Love my Dualit for all the reasons you have said. They are great kettles.