Anyone recommend a cheap to run electric kettle that's also fairly cheap to buy?

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Probably needs to have 1.5-1.7 litre capacity though 90% of the time it will only be boiling a single cup.
Any thoughts?
TIA

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Pretty please

What’s your budget, £25, £50?

Which Magazine says the Russell Hobbs 23911 is energy efficient enough to be one of their Eco Buys, and is also one of the cheapest Best Buy at £25.

At £35 you can get the updated version RH Buckingham 20460 kettle which has a three year guarantee

Thanks @Isheabastard
I think my budget is probably £25 to £30 so that Russell Hobbs 23911 sounds good.

The Russell Hobbs one is awesome - mine has lasted 4 years so far.

Good to hear @FrazzledMCPremenopausalWoman

Have you thought about getting an air pot flask and boiling a kettle full and storing it in that for when you want it? They are supposed to save money over repeatedly boiling a kettle that cools down each time.

Kettles generally are very efficient. So a 3000 watt kettle will use 3000 watts, no matter what the price of the kettle is.

We have a £10 kettle from Argos. It works It's lasted ages.

It also costs about 3p to boil a litre of water at current rates.

Or, just boil what you need each time and save yourself the cost of a vacuum flask.

It will take longer and cost more to boil a larger amount of water, so you don't save anything.

Another energy saving tip - try to switch it off the minute it starts boiling rather than relying on the auto switch off. You'll save a couple of pence each time which will add up over a month (if you have as many cups of tea as I do!!)

What's your scientific explanation for that?

It takes 3.3 p (344,000 joules to raise the temperature of 1 litre of water from 18 c to 100 c)

So where is your couple of pence coming from?

Guesswork. If it's boiling for a shorter time presumably that saves some energy?

A miniscule amount.

Sorry.

Best way to save money is just to boil the amount of water you need

Go second hand from eBay or Facebook marketplace- way cheaper than £35

If you still have the old kettle (or another small electric item) you can get £5 off a purchase at Currys if you recycle it instore.

Buy an Argos own brand (Cookworks) or supermarket own brand one. They are all basically similar and expensive ones don’t usually have longer lives.

You will easily get one under £20.