Has anyone got an Eco Kettle?

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I really want one. Not least because I hate tea made with re-boiled water and end up emptying massive amounts of water down the drain.

Anyway, I have a couple of questions.

The capacity sounds a bit small. Does anyone find this a problem?

Is it difficult to clean? My husband thinks it is overly complicated for a kettle and will probably fur up.

What's an eco kettle?

they are really badly slammed on Amazon customer reviews

for example:

"My experiences echo that of other reviewers. In theory it sounds like a good idea but it has been poorly designed and tested.
Yes, boiling hot water spurts out of the spout.
Yes, cold water dribbles from the top.
The water is hot enough but only if your pour it out as soon as it boils.

This is our second unit, we exchanged the first one thinking we had a faulty one - but no the problems are just the same with the replacement.

Don't buy this kettle."

Can't you just boil enough water for a cup of tea and then fill it up next time, instead of boiling excess water and reboiling it later on?

why not just put in enough for 1 or 2 cups - rather than over filling and then throwing away. We have a breville lightning (whatever that is) which boils 1-2 cups very quickly.

In an ordinary kettle, I mean

Thanks all. That answers my questions!

Yes I can just boil the right amount but I thought the eco kettle might be a bit more accurate (and there is no way of seeing how much water is my in current kettle). I only throw away a small amount each time but the cumulative amount is quite a lot.

My kettle doesn't have a gauge on it but I just fill up a cup or two, depending on how many drinks I am making, and pour it in (plus a little extra 'just in case' and because I have a thing about using the very last drop of water), so I know I have the right amount.

So fill your mug with cold water - twice & you get hot water for 2 cups

Did you mean the Tefal Quick Cup Kettle as featured here?

here

Ours is ok-ish. The water is not absolutely boiling though, so you have to drink it straight away or it will get too cold. You get used to it...

Don't buy one. We did and it is one of out worst purchases ever. The handle gets scalding hot and the hot water spurts out the top and down the sides when you pour it. We recently got one of the new Tefal quick cups and it is great. Hot water instantly and you can program it to your specific cup size.

I've got 3 kids (including a small baby) meaning I often have to fill the kettle, put pasta on, and make the tea all with one hand.

I'm not saying its not possible for me to be measuring cups every time I fill the kettle, but life is already complicated enough.

The Tefal thingy just heats the water as and when you need it, so you can just fill it all the way up. Is it the eco kettle you're talking about?

Yes, I was talking about the eco kettle but I have taken F&Z and FGT's advice. I'm not sure about the Tefal one if the water isn't piping hot - I need my tea to stay hot whilst I put nappy washes on, answer the door & breastfeed (not all at the same time). I'm now thinking I might get something like this

I have an Ecokettle and I LOVE IT! It has a couple of issues:

(1) The lid comes off and is a bugger to get back on.
(2) The cup sizes do not seem to compare to any mugs I own and since I normally drink latte size mugs of tea you have to boil two and a half cups to get one.

But it is fecking quick to boil and easy to clean.

Mine doesn't get hot at all, it's plastic so why would it?

Incidentally if you do think of getting one, the Eco superstore website gives a good discount on first purchases - I think I got about a fiver off mine plus some free tea too.

the Quick cup one has even worse reviews on Amazon! I am only going on what is on there, I haven't any personal experience of either

I was very keen on getting one myself, esp the Quick Cup but the reviews totally put me off

Looks like an ordinary electric kettle to me.

There's no getting round the fact that P=IV, and that there are 4200 J/kg K need to heat up water.

Remind me, science teacher??

I just drew lines on the outside of our kettle for the different amounts of water we usually use (favourite mugs etc.) Worked fine. You could maybe do the same thing inside, if you can't see the water level outside?