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KETTLES & TOASTERS FOR NADINE BAGGOTT!!!

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JanH · 03/04/2007 12:14

Here you are m'dear:

KETTLES

Kenwood JK770
Price: £17
Score: 82%
Type: Jug
This Best Buy from Kenwood is a great kettle ? a classic jug that does its job well. It's part of a matching set and has a 1.5-litre capacity, which is quite small if you're making a lot of cups of tea.It's energy efficient and quick to boil (taking 2 minutes 27 seconds to boil one litre). Noise levels are reasonable.

Morphy Richards Complements 43596
Price: £40
Score: 80%
Type: Jug
This 1.5 litre Morphy Richards is quiet and quick, taking 2 minutes 25 seconds to boil 1 litre of water.It?s easy to fill through the spout or lid opening and is one of the lightest kettles we?ve tested. The handle is fairly comfortable to hold and the kettle is easy to lift and well balanced no matter how full.

Morphy Richards 2 Perfections 43673
Price: £29
Score: 79%
Type: Jug
Quiet and very quick, this Best Buy Morphy Richards is part of a matching set (there's a toaster available too). It can boil a maximum of 1.6 litres and takes just 2 minutes 21 seconds to boil a litre of water. It?s easy to lift and carry and proved one of the most energy efficient of our Best Buys. Conveniently it can be filled through the spout and the handle is comfortable to hold. You?re unlikely to need to open the lid until you have to clean the filter which can be tricky - you have to remove the entire lid.

Breville JK40
Price: £27
Score: 78%
Type: Jug
This brushed stainless steel Breville jug model can hold up to 1.75 litres. It?s quick, taking 2 minutes 27 seconds to boil 1 litre of water and noise levels are acceptable. It feels stable when on its base, it?s comfortable to carry, suitable for large and small hands and well balanced no matter how full.

Breville KT17
Price: £25
Score: 78%
Type: Dome
Breville's polished stainless steel dome-style kettle is easy to lift and pour, thanks to a handle that stretches over the top of the kettle. It can hold a maximum of 1.8-litres and is quick to boil ? taking just 2 minutes 26 seconds for 1 litre of water. However, it's rather noisy.

Morphy Richards Opera
Price: £20
Score: 76%
Type: Jug
The Morphy Richards Opera kettle is a Best Buy. It incorporates an indicator light on the inside, so the water glows orange when it's switched on, and it whistles when the water boils. It's part of a matching set and has a 1.5-litre capacity, which is quite small if you're making a lot of cups of tea. It's energy efficient and quick to boil (taking 2 minutes 26 seconds to boil one litre) but is rather noisy.

Home-tek Aqua Sensor HT355
Price: £35
Score: 75%
Type: Jug
As well as being a great all-rounder, this Best Buy kettle from Home-tek has a 'keep warm' function and a reduced temperature option. The latter allows you to heat your water to any temperature between 50 and 100ºC. This is useful if you like green tea, which is best made with water at less than boiling point. It has a large capacity (two litres) ? handy if you're a large family of enthusiastic tea drinkers. It's energy efficient and quick to boil (taking 2 minutes 27 seconds to boil one litre). Noise levels are reasonable.

Russell Hobbs Classic Satin Montana
Price: £25
Score: 74%
Type: Jug
This Russell Hobbs jug kettle is a Best Buy. It has a 1.7-litre capacity and is part of a matching set.It's energy efficient and quick to boil (taking 2 minutes 26 seconds to boil one litre) but is very noisy.

TOASTERS

Kenwood TT300
Price: £30
Score: 76%
This Best Buy toaster isn't especially speedy, but it produces good, evenly browned toast, teacakes and crumpets and its extra features work well. Good slot design means it toasts all the way to the top of a traditional loaf, so you won't be left with a pale strip across the top. The slots are also wide enough for crumpets and teacakes and it has a good extra lift facility that makes it easy to get them out.

Wahl ZX515
Price: £20
Score: 76%
This Best Buy is excellent value for money. It's a fairly basic model, but it's great at evenly toasting fresh and frozen bread, teacakes and crumpets.It has an excellent reheat setting, which warms the toast through without adding extra browning. Its defrost setting also works well.

Bush BTL412
Price: £23
Score: 74%
Bush gets the basics right and the BTL 412 is a great choice if you just want to toast fresh bread. There?s no frozen bread setting or bun warmer, and it fails to toast teacakes all over, but it has a sensitive browning control and also produces crisp, evenly browned crumpets.

Cordon Bleu 422/4648
Price: £12
Score: 74%
This Best Buy is simple and robust and does the basics well. It browns bread, crumpets and teacakes evenly, although some of its additional features are disappointing. It has an effective defrost setting and is equally good at toasting fresh and frozen bread.

Kenwood TT560
Price: £20
Score: 74%
The simple but sleek two-slice TT 560 is a great all-rounder that consistently produces near-perfect toast when using fresh or frozen bread. The integral pop-up bun rack is one of the most effective on test, warming croissants all the way through, and the controls are clear and well-positioned.

Kenwood TT380
Price: £35
Score: 73%
This four-slot Kenwood model is one of the best on test at evenly browning fresh bread, albeit a little slowly. Toast made from frozen bread got better as it warmed up and it?s perfect for teacakes and crumpets too.

Prestige Symmetry 50524
Price: £40
Score: 70%
Beneath the curved, polished exterior of the 50524 are a range of features that keep the user firmly in mind. It?s not the speediest, but it has motorised slots making it exceptionally easy to load, and an illuminated browning indicator to show what stage of toasting it?s at.

OP posts:
HoraceWimp · 03/04/2007 12:16

there is a nice double set on sale in woolies atm here

NadineBaggott · 05/04/2007 17:37

just seen this

Thanks Janh
I'll buy you an orange at Christmas

DumbledoresGirl · 05/04/2007 17:39

My goodness Jan, that OP must win a prize for the most boring OP ever!

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