I can't find a proper kettle!

Every single electric kettle I've looked at in every shop - sorry, store - out here is single walled and most of them aren't earthed! What gives? How am I meant to survive getting up in the morning without a proper cup of tea? The box of PG Tips looks at me accusingly in the cupboard every time I open it, asking me why I haven't got a proper kettle yet!

Has anyone found an electric, double walled, earthed kettle and if so, where? Bonus points for it being on the internet or in Washington state.

Why double walled?

I bought my girlfriend a lovely aluminium walled one a few years ago. I lost a fingerprint to the thing the first time we used it because the outside got so hot. This never happpened to me in England, even if I grabbed it on the opposite side to the handle.

Like this?

http://www.zappos.com/bodum-bodum-bi...wall-1-1l-37oz

I found it on Google.

No help from me I am afraid, double walled is not something I had ever considered, just checked our kettle, and it has a "Hot, do not touch" logo on it.

But really. How hard is it to pick up a kettle by the handle?

Just making a effort out of this.

There are loads of kettles out there that are pretty quick, but they tend to be pricey.

We've got a plastic, Bodum number that does the job really quickly. We got it at a local kitchen supply shop on sale, but you can get it on Amazon.

It's not. It's just something I hadn't considered until I flubbed it and realized there was a difference!

The Bodum one seems to be exactly the job. I'll be buying that post haste!

Thanks!

We bought a cheapy Procter Silex one on Amazon for $12 does the trick and hold 1ltr I've never seen a double wall one

What is wrong with a stove top kettle?

One thing to note is that the 120v power in the US will not generate as much heat as the 220 in the UK.

Also, a lot of people do not realize that US wiring has a "hot" wire and a "neutral" wire. Both the neutral and the ground wire are "earthed." Betcha that two prong plug is "polarized" to allow the plug to go in only one way on modern sockets.

Alas, the sockets in my place are older, and not polarised. In fact, they don't even conform to the alleged standard of upside-down sockets indicating they're controlled by a switch on the wall.

Nothing's wrong with a stove top kettle, just like there's nothing wrong with the Jeep I'm driving. Both do the job. But I've also just signed a lease for a BMW, and want an electric kettle. Both my girlfriend and I drink a lot of tea. She's a native here, and when I bought her an electric kettle she was very happy. When she had to move back in to her parents house they happily adopted it and now she's moved out to live with me we've got to buy another one. Alas, hers broke and her parents bought themsevles one to replace hers.

Because they're slow, bulky and waste of a hob spot?

Our very nice Le Creuset one has been gathering dust ever since we got the Bodum. Which did work better on a gas stove than the electric stoves we've had, but still rubbish in comparison.

How old are you? You don't touch the outside of the kettle when it's hot...just like you don't put your hand on the oven shelf when it's hot or on the BBQ.

Stove top for us, with a gas hob it is just as quick or seems to be and it has a wonderful whistle as well...

I didn't intend to! I just flubbed grabbing it while talking, and caught my index finger on it. And to answer the question, I was old enough to know better at the time, too!

I already knew about the barbecue, though. I'm pretty good with the whole barbecue thing - both british style and some of the American styles.

I like my stove top kettle. I used to find with the electric kettle that I'd forget I'd put it on and then forget to make the tea and be cross with myself because I thought I'd done it and I hadn't. I could boil the water 2 or 3 times before it made it into the pot. Also, I don't have a lot of counter space so it works for me.

I do, however, have a small Bodum (which I love) for hotels. I travel a lot for work and like to make myself a cuppa when get in and when I wake up. American hotels only have coffee makers. I don't drink coffee and I don't like my tea to taste like it either.