BritishGuy36

We have this one but it's no longer available. But it's lasted us a good few years.

GE 1.7L Electric Kettle - Walmart.com

Don't really see any kettles from GE anymore.

Pulaski

GE got out of domestic appliances entirely - sold their white-goods business to the Chinese.

Rete

Well they aren't going to last indefinitely but in August, 2013 I posted that we were using this one by Hamilton Beach. Guess what it is still going strong and I use it all day, every day. It was a few years old when I originally posted so add another 3 years to that. This particular model has been discontinued BTW.

BuyDig.com - Hamilton Beach 10 Cup Electric Kettle Stainless Steel

Hiro11

I have one similar to this one:
https://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-DK35...ettle+delonghi

I've been using it several times a day for about ten years without issue.

anotherlimey

Go full American and switch to insta-coffee...

Do I get banned for life now?

Jerseygirl

ChocolateBabz

I would say yes my first 2 over here were crap (one was a Bodum, the other I can't remember the make) and I even bought a stove top kettle, but then a friend recommended hers - Hamilton Beach 40893 on Amazon, she has red, I have stainless. It's been going strong since December 2013!!

thinbrit

I know it isn't popular with some BE-er's, not sure why, but Consumer Reports this month has a piece on kettles. My FIL buys me a subscription every year, and I kinda like it.


Best Electric Tea Kettles - Consumer Reports

subscription not required to read this report

Owen778

Amusing. That's exactly what I linked above (the red one).

Asg123

I've had the same problem. My last 2 kettles failed due to a problem with the electrical contact between the base that the kettle sits on and the kettle itself, resulting I expect from repeated connect/disconnect between the kettle and the base. I looked around for the type of kettle I used to have where there's no base and the wire plugs into the kettle so you don't disconnect when using the kettle, but I couldn't find one, so I had to buy another one with a base. The manufacturers must make more money this way, but millions of kettles being constantly dumped in landfills can't be good for the environment.

Gordon Barlow

I've just had a look at our kettle, and it's a Hamilton Beach, too, with one of those wretched bases. It looks fragile, but so far so good. We generally buy whatever's going cheap (US$20 or so), and reckon it will last a couple of years. We do the same with toasters.

kimilseung

Hamilton Beach is getting a lot of thumbs up, and they are cheap.

ChocolateBabz

LOL, I didn't go through and open all the attachments. $30 on Amazon and it's a good pourer too :-)

RoadWarriorFromLP

Israelis like instant coffee

Americans like Mr. Coffee (or his other drip coffee cousins.)

I would hope that they would give you one of these drip coffee machines when they issue you green cards -- how else are we going to test your loyalty?

The whole point of having Lipton is to compel you to give up your old ways. Take the hint.

mrken30

Hamilton Beach been working for about 8 years. I hope I haven't jinx it. We do have more eco energy around here.