You can set it to any temperature and it will hold it while you grind your coffee beans and set up your chemex/clever coffee dripper/aeropress

I bought this to use with my Hario VDC-02W Dripper V60 Size 02 White Ceramic Funnel and Hario Paper Filter Misarashi for 02 Dripper 100sheets in brewing those scarce expensive beans that we often invest in.

I count on it shutting off while I'm grinding my beans

Heats up water in just the amount of time it takes me to grind up my coffee beans for one cup of Aeropress coffee.

So accurate pouring and 500 ML of water is up to 205* before I can grind my beans.

Boiling water in here coincidentally times perfectly with manually grinding the coffee beans, so that's an unintended plus.

I start the water heating at the beginning & it will be hot before I finish grinding the coffee beans

A fantastic device, I now race to see if I can grind my beans before this finishes bringing my water to temp.

Has the spout I need comparable to the Hario Buono, can heat up the water at the OPTIMUM temperature for coffee brewing (without burning the beans) AND hold the temperature for continuous pouring.

By the time you've ground your beans and set up your cone, you're ready to pour

Feels a little cheap but been going strong, boils my water about as fast as I can grind them beans.

I brought a hand-grinder and a bag of my favorite freshly-roasted Ethiopian beans.

So five stars to Bonavita for the functionality of its gooseneck kettle, as well as for its friendly and efficient customer service

It seems if the water if boiling as much as it can and the set temperature is above the boiling point you'll get the error

I've also seen youtube review videos in which Bonavita staff seems quite passionate about this kettle as they excitedly go over all the features

However I began to notice white deposits on the outside of the spout as well as on the lid

The water heats up within a couple of minutes, and the kettle shuts itself off (but still provides a temperature reading as the water slowly cools.

The base malfunctioned after just over a year of use, and a replacement base was denied as it was just outside of warranty

If I DO find that I can no longer get it to boil as it should because of the

This one qualifies as "bad", but since they're replacing it, I list it as "not-so-good" for now

About as fast as a regular, boil-only hot water boiler

And that slows down even more as you approach your target

I've found that by setting the kettle to "hold" at 98 C, I can get it to work as

works as it should, heats very fast.

Sure, the product works as it should, but the shoddy craftsmanship (and acknowledgement from Bonavita that these kettles are susceptible to rust) is a red flag

I suspect that these obstructions are what keep this from flowing as fast as and smoothly as my Hario