• Reviews around heat (3.93 of 5)

    Hamilton Beach (40885) Electric Kettle, For Tea & Coffee, 1.7 Liter, Red

    • What a neat way to heat water
    • This heats really well and fast.
    • Looks great and heats water quickly
    • It stopped leaking after the water was heated (thank God or it could have been dangerous) but I have requested a replacement unit
    • Good looking, heats up very fast, easy to read measurements on the outside.
    • Not quite as fast as heating water in a microwave, but close, and the water is always the right temperature for brewing tea without over boiling.2
    • This one heats fast warm outer the touch
    • This kettle is brilliant and heats up water really quickly
    • Fast heating
    • well built, heats quickly, a little noisy but no more than others I've had in the past
    • rapid water heating.
    • Rapid heat cycle
    • This works and does heat water up quickly
    • Easy to fill, heats quickly, easy to pour
    • Pretty good, heated water fast
    • Meh, it works but just as slow as heating up the water on the stove
    • As far as I am aware plastic is not healthy especially when heated.
    • GREAT electric kettle: nice looking, handy water guide, very fast heating
    • Works very well -- heats up water quickly and the automatic shut off performs as expected after liquid comes to a boil.
    • Meh, it works but just as slow as heating up the water on the stove
    • **it will not shut off when the water boils.***This is a potential safety issue, as you could return to your kitchen to find an empty super-heated kettle, melting its base and burning a hole into your counter
    • I'm not worried and I haven't noticed anything tasting off or weird as a
    • My glass-top stove is sooooooo slow--it's a breeze to heat water now (not quite as fast as in England, but there's only half the voltage in the US).
    • It still works as well a year later as on day 1
    • works as I expected it too, great
    • I had a ten year old T-fal electric kettle that died.