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Posted 28 October 2023
Daewoo Eco Cool Touch 3KW 1.5L Glass Kettle (Livingston)
In store: Lothian ·
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sorted byMost kettles use between 2-3 kWh of electricity. A lower kWh doesn't necessarily mean that the kettle uses less electricity to boil water than one with a higher kWh. Generally speaking, a lower kWh means the kettle will take longer to boil, meaning it's going to be using energy over a longer period of time
Kettles (like this one) typical pull 3 kW from the plug socket. Mine can boil a full kettle in 4 minutes. It therefore uses 3 x 4/60 = 0.2 kWh of power, which at 30p/kWh will cost you 6p.
My kettle has a thin metal skin. When I switch it on & the water starts to heat up, part of the power going into kettle is lost to heating up the air in the kitchen because metal is an excellent conductor.
This kettle is 'cool touch' because borosilicate glass is an excellent thermal insulator. All things being equal, it should boil quicker & keep the water inside hotter for longer than with a metal kettle. TBH, at this price, it's a steal! (edited)
Entirely correct about needing to be careful of the steam and the other thing I don't like is the lack of auto-cutoff if you lift it before it has boiled fully, which then does cut off. Unless they've changed it in the last couple of years, when you place it back on the mount it starts boiling again.
Note, I am talking about if you lift it before it reaches its own boiling point trip out. Rather than having to turn it on to start the boiling process again if that's what you want, you have to turn it off if you don't.
It's really easy to clean and quick. It takes less than 5 minutes to descale and clean with a liquid descaler from home bargains I believe it's brand is Killrock? I could be wrong..
A quick google and these are showing up as £20 to £35 in some places.
Thanks for sharing!
Edit: none left (no idea how many were or if poster got last one) as of Sunday afternoon. Checked with till assistant who double checked with manager. Scorching hot deal but can’t see anyone in thread saying they got one - typical hukd! (edited)