KRUPS1.5L Electric Kettle, Cool Touch Stainless Steel Interior, 1500 Watt, Fast Boiling, one cup in 80 seconds, Double Wall, Fast Boiling, Auto Off, Keep Warm, Cordless Black

UPDATE April 2025: 5 stars for customer service. They said the rust spots are from my water, and they recommend I descale the kettle with vinegar more frequently. I strongly recommend you use distilled water with it if you can. I don't know why I never tasted rust and never found rust spots in my older stainless steel + plastic Krups electric kettle. Maybe our tap water got more iron in it. If you have a problem, definitely contact Krups directly and don't put a low review on amazon.Customer service has now repaired or replaced it four times, even from France, and they say that the rust spots, rust taste, etc are due entirely to the minerals in my water. This last time, it is a brand new kettle. I always use a Brita filter pitcher, and I never had this problem with the old Krups stainless steel + plastic kettle (that one lasted over 10 years, maybe over 15 years, until it leaked from the plastic window). And I wasn't even using a Brita filter most of that time. I endured the weird smells coming off the materials at first. In the last kettle I had, I can see the rust spots on the inside bottom of the february replacement, and I can smell rust in the boiled water. Why can't someone make an electric kettle out of glass and/or stainless steel without glue, silicone, and a weird seam? I didn't need the LED to be incorporated into the kettle, and yet we see this design all over amazon.UPDATE February 2025: This did not go as smoothly as with the old kettle, but I have a good kettle now. About a year of light use after I got this kettle, it started leaking. Aramis at Krups sent a prepaid label, and I shipped the kettle to a small appliance repair person in the region. It returned smelling a little funny, but after boiling a few kettles of water, I was able to use it, and it worked well.This year (2025) I saw brown rust spots on the inside at the edge (not white scale). I contacted Krups customer service, and I said I wanted a new kettle. Aramis promptly had a new kettle shipped from France! I received it yesterday, and it seems to be working well and doesn't smell funny at all. Great warranty service. February 2025.Previous review:Wow, my last Krups electric kettle lasted well over 10 years - I lost track. It was used daily but only by 1 person in the home. That one was a mixture of stainless steel (exterior and interior) and plastic. It had a window on each side of plastic that showed the water level, and on one side it finall failed & leaked.I've had this a few days - good enough so far. I was glad to find an electric kettle where the body is mostly glass. I like how Krups says they will repair items, too. I wish I could find one made in the US.Pros:- Heats water quickly- I didn't buy it for LED lighted water, tho thru the glass, it turned out to be fun to watch- Sturdy grounded plug (old one was not)- Switch and lid release work well- Water tastes good- Good pouringCons:- Plastic smell for days. I used more than 3 fills of water to mostly get rid of it. I don't taste it in the water now; it's a faint smell. I recommend using the 2 teaspoons of baking soda sooner rather than later. If you see "pitting" in the bottom following baking soda, follow up with a bit of vinegar standing in there a while, and those will disappear. You might leave it full of water and sitting out overnight (not heating obviously).- The little filter had no instructions on how to remove it. I gently pried it out with my fingernail.

I love:1. The temperature choices that allow me to precisely warm for my lemon water vs blanch veggies vs soak orzo or quinoa vs boil and make the perfect pot of tea2. Was always careful with a previous kettle to turn the spout away from the cabinets and towards the middle of the kitchen so that the steam would not ruin my cabinets - this one magically contains the steam and I can use it on the back of the counter3. It's really large and heats a lot of water at once. That works well for me because I have an electric stove and prefer not to wait for water to boil in a pot. Instead, I always boil in the kettle and transfer to the pot for efficiency.The only drawback, which does not affect me, is that it is heavy. My 85yo mother could not use this, because once it's filled, she'd have challenges.Otherwise, it's beautiful and complements my decor perfectly.

This works very nicely, it heats up quickly and I love how I can go from a low of 104 degrees, meaning I can use it for yeast, to boiling. I almost always use it at the 195 degree setting for coffee, sometimes one lower for hot chocolate. Also heats quickly enough that if you are in a rush for pasta, you can boil the water first in the kettle then pour it (carefully) into your pot to get a head start. The temperature is large and easy to read, and changes in real time while it heats up so that you can stop it at any temp along the way by removing it from the base. It has a 30-minute stay warm function, which is nice but would be even nicer if it were an hour or two. I LOVE how the double wall allows me to put a hand on the outside for stability without burning myself - it gets warm, but not hot to the touch. The spout is ok, sometimes it dribbles a little if you don't have it at the exact right angle. My previous electric kettle had a more accurate pour, but this one isn't bad. The lid will lift a little more manually for easier cleaning, although it stays angled and is not removable. I make sure to dry out the insides after using it (after allowing it to cool down) so that water doesn't sit in there and get disgusting, as it does in all kettles that aren't emptied of water and cleaned frequently. After about a month of use once daily, it started to get some scaling - easily cleaned with white vinegar per instructions in manual. I wanted to knock one star off because of the shiny black finish, which I find rather dated and cheap looking. If it were matte black (or gray or silver tone), it would be much more up to date in appearance and pleasant to look at. But that's just a visual preference, and the function of this electric kettle is deserving of five stars.