Electric kettles

[dede]

Ooohhhh nooooo

I want the morphy richards light up kettle, its sooo coool

My kettle is a cheapy & on its way out, must work out how to sabotage it!!LOL
I think cutting the wire is out,  DH might be a bit suspicious  there, but..... Mmmm  Will get thinking......
H

Me too Hally, my birthday is in Feb so maybe! They look pretty cool and the reviews are pretty good too.

[Merlin]

Well I ended up buying the Breville tea maker. I truly baulked at the price but I had some Xmas gift cards to use  towards buying one.  I have to say I am totally in love with it. It brews a lovely tea and is quick and quiet-especially when the tea basket goes up and down the magnetic pole. The design is ingenious and looks very space age. I have pretty much used it every day at least 3-4 times since buying it and can't find fault with it at all. Maybe the product differs in different countries depending on where and how  it is manufactured. Even my DH who is a gadget freak is totally impressed with it. Certainly I haven't had any problems with funny tasting tea or any chemical aftertaste etc. I have since discovered other people that own one and they rave about it as well. The best part is what is called Auto Start  where I can set it the night beforehand and  wake up to brewed tea the following morning- brilliant!!

[JulieO]

I'm glad to hear that you are happy with it Merlin.  I like that auto start feature also.  When my DH is on dayshift he has to be up at 5.30 so I will be able to set it to start then, and by the time he's dressed and walks into the kitchen it will be brewed.  Well that's the plan anyway.  I love the look of the stainless steel and glass and it's apparently very easy to clean, looking forward to it. 

[JulieO]

We picked the tea maker up from the PO this morning, quickly gave it a clean etc and brewed our first cup.  Weren't expecting much from the first one as we thought it would take a bit more trial and error, but it was really good and that was using a brand of tea we normally don't drink. 

Of course we've had a couple more since then so am a bit teed out right now but later we are going to set it on auto to brew an hour later just as as a trial for those early mornings. 

So far, so good, it seems a good buy (and it looks good).