Breville JK15 Lightening Review

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Breville JK15 Lightening
3 stars
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gbh's Review of Breville JK15 Lightening Kettle

8th Feb 2008

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Special Features
    illumination, fast boil
  • Durability
    3 stars
  • Service & Support
    0 stars
  • Owned Product For:
    More than 1 year
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
  • Style
    4.5 stars

I've had this kettle for 2 years now and I have enjoyed its colourful illumination. It boils quickly and has a stand-by function to remain at boiling, indicated by an additional ring of red lights in the base. Unfortunately it's now unsafe to use. The lid opening mechanism soon deteriorated becoming difficult to open. However, this was soon solved by filling through its spout. The filter soon became hardened with lime scale and disintegrated. The worst thing is the way the plastic deteriorated allowing water to pass through the kettle walls and onto and around the electrics of the base. The plastic used is clearly substandard and means that I would not purchase another plastic kettle from Breville. Great kettle let down by a few points but mainly the safety issue of deterioration of the kettle's plastic body allowing water to pass through onto the electric base.

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