Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle - Model 13618 Reviews

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Well, I've had Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle a day now and have already made my mind up to return it as I am fed up with it already !

GOOD POINTS:
Pretty blue light.
Keeps the water hot for ages so you can make a cup of tea at 9pm and still fill your hot water bottle up at 10.30pm !
Lots of half price offers ...I wonder why !?!

BAD POINTS :
-Ridiculously heavy - a real "man's" kettle - no good for the frail or elderly !
-The lid is difficult & complicated to remove and replace - and you HAVE to remove it to fill it - not suitable for persons with an IQ of less than 140, or failed Krypton Factor contestants. There's no way my mother could make herself a cup of tea from scratch with this !
-Kettle will not re-boil, even if you empty it and refill with cold, for quite some time after first boiling.So no good if you need more than one full kettle of water in quick succession.
-Refilling with cold after boiling is dangerous - it is easy to scauld yourself after removing the lid and the kettle is bulky and does not fit under the tap without a completely empty sink.
-There is no pouring lip to the kettle, so really accurate pouring is not possible - it is just the same as pouring from an ordinary thermos flask.

In summary a great idea but a long way to go to produce something workable, simple and safe in the kitchen.

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Bought a Russell Hobbs thermal kettle a fortnight ago & am disappointed. Was captured by the energy saving aspect of it & that the inside chamber would be very easy to keep limescale free as looks like the inside of a flask (and also fact I got it half price...hmmm). But found that due to it refusing to reboil straight after boiling because of the kettle being too hot, I had to rinse it out several times with cold water to cool it down, hence wasting unneccesary water... Topped with the fact tha ...

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Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle - Model 13618, water tastes metallic even after being boiled thousands of times and being left for hours then going back to it makes it taste worse,its not supposed to.
a good idea gone bad

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I am very disappointed with this Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle - Model 13618 and will be contacting Russell Hobbs to see what can be done about it. I cannot use this kettle to make tea or coffee. I did try and use the water to boil some new salad potatoes and it made the potatoes taste peculiar too.
We did purchase another stainless steel kettle recently but had to return it for the same reason. I bought it locally, so returning it was not a problem. I am not sure if I send this ...

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I think the Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle is a great concept badly executed. I still have mine, and use it, and try to champion the idea with my friends but really Russell Hobbs should sort this out.

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I would not recommend this kettle. The kettle seems to take a long time to switch off when the water is boiling. It also makes the water taste very metallic.

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Just bought this Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal Kettle (13618) thinking I'd be helping the environment. Ended up buying another as this kettle leaves a horrible metallic tang to the water. It is not easy to use and a bit of a gimmic really. Don't buy one go for another kettle.

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You need boiling water for tea but the Russell Hobbs Energy Saving Thermal kettle does not seem to provide it. br/>Why didn't the makers simply let the water reboil.Fortunately I have not bought one. It's in the office kitchen. I'll never buy one.

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I thought I had closed the lid and left the room while the kettle was boiling, however a little steam could escape and when I came back in the kettle was rocking with steam and boiling water spluttering out the top and most importantly it didn't switch off. I nudged the lid down the missing millimetre and it turned off.
In my experience the display also takes a while to fill so the kettle could be overfull but take it's time to fill up the water level window.
Unless you take the lid off compl ...