Philips HD4603 Review

Good Points
Looks Good

Bad Points
Very noisy
Leaks after a few months

General Comments
I bought this Philips HD4603 kettle with the thought that it being a bit expensive and classic design it probably would last well. The first problem is that while it is heating up it is so noisy you can't be in the same room and hold a telephone conversation. I can live with that with a cordless phone even though it is annoying. Worse is now I have had two kettles replaced because they have started to leak from the waterlevel indicator once the kettle gets a bit of chalk deposit in it (my analysis). It seems to happen quite quickly from slowly dripping for a few days then the worktop is flooded by the morning. I live in Denmark so the shop has been good at replacing the offending article whilst saying that they have never seen the problem before.