This kettle is among the most compact we’ve tested and the wide, rounded spout makes for fast filling, providing a clean and accurate pour. The kettle has a removable and reusable filtering system for limescale to help keep your kettle operating as efficiently as possible. Meet the Swan Alexa kettle, the sassy smart kettle that responds to both your voice and the Alexa app. We have taken steps to try to ensure that the cookies being used fit the descriptions used above and that the ‘Accept’ or ‘No thanks’ selection will honour your wishes but some third party cookies may still get downloaded.

If you’re in the market for a new kettle, choosing one with a rapid boil function is a great option as it heats the water up much faster than your average kettle. It has a handy external transparent gauge that lets you see just how much water you are putting into the kettle which allows you to get just the right amount for your requirements. The overall design is also taken into account, as well as how clear and concise the instructions are. This gives the Vektra kettle a real advantage over standard electric kettles with a metallic body, as we know they can become extremely hot and may pose a risk to the user.

They won't submit to the wasteful expense of putting on the heating until they can make stalactites with the garden hose, yet the kettle seems to be in almost constant use. By reducing the number of times you need to re-boil, this kettle saves energy making it the most efficient and environmentally friendly provider of hot drinks all day.

Overall, we recommend this product thanks to its keep-warm mode keeps the water’s temperature for 4 hours, longer than most of the eco choices available. A built-in probe allows you to read the exact internal temperature of the kettle on the Digital Display.Boasting a 1 minute 45 seconds boil time for 500ml of water and a 2200W power usage, it's an energy-efficient choice with a clear water level indicator, aligning with its eco-friendly ethos. Plus, many of your favourite hot drinks will taste better if they are prepared at the right temperature, for example 90°C for the perfect coffee or 70°C for green teas. It's not perfect yet – the claim is that after two hours the water is still at 80°C, and after four hours it's 68°C. litres for a cup of tea when I got home from work, used the same batch an hour later to cook, and again three hours later for a hot water bottle.