K7-1-6BP-U Gourmet Kettle
Perfect control over my…
16/02/2022 17:01
#Gifted. Finally a kettle where I don’t have to wait for the water to cool down after boiling so that it doesn’t negatively affect the antioxidants from my green/white tea.
First of all, it comes nicely packaged with the kettle, base and instructions manual contained. Taking out the kettle, it has a glittery design on a matte grey coat. The base is fairly big and the controls are extremely intuitive. The instruction manual is understandingly very simple and just a series of images, they also include a list on the back of the ideal temperatures for different types of drinks.
The length of the cord is just about right and I had no issues selecting the temperature and starting the machine…it makes very distinct noises to indicate whether you are still changing the settings or if it has started.
I was after this kettle due to the temperature control, I love my green teas and my partner prefers her coffees. With my previous kettle I had a timer so that it had enough time to cool down to the right temperature before I went to pour my tea but this AEG kettle overcomes this issue.
What I would have liked to see is the option to remotely turn on the kettle, so far I’ve always used a smart plug where I’d pour water in advance, turn the switch on but leave the smart plug off so that I could turn on the smart plug (and thereby the kettle) several hours later in the day. This is an option I miss with this new kettle, it would be nice if it had a customisable default pre-set when plugging in the kettle with it automatically starting without having to press the start button.
The keep warm function is great when you have guests with its 40 minute time limit so you can always offer a refill which is amazing but not something to use for the whole day. Regardless, thanks to the temperature control I can still prefill the kettle and several hours later go down to simply press the on switch manually having to only wait for it to boil (without it being too hot). I’m all about optimising routines so I may add a smart switch to the start button (as the smart plug isn’t a working option anymore) just to save myself a minute.
Thanks to this kettle I do not need to check the water temperature anymore to ensure that I am maximising the benefits from my tea. I highly recommend this for people that love having a selection of warm drinks other than just coffee. I hope that future models include smart remote controls and I’m glad to see that the designers considered us tea lovers
Jeevy
London , Spojené království
Age: 31
Gender: Female