Best Electric Kettle – 2019 Top 9 Model For A Perfect Cup of Tea

While you can’t move for coffee shops on the High Street these days, we are (and probably always will be) a nation of tea-drinkers at heart. And helping us to brew that tea  – ok, and coffee if you must – is the trusty kettle.

An electric kettle is a staple in the kitchens of houses all over the world – even those that have taken the plunge and had a boiling water tap installed will usually have a kettle tucked away in the cupboard for emergencies.

How we test our kettles

Our tester Ysanne was previously editor at Beautiful Kitchens magazine and has been hands on with dozens of kettles on her way to selecting the best. She’s looked at common kettle issues like noise levels and limescale build up, and has also included a range of temperature-control kettles suited to more delicate teas. Not all kettles tested made the grade long term, due to reliability problems. However we were careful to cover a wide variety of price brackets – from kettles under £30 to those over £140.

What is the best kettle in 2019?

Our overall best kettle in 2019 was the Bosch TWK7203GB Sky kettle, which we rate for its usability and temperature-control functions. The Dualit Architect kettle also wins our approval for its sturdy build and good looks. Read on to discover more of our test verdicts.

Why do I need a kettle?

While you can’t move for coffee shops on the High Street these days, we are (and probably always will be) a nation of tea-drinkers at heart. And helping us to brew that tea  – ok, and coffee if you must – is the trusty kettle.

An electric kettle is a staple in the kitchens of houses all over the world – even those that have taken the plunge and had a boiling water tap installed will usually have a kettle tucked away in the cupboard for emergencies.

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How we test our kettles

Our tester Ysanne was previously editor at Beautiful Kitchens magazine and has been hands on with dozens of kettles on her way to selecting the best. She’s looked at common kettle issues like noise levels and limescale build up, and has also included a range of temperature-control kettles suited to more delicate teas. Not all kettles tested made the grade long term, due to reliability problems. However we were careful to cover a wide variety of price brackets – from kettles under £30 to those over £140.

What is the best kettle in 2019?

Our overall best kettle was the Bosch TWK7203GB Sky kettle, which we rate for its usability and temperature-control functions. The Dualit Architect kettle also wins our approval for its sturdy build and good looks. Read on to discover more of our test verdicts.

Why do I need a kettle?

Let’s face it, who doesn’t need a kettle? In fact, do you know anyone without a kettle? They’re invaluable, and not just for your daily brew. A kettle will make short work of blanching tomatoes ready for peeling, preparing gravy for Sunday lunch or getting the pasta on, pronto.

Best kettles

• Bosch TWK7203GB Sky kettle – best kettle overall on test

We love a bit of hi-tech style, so it’s no surprise we were impressed by the unique touch-control panel on this kettle. At just 1kg, it’s light, easy to fill and holds an impressive 1.7L when full. The base features a simple power-on graphic that, when gently pressed, allowed us to switch the kettle on and off in the same way as we would our smartphone or tablet. Nice.

There’s also a funky, futuristic blue-light slider that illuminates to indicate a chosen temperature, from 70˚C to 100˚C. While it wasn’t quite the quickest to boil, it was pretty speedy at just over two-and-a-half minutes. And if you get distracted, like we often do, there’s an ingenious keep-warm function. This maintains the desired water temperature for 30 minutes after the kettle has boiled.

It also has the obligatory 360˚ base, meaning it’s comfortable to pick up from any angle. There’s a lovely large flip lid and a removable limescale filter, too. Sure, it’s got a slightly bigger footprint that most of the models we tested. But we think its elegant lines and steely good looks mean it’s an absolute keeper, however much worktop space you might have.

• Dualit Architect Kettle – best for style and substance

If you’re the kind of person that likes to switch up your home décor with the seasons, then this model with interchangeable panels is for you. The (already beautiful) steel exterior can be further enhanced with easy-to-fit panels that encase the bottom and lid. The panel kits can be bought separately, and range in price from £12.50 for plain colours and metallics to £24.95 for specially commissioned designs from the likes of Bluebellgrey, Charlene Mullen and Kit Miles, whose floral Biophilia design is our current must-have.

As we’ve come to expect from Dualit products, the kettle is also beautifully built and ergonomic to use. The lid had a nice soft-open action, meaning it’s easy to refill without the risk of steaming your hand. The water indicator under the handle lit up when we started boiling, and has easy-to-read levels from two cups cup to a maximum of 1.5L. We particularly liked the unique circular pouring spout, which ensured free-flowing water with no splashes.

It’s not the lightest kettle we tested but feels stable and secure on its base. There’s an integrated cord store and it boils quietly, if not overly speedily, for such an impressive looking machine. An internal filter meant boiled water was crystal clear and scum-free, even though the water from our tap tends to be harder than action hero Jason Statham on a tough day at the office.

• Colour-changing glass kettle by Salter – best value and best for clear on/off indication

The key USP of this kettle, apart from its stylish steel and glass exterior is the bold LED display that run all the way around the base of the glass jug and switch from blue to red when the kettle heating up and back to blue once it has finished boiling. It’s a clear indicator of whether the kettle is boiling or not, which could be useful for those who are hard of hearing or don’t notice once it is finished.

It has a 360-degree base with a handy cord tidy, so it’s easy to use whether you’re right- or left-handed and sits neatly on the worktop. Pretty quiet, it takes around 3-and-a-half minutes to boil a litre of water and it’s big enough to boil water for eight cups. Protecting the glass exterior is a limescale filter so you should be able to enjoy plenty of clear-water boiling – during the testing period, we didn’t notice any scale build up.

• Nordic kettle by Swan – best on-pattern kettle

Accessible in either cool white or slate dim with differentiating wood-impact solace handle, this exceptionally appealing kettle is an incredible decision for anybody that cherishes a touch of Nordic plan. The bubble dry assurance mode, which keeps it from being incidentally exchanged on if there's no water in it implies you won't have to stress over coincidentally harming it either. There's additionally a limescale channel, which keeps drinks wonderfully rubbish and pollution free.

It holds 1.7 liters, enough to fill around 7-8 cups relying upon your 'parcel sizes', and it heated up a liter of water in only 2 minutes 45. The finish of the on switch gleams a pleasant intense blue shading while it's bubbling and the handle has a stunning delicate feel to it. It has a dazzling dribble free pour which we discovered satisfying.

• Breville VKJ972 Brita Filter Maxtra container kettle – best kettle for hard water

On the off chance that you're worried about the nature of your faucet water, at that point this is the kettle for you. It accompanies a Brita channel cartridge, which is brisk and simple to fit into the repository that sits at the highest point of the kettle. Similarly as with all channels, it needs flushing, however yet once that is done, we basically topped off the top areas and the water moved through the channel into the second chamber.

Squeezing an electronic pointer at the highest point of the top will actuate a tally down to indicate when the channel needs supplanting. Despite the fact that the kettle's ability is littler than the other full-estimate models we attempted, it heated up our 1 liter (that is four cups) of test water before long and discreetly. The water marker sits as an afterthought so it was truly obvious to see. The element we preferred best, however, was that the kettle body and handle is lit up a distinctive blue shading when bubbled.

Its plastic packaging implies it is moderately light, even with the channel set up and loaded up with water, and the stout handle implies it's anything but difficult to pour. The 360˚ base with string holder is steady, as well, so there's zero chance of it tipping – this likewise implies it's anything but difficult to utilize whether you're left or right-gave. A decent tip is to refill the kettle when you've bubbled it. This will guarantee that you're not trusting that the water will channel through each time you extravagant a snappy cuppa.

• VonShef Glass Kettle with Tea Infusion Chamber – best kettle for tea consumers

We cherish a machine that spares us time and as large tea consumers, we were truly eager to attempt this kettle. The structure implies it isn't only for bubbling water, on account of the inside injecter chamber it can likewise mix up a scope of various teas in the meantime as it's bubbling. Just spoon the required measure of your preferred free leaf tea into the injecter, screw onto the top and pop it into the kettle's glass body.

The handle highlights two LED-show catches to modify the last temperature up or down, enabling you to pick an alternate water warmth relying upon the sort of tea you may utilize. For fine green tea that is between 70-80˚, while for dark tea 95˚ will keep the water from singing the leaves creating a smoother, rounder taste. It's agreeable to hold in the hand and bubbles reasonably discreetly and rapidly – around 3 minutes 20 seconds for a liter of water.

It has a keep-warm capacity, as well, yet we'd prescribe you expel the tea maker in case you're utilizing that else you could finish up with an unpleasant and stewed mix, especially in case you're making green tea. The cover is anything but difficult to expel, so a decent decision for those with constrained hand versatility, and the handle is strong and agreeable to hold.

• Russell Hobbs Luna kettle in Midnight Gray – best calm kettle

Including a tranquil bubble – it evidently makes 75% less commotion when bubbling than other Russell Hobbs models – this is kettle is an extraordinary fit for open-plan spaces where a boisterous kettle can be a genuine diversion.

It likewise has a quick bubble work for one, a few cups that is arraigned by clear red markers within the kettle. Not exclusively will that spare vitality – the creators guarantee up to 66 percent – it implied our water was bubbled and prepared to pour onto the holding up teabag in around 50 seconds. The kettle's principle bubble capacity isn't too decrepit either and was one of the speediest on test, carrying a liter of faucet water to 100˚ in barely two minutes. That gave us a lot of time to make a hot beverage during the promotion breaks of our preferred shows.

Moreover this kettle has an auto-shutoff to forestall it bubbling dry, despite the fact that since the water window as an afterthought is clear and lights up, you can obviously perceive how much water there is the point at which it begins to bubble in any case. A vital limescale channel before the gush is anything but difficult to evacuate and wash and will help stop rubbish shaping on your tea or espresso.

• Cuisinart CTK17U Traditional Kettle – best conventional style kettle

It includes a simple to clean channel, which is incredible in case you're in a hard-water zone and experience the ill effects of limescale stores. No one needs scummy tea, all things considered. It is one of the quickest boilers we tried taking a little more than 2 minutes to take a liter of virus water to 100 degrees C, which is most likely because of its wide base and 3KW hid warming component.

The snappy steel outside, with clear survey windows on the two sides, looks great on the worktop and in spite of the fact that the shape was increasingly conventional kettle, the completion implied it would be similarly at home in a cutting edge kitchen. The handle was agreeable to hold, which made for a simple, dribble free pour. Similarly as with a considerable lot of the cordless kettles, the 360-degree base implied it was appropriate for left-or right-gave clients.

• Smeg KLF04 Variable Temperature Kettle – best retro-style kettle

Try not to let the fun sweet hues and retro plan of this kettle bamboozle you – it's fatal genuine about bubbling. The strong 360˚ swivel base makes it simple to utilize whether you're left or right-gave, while hostile to slip feet implies it remains immovably put on the worktop. A capable of being heard blare can be heard when you first switch it on and comparably when the water has achieved the picked temperature.

As it's another variable temp kettle, we chose to take it through its paces with three unique teas. We attempted dark, white and green to check whether we could taste the distinction. While we're not genuine authorities, we did feel that the lower temps fit both the white and green teas we tried. It gave them what we can just depict as a milder, more adjusted taste than they had when made with completely bubbled water.