Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless Steel Electric 1.7L Cordless Kettle (Quiet & Fast Boil 3KW, Removable washable anti-scale filter, Push button lid, Perfect pour spout) 20460

This kettle is excellent. I find very quiet for a 3kW model, boils quickly, and it feels really responsive. I removed the internal plastic single‑cup measure as I don’t think it’s necessary, but everything else has been spot on. delivery as promised and a great kettle looks good, good value and I would recommend. Early days but Easy 5 stars so far .

This is the second one of these I have owned. The first I had for many years before developing a fault. The kettle is well constructed and good quality. It boils water very quickly and is very quiet (comparatively speaking). Overall a solid kettle at a good price.

I have always had Russell Hobbs kettles as did my parents before me, but we usually bought the "traditional" shape ones. This is now my 3rd kettle of this particular model and they seem to be lasting 4 years each ! Firstly they are a good kettle, and virtually noiseless for about 8-9 months, then the noise increases, so like a good customer I bought their official 'Multi Purpose Descaler' which isn't cheap, and that cures the problem for 2 months if you are lucky, then you need to repeat the process and you only get 5 doses in each bottle, I bought 3 bottles - so basically one it starts getting noisy there is no cure, so don't waste your money on the descaler, I suppose how long the noiseless last depends on your water hardness softness too, out water is very, very slightly limey, you really don't get any limescale build up inside the kettle though as such. Regarding the lid sticking by other reviewers. this has personally never happened to us. Also the 'plastic' taste in the water, once gain we have never found that, and my only thought is that are people filling the kettle to max, boiling it, throwing the water out and repeating the operation - as stated in the instructions ? Wouldn't be the first time people haven't read the instructions, and that includes me sometimes by the way. Now for my BIG grumble and one that Russell Hobbs SHOULD address that is the on/off switch. It seems these are designed to fail, every 4 years in our case, as that has happened to both out last 2 kettles, and I feel sure it will happen to this new one too. in 4 years time I might add that the traditional Russell Hobbs kettles lasted at least 15 years, and IF you were unlucky you might need to replace the element, I and I have replaced at least 500 on the old style ones (Saturday Job), but that that was it, people loved those kettles. Right, back to my point, the on/off tab that you press down eventually fails and snaps off... why ? because it is just plastic and I suspect the heat from the bottom of the kettle also makes it fail and snap. It is absolutely impossible to repair, because it snaps of at the furthermost point, you just can't get into it and repair it safely, I have worked in electrical/electronics virtually all my life, along with a period in design so I have a lot more insight/experience into these sort of problems. This design or material choice (why not make the stem out of metal, then attach the plastic bit on the end of the stem ?) is making people throw away a perfectly usable kettle, everting else was perfectly fine on the two I binned. We are supposed to making everything sustainable and NOT throw away perfectly good electrical goods for a simple fix... Russell Hobbs please listen ! I nearly gave this 3 stars, but when it is working it is fine, the noise is a problem after a while but I can live with that, but the switch snapping off is just criminal really though, look how many customers have reported this. The big question is when (... not if) this switch fails again, will I buy another Russell Hobbs question, well no unless they address the issue. I personally have supported Russel Hobbs for 50 years now, and as I say my parents did too, but is it now time to call it a day ? We shall see in 4 years time... over to you Russell Hobbs.

We had two kettles go within weeks of each other. The second was a used kettle we had from another previous home. This new Russell Hobbs kettle is much lighter, quieter, faster to boil than the previous two, so very happy with it. The build is a little lighter than the previous 2 which, between them, gave us decades of service! So we will reserve any long term recommendation until we have seen how long it lasts. It does get 5 stars because we are very happy with it as it is!

Brilliant kettle. Exactly as described. Neat and smart looking easy to fill. Better still quiet - which is exactly what we wanted after our last kettle which emitted a noise like supersonic

Initially - all good - nice looking, quiet, does the job as expected. But at only 10 months in the on/off switch just snapped off when I flicked it on to boil. Normal usage, no matter etc. very bizarre. Never had this happen on a kettle before - in fact my last kettle lasted 10 years! Should still be under warranty so may get resolved but be aware!

This was a replacement of identical kettle that lasted a good few years quiet boil

So far great kettle. Fast boil is pretty fast, looks good, pours really well and just feels like a well made bit of equipment. Not sure about quietness, as it states, but it certainly isnt that noisy for a kettle. All in all, if it lasts, I would happily buy same again.