23 kettles tested

For many consumers, the kettle is certainly part of the standard household inventory. After all, it can heat water volumes of 1.0 - 1.5 litres much faster, more simply and, above all, more economically than, for example, a cooker. So if you need warm, hot or boiling water several times a week, you will want to bring a modern kettle into your home. In addition to the classic, conventional kettle, which only has an on/off switch, the market also offers much more impressive models with fully customisable boiling behaviour: Many of them allow you to pre-set the temperature you want the water to reach at the end in a very precise way. Why is this so useful? Well, if you want to enjoy exquisite tea, for example, you need to ensure that the water is at the right temperature: The flavour of green tea, white tea, etc. in particular can suffer if the tea leaves are given boiling water. Of course, customisable temperatures are also valuable in many other cases (e.g. when mixing milk powder in bottles, etc.). This time we were able to take a look at 23 different kettles and illustrate everything you need to know about the individual models below: For example, we talk about how many minutes it takes for the water to reach a temperature of = 100 °C, how moderate the kettles' consumption really is, how safe they are to use, etc. We cover & classic/conventional models without temperature programming (+ p. 10 - 17) and 15 models with temperature programming (- p. 23-26).