KRUPS Smart Temp Electric Kettle: 1.7L Capacity, 5 Precise Temperature Settings, Digital Display, Cool-Touch Exterior, Cordless Design for Tea and Coffee Lovers

Best kitchen product I have purchased in years. Boils water super fast and has an auto shut off. As a tea drinker this is super efficient. The price is also an excellent price for the value. High quality, super fast hot water and looks good on the counter.

This works very nicely, it heats up quickly and I love how I can go from a low of 104 degrees, meaning I can use it for yeast, to boiling. I almost always use it at the 195 degree setting for coffee, sometimes one lower for hot chocolate. Also heats quickly enough that if you are in a rush for pasta, you can boil the water first in the kettle then pour it (carefully) into your pot to get a head start. The temperature is large and easy to read, and changes in real time while it heats up so that you can stop it at any temp along the way by removing it from the base. It has a 30-minute stay warm function, which is nice but would be even nicer if it were an hour or two. I LOVE how the double wall allows me to put a hand on the outside for stability without burning myself - it gets warm, but not hot to the touch. The spout is ok, sometimes it dribbles a little if you don't have it at the exact right angle. My previous electric kettle had a more accurate pour, but this one isn't bad. The lid will lift a little more manually for easier cleaning, although it stays angled and is not removable. I make sure to dry out the insides after using it (after allowing it to cool down) so that water doesn't sit in there and get disgusting, as it does in all kettles that aren't emptied of water and cleaned frequently. After about a month of use once daily, it started to get some scaling - easily cleaned with white vinegar per instructions in manual. I wanted to knock one star off because of the shiny black finish, which I find rather dated and cheap looking. If it were matte black (or gray or silver tone), it would be much more up to date in appearance and pleasant to look at. But that's just a visual preference, and the function of this electric kettle is deserving of five stars.

The media could not be loaded. Our old countertop kettle died after 5 years so it was time for a new one. Krups is a trusted brand and Prime deal days had this on sale so I decided to give it a try. The cord storage in the base keeps the cord short and out of the way if you don’t want it all over your counter. It boils a whole kettle in under 3 minutes and half the kettle took about 30 seconds. I use it for tea and mushroom coffee and also for noodles. The presets work for me but if you need a more exact temp, the button on the handle allows you to stop the kettle at any time and choose your own temp. It would be nice if it had an option to set a temp and walk away rather then watch it and stop it yourself. But it’s still nice to see the real time temp and be able to control it. It seems well made and minimal plastic in contact with the water. The only plastic inside the kettle is a small latch at the pour spout. The cool touch feature works well and I like the sleek look of it. It’s an easy to use kettle and seems like it will last. Hopefully we get 5 years from this one like the last one we had!

Pros:AffordableCool touch exterior is great, I had multiple gooseneck kettles and often got burned touching the hot exterior. This kettle has no hot spots on the exterior.Interior is clean stainless and accessible for cleaning. No plastic contacts the water.Comfortable handle, easy to pick up and use.Wireless contact with base is great. I tried a corded kettle and it was a chore.Large capacity, it holds 1.5L but doesn’t take up too much counter space.The only con is if you try to pour very quickly, water can spill out around the sides of the spout. If you pour gently, this is not an issue.

I got this to replace my Cuisinart electric kettle that also had various temp settings to boil the perfect cup of tea. The cuisiart died after 10 y or so; the lid no longer opened. The buttons had worn off but it still heated. Besides looking more elegant, this seems to heat faster and I don’t accidentally burn my knuckles by touching th carafe. I also like the digital T. If I boiled water and forgot about it, you can check the temp to know if you need to boil again, or if the water T is still fine.I live in area with well water, so I’ve only put purified water in the kettle (couple times spring water. I bought it Nov 2021 and I have yet to descale it (6/2023). Looks brand new. Use multiple times per day.I wish it were available in a sleek white; almost didn’t get it since it didn’t exactly match but I’m glad I did.Easier to keep the outside clean than cuisinart too.One quibble: to me, neither the cuisinart or this are truly cordless. The kettle sits on a base; the base has short cord to plug in to outlet. Once water heated, the kettle is lifted from the disc (the disc has the cord), and you can carry to table or wherever without the cord. I think this technicality is important bc you really can’t take it camping unless you have electric. Seems like there could be rechargeable kettles like charge once a week or something.One other thing that could be better is if you could see the water level from outside the kettle. That feature present on cuisinart, but not a deal breaker for me. This is a much superior electric kettle that I had been waiting for, for years. The price has come down a lot since 11/2021 too so it’s a steal now.8/2024 still in perfect condition. Using filtered water, I’ve never had to descale it. Fast. The fact that I can’t see the water level through the pot bothers me less as the minimum water is just less than 2 mugs of tea, and the almost full makes a quart.