Good buy, I will try my local Aldi later thanks.

got one of these a couple of weeks ago, all the black ones were gone.

Works great, not as fast as my previous kettle (which broke and was returned to argos)

Surely, then, this is infinitely faster than your old kettle?

I already posted that deal few weeks ago !!!!!

Crap brand. Going downhill rapidly

Russell-Hobbs toaster from Aldi, it only lasted two weeks, it blew up all my fuses at home. Rubbish brand.

Russel Hobbs....Panasonic/Vestel of the kitchen appliance industry!

Dreadful. About to return ours. The water filter snapped off within a week ( its a flimsey plastic thing). If I can't return it, maybe somebody wantsal a free kettle :smiley:

I got the full set in black, kettle, toaster and microwave. very happy with them.

We're on our third Russell Hobbs Windsor kettle in under 5 months. The windsor is virtually the same as this with a bit of extra chrome and a blue led in the switch (currently £20 at currys) . I chose that model because it looked like it had a stronger switch than our previous model. The switches failed on the first two - there is a thin sliver of plastic that holds them up. There was also a minor issue with the catch in the lid furring up so that they would pop open.

Our previous two kettles were a Russell Hobbs Hampshire, which lasted 1 year, and an identical model save for a satin finish, which lasted 1 month. The switch broke completely off on both of those, I knocked the first one on the side of the sink, so assumed it was my fault and as it was otherwise a very good kettle, I bought the same which failed in a month despite being very careful and gentle with the switch.

Usually my kettles last until they develop a bad leak, or the element burns out, I can only recall having one other where a plastic part of the switch has broken off, so I suspect the current russell hobbs switch designs are bit too flimsy.

If you buy a painted kettle, I'd strongly recommend the cream one, as the colour conceals the limescale marks. I prefer a brushed satin finish over polished stainless steel for the same reason.

My Russell Hobbs kettle has lasted 3 years so far!!

Don't let Gollywood see that comment.

Had this for well under a year and it been knackered for some time leaking water out everywhere, and the noise it makes while boiling (slowly) is horrendous , ive just invested in a Tesco one instead (only 12.50, and its got a blue light lol) even though russell hobs were there at 1/2 price i think (slightly different model to this).

Had morphy richards before that was a lot better but only lasted about 2 years , its not like im a professional tea brewer or anything only a couple boils a day.

The must try hard to make them this crap, nothing lasts anymore, designed to break i think

My advice is don't buy russell hobs crap, and especially not this pos kettle :sunglasses: ,cold af wouldn't buy it for 2.50.