Its face lights up when it sees you! (Breville JK68)

Name: justathought

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Product:	Breville JK68
Date:	29/05/08 (62 review reads)
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Advantages: good quality, long lasting, nice light up feature

Disadvantages: light may stop working

A couple of years ago, our old kettle decided to act up, and leak all over the worktops whenever anyone's back was turned - the one after that was a cheapy one that surprise, surprise, didn't last very long!

Since the newly done kitchen was blue and white, this kettle seemed to fit the bill nicely. It's still going strong, although the light stopped working - can't complain too much, though - too lazy to try and do anything about it!

You get a jug kettle )with a separate base and an instruction manual with the do's and don'ts of using your kettle. You get a one year guarantee but you must keep your proof of purchase.

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THE PERKS
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Kettle illuminates during boiling

Keep warm function - when a little button at the top of the handle is pressed (it illuminates when pressed down), it keeps the water hot and reboils it after a set time

It's fast - a full kettle boils in just over 2 minutes

The cord is attached to the base for left and right handed use

1.7 litre capacity, which is pretty decent

It has a removable, washable limescale filter and a concealed element. This means that if you live in a hard water area you don't have to worry about descaling the element. - although living in Scotland, these features don't really apply to me

Cord storage on the base. You can wind the cord around under the base so you can use as much or as little cord as you need. This prevents the cord overhanging.

It has a safety locking lid so you know that it's not going to pop open!

The large water window feature is good (I hate peering at the 'line' in kettles to check how much is left!)

Overall, I'd say this is quite a good, long lasting kettle - especially if you want something a little bit funky.

Thanks for reading!

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This review is also on www.ciao.co.uk

Summary: long lasting, reasonably priced kettle

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