Cool Looking Kettle (Magimix 11565)

Member Name: upton66

Product:	Magimix 11565
Date:	16/08/09 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Lid Jams

Pretty cool design this kettle, so bought for all the wrong reasons I know and it has its flaws

We are actually on the fourth one as have had to take all the other ones back to John Lewis because either you couldn't open the lid or the lid jumped open. But yes I still went back and got a replacement, (don't ask).

It is all brushed aluminium and with the wipe over of a warm sponge it stays looking like new. Just a gentle push of the button at the top of the sleek handle and the lid gently opens (usually). Fill your kettle up to the maximum 1.7 litres of water and caress the on/off rocker button on that same sleek handle and a spooky white LED illuminates the water gauge and the 3 KW element prepares up to 1.7 litres of freshly boiled water within three minutes and turns itself off. Just magic (like any other bloomin kettle)

The only problem is after a few months the lid usually jams and you have to press down the lid at same time as pushing the button. Sometimes when you are about to pour out the scalding hot water the lid jumps open. The high-tec lid mechanism just ain't up to scratch.

It's a smooth bottom, hidden element style kettle so it's easy to keep clean. It has a fine rubber seal around the lid rim which needs keeping clean and scale free and also a fiddly lift out filter in the spout which needs cleaning regularly.

The kettle pours well only if you pour very genteely, any impatience and it tends to spill through the poorly fitting rubber seal round the rim. I would always prefer to fill the kettle through the spout as it flushes through the filter but, being impatient, the spout isn't really wide enough and water from the tap will splash everywhere.

The base is neat, the same brushed aluminium, with a round pin, so the kettle can be placed in any direction and it still makes electrical contact. When placed back on the base it is always off so there is less danger of boiling it dry accidentally.

As with most kettles it has quite a short wire. I believe several years ago the length of the kettle wires was limited for H&S reasons so that children couldn't grab them, they always seem to be too short for me though.

It has Magimix embossed on the side of the kettle and is overall, annoyingly good looking.

Well at £70 odd it b-well should work, and should last forever, hence I keep going back for a replacement. On a couple of return visits to John Lewis they've said they have had quite a few returned.

I'm not giving in, I like the look of it!

Summary: It's Cool and Un-Reliable

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