Our poor old kettle had done its duty, it had a slow leak and finally gave up the will to boil a few weeks ago so we purchased a new kettle to replace it, namely the Morphy Richards Accents Kettle.

Description
Our kettle is black in colour with stainless steel lid, spout and base so in my opinion it looks very elegant. It has a good sized handle and a switch to flip the lid open, with a lever on the base to activate the boil. The whole kettle sits on a base with a flex that can be adjusted a little so you don't have a length of cable on the work surface.

In use
I find that this kettle is easy to fill under the tap, using the lid flipped open and once the lever is pressed, a half full kettle boils in under two minutes. When it is on, the kettle lights up a wonderful blue colour which looks great in the dark and also reminds you that it is on if you have a short memory. It automatically switches itself off when the water has boiled. The pour is perfect and there is a marker on the side to indicate how full or empty the kettle is.

My thoughts
For me, this kettle has everything in it that I want feature wise. I prefer the shape of it although I know that the rounded triangular kettles seem to be popular right now. I also love that it is black in colour as we went for silver last time but the black looks lovely too. We looked in a few shops before we both settled on this kettle. It has a concealed element so classes itself as 'easy clean' and I must confess I am not an over zealous kettle cleaner! The kettle also has a 3kw rapid boil which appeals to the husband's wants and needs in a kettle.

Price
We paid £29.99 for our kettle from B&M and it comes with a two year guarantee. I think this is probably more than you need to spend on a kettle but it does look really nice and will hopefully last us many years.

Final word
The previous reviewer is not a fan of this kettle, but I don't seem to have the same problems with mine, the lid opens far enough and I judge how much water I need by how much I put in from the tap rather than going by the 2 cups prompt on the side (how much is a cup anyway!) so for that reason it gets top marks from me. Horses for courses and all that eh?!
This is the kettle that we both liked from a male and female perspective, agreeing on aesthetics and promised performance. We have been happy so far with the kettle and the blue light was an added bonus when we saw it in action as we didn't know it was going to do that!