Morphy Richards Kettle 43010

Good looking Kettle, works well, but we are on our fifth replacement unit! Morphy Richards insist they do not have a technical problem on these, their most expensive kettle, but everyone we have had has started leaking at the bottom of the level window. One unit the bottom 20mm of the window disintegrated flooding the work surface. Average life span seems to be about six months for our hard water area. To be fair Morphy Richards have sent out free of charge replacements for each failed unit. Worth noting that its not the quietest ...

We bought our first Morphy Richards 43010 kettle in January 04 purely for the design of it despite the relatively high price. Around 18 months later it started to leak from the bottom of the display window. John Lewis replaced it without a problem in August 05. Now the replacement kettle has gone the same way leaking at exactly the same place. This time unfortunately it is out of guarantee , and having searched the internet it no longer seems to be available. It's not even on the Morphy Richards website. Perhaps they now recognise there is a problem? Great looking but definitely sub standard which is disappointing for a top ...

I was given this kettle as a gift in March 2004, after 15 months it started leaking from the lower end of the water level indicator onto the wooden base. Morphy Richards replaced it but now the replacement kettle has started leaking at the same place. I do not live in a hard water area. I have now been offered another kettle (any style) at a concessionary price, this will have a 2 yr ...