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Capresso 259 H2O Plus Glass Cordless Safety Water Kettle
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 I wanted to love this kettle... July 13, 2008
LER (Seattle, WA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This kettle was most highly reviewed in Cook's Illustrated, which has never steered me wrong with kitchen tool recommendations. I also had hoped that the reviews on Amazon that mentioned the chemical smell might have been a little overblown. However, they're true. I really loved the kettle design and functioning, but I think the rubber gasket on the base of the kettle is the culprit. Even when the water had cooled off and sat in the kettle for an hour or so, you can lift the lid and smell something vaguely like shower curtain liner. Serious bummer. For the folks at Capresso: replace that gasket with something hardier, and you'll rule the kettle world.
 FAST AND ATTRACTIVE IN THE KITCHEN July 4, 2008
Sandra turner (Illinois)
This kettle is great. 3 1/2 minutes for 5 cups of boiling water. Its also fun gazing at the liquid bubbles as they start to float off the metal dome in the bottom of the pot. I've had no problems with this pot including any smell or steam or pouring problems. A great high quality kettle.
No electric kettle in the U.S. will boil water as fast as those in the U.K....they have a different electrical supply system which generates power at a higher rate (their kettles can boil water in about 1-2 minutes)
Oh its also attractive on my counter.
my second one June 28, 2008
Studio Products Inc. (Haverhill, MA United States)
After years and years of hard use, my initial Capresso kettle had problem with the thermostat. I'll play with it when i find tim but in the meantime, I had to have another. I miss the shiny chrome finish on the original, but this does what it's supposed to do...heat water and automatically shut off. The fact that it's so pretty was a big selling feature.
 Yuck - Tastes like Plastic June 25, 2008
P. Jenkins (Maryland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The heating element of this kettle is covered with plastic. When the water is heated it tastes like plastic. It is one of only a few items I have ever bought that I returned. It does look cool when it boils, but it is not worth it. Save your time and money and buy a stainless steel water kettle.
Rubber/silicone washer around the heating element boils with water and emits foul smell: Dangerous Product!!! June 25, 2008
Maggie Smith
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is, indeed, an awesomely designed kettle, unrivaled by any. A glass kettle is just a brilliant design.
But it has a serious design flaw. The heating element is like half a metal ball that protrudes from the bottom of the kettle. In order to place the glass kettle around it and seal it, they use a silicone/rubber washer.
This is what causes the foul smell. I cannot believe how people can simply fail to understand that even if the smell goes away, the chemicals emitted in the water do not! And I cannot understand why people are giving manufacturers such an easy time and not look after their own health.
Saddest thing, this is the easiest flaw to fix. Instead of a glass bottom, they should have had a stainless steel bottom that could fuse seamlessly with the heating element. The bottom could form a short rim up the sides of the kettle, and the glass could be fitted into this metal base. This would still require some material to seal the glass into the metal, but at least it would not be so exposed to the boiling water.
Anyway, they need to rethink this. Back to the store it goes--though it matched oh so well with my awesome Bodum Kona all glass coffee drip maker. What a pity....
The Hamilton Beach 10 cup is my next choice (available through the manufacturer, though not Amazon.
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