Breville Classique Cordless Jug Kettle > Reviews > Good looks shame about demise

Author's product rating:   

Performance	Excellent
Ease of use	Very easy
Durability	Very short
Safety	Safe
Value for money	Very poor

Advantages:	Stylish, quick boil
Disadvantages:	Short Life

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

I bought the Breville Classique (KT6) from COMET on the 30 August 2001 for what I considered was a fair price (£36) considering its looks and features.

The quite fetching chromed stainless steel body looked a treat in our kitchen (which has stainless appliances) and as we live in a hard water area the scale filter is a noce little touch - shame it is so flimsy as it broke after about 6 months. It has a quickboil (3KW) element and does what you expect in that department.

If you do buy I wish you luck - mine died (element failure) before the 2 year point and the kettle only carries a 1 year guarantee. COMET did not want to know and BREVILLE were not interested. In discussions with BREVILLE they said that they expected the kettle to last around 4 or 5 years but would not stand by that by offering me a replacement at half the retail price! (Also once an element goes it is not economic to repair-as advised by Breville).

So if you want to spend £18 per year on kettles - buy Breville.

Once bitten twice shy - the replacement will be a Dualit - watch out for my review on that.