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Style over practicality

Advantages: Looks great, boils quickly.
Disadvantages: Unfortunately not very user friendly!

I bought this kettle mainly because it matches the decor in my kitchen, many other "cream" kettles that I found seemed more yellow, but this one is a perfect shade of cream. On a practical level, this kettle really is not that user friendly. Firstly you ...

chilcott1 17.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Delonghi KBE3014

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good looking but not user friendly.

Advantages: looks good
Disadvantages: gets very hot on the outside

I bought this kettle about 14 months ago simply because it looked cool. I have never paid so much for a kettle before, £50 so I was expecting a lot from this brand. It came nicely packaged and looked the business sitting in my ktchen. To start with I ...

cmckcherry 15.02.2010 · Read full review
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Looks Good, Boils Good, Fill & Pour Not So Good!

Advantages: Stylish, rapid boil
Disadvantages: Fill & Pour

Agree with previous reviewer about style over practicality! I also bought this kettle to fit in with my new kitchen and must confess it does look great. It's a rapid boil kettle and does what it says on the box. However if you're a bit lazy like me a ...

Piacere 01.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Delonghi KBE3014

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Pricey, but boy it looks good!

Advantages: Retro look, easy to fill due to detachable lid, boils quietly, rapid boil, matching items availabl
Disadvantages: Expensive, cord not very long

This kettle was purchased along with the matching toaster, over a year ago when we first moved into our house and had some Clubcard vouchers to spend in Tesco. We exchanged our vouchers during one of their events, so they quadrupled in value to £120. We d ...

Gingerkitty 15.08.2012 · Read full review
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Review of DeLonghi Icona Kettle

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Boils water, looks lovely!

Advantages: Looks stylish
Disadvantages: Is expensive

Why I bought it This kettle was bought for us for our wedding 2 years ago and was purchased in black rather than in red. If you read some of my other reviews, you will know for making tea and coffee we use our Breville Hotcup regularly, so I was con ...

rosaliecullen6 28.04.2012 · Read full review
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