Haden Dorchester Temperature Control Kettle - 3000w Rapid Boil, Wood Effect Finish, 1.7litre - Green Stainless Steel Kettle - Overheat Protection - Digital Display

This is our second temperature control kettle as we drink a lot of green tea. The first one lit up like a beautiful blue bulb, but lasted 2 years. I bought this kettle because my wife wanted one to match the kitchen 🙄. So, far I cannot fault it. It pours without spilling, it's super simple to use, one button push after your temperature has been chosen. It even tells you the water temperature of your tap water before starting. It goes up in 5 degree touches, from 40 to 95. Top button, press once, tap temperature needed in, leave alone. The lower button is a keep warm button... Super simple..... Don't worry about the cost, its total class, the rolls Royce of kettles, looks great too... Buy it. After 3 months of use I have to say I'm in love with this kettle.. It really is lovely.... Sad I know, but it's quick, quiet, and beeps at you when it's ready, it even tells you the water temperature in your tap before booking.

Works perfectly fine, I love the fact I can select the temperature I want for my tea. The kettle itself is beautiful, looks great on the counter top and does what is supposed to.

Lovely colour and very sturdy with lots of options to boil or keep water warm at whatever temperature you like. Looks great in my pastel kitchen

I don’t usually write reviews but this is an easy one of pros and consPROSNice design, looks good.Low noise.Quick boil.Easy to use.I like that the controls are in the handle and not on a big bulky base.Light weight.Has a keep warm function.Let’s you know the temp of the water even as it cools.It’s BritishCONSEvery time you take the lid off to refill you get water spill out. The condensation gathers in the lid.I just now fill it through the spout.The water level isn’t easy to see as it gets condensation too, especially if you want just one or 2 cups.It makes a beep to tell you it’s boiled but you can hardly hear it and it lasts for 2 seconds. So bit of a waste of time having it.The light display stays on all the time, which isn’t very energy efficient. Be nice if it went off and you pressed any of the buttons to light it back up.I turn it off at the plug when I’m out or over night.Overall very happy with this kettle, my highest annoyance is the water gathering in the lid and not being able to see the level.

Notwithstanding the rather short longevity of this kettle here are my pros and cons:Pros1. Temperature control is really handy I keep it set to 95 degrees which has not impaired the quality of my hot drinks and saves money. Also it prevents the earthquake effect (see cons)2. It is compact and doesn't take up much room on my worktop.3. Build quality is good with some reservations about the fake wood handle: see Cons.Cons1. The first time I used it I was really quite scared.... as it's came to the boil it's shook so vigorously I seriously thought that there might be an earthquake. The kettle very nearly went straight back to Amazon at that point until I realised that setting it permanently to 95 degrees stopped this happening.2. The kettle lid is VERY tight and you need to use both hands and some strength to get it off.3. Buttons are too small and don't provide any feedback to tell you that you have pressed the correct one to turn the kettle on - the only feedback is a tiny change to the LCD display - see below.4. Like many products it seems likely it has been designed by someone young enough not to need to wear glasses... the LCD display is illegible to me without my glasses and at first I would need to find them to use the kettle but but gradually my fingers have learnt where the buttons are so I don't need them unless I want to change the temperature.5. I find the LCD crazily bright - it's quite dazzling and I need to shield my eyes if using it in low light. On the plus side it makes a handy night night in the kitchen helping me find thingd in the middle of the night.6. If it were down to my partner the kettle would have gone straight back to Amazon as she really doesn't like the fake wood effect of the handle.7. Failed after 18 monthsOverall I now wish I'd returned it when I had the chance.

Lovely looking & functional etc but my favourite part is the digital display. You can take it off or set to a specific temperature if you don't want it to go to 100 degrees.

This likes with this kettle,(1) the lid hold a little water and it drips out (2) The water level is a bit hard to see because the handle is in the way, if it had a light in the water level which will be better. Good thing about this kettle, (1) Beautiful design and wooden finish (2) All metal inside and out (3) Noise level is a little loud,(4) LED is nice and clear reading (5) you can set your temperature to 90, 95,100 degrees for your teas. (6) Just press the top button and press - or + to change the temperature for your tea and leave, after it will start boiling and when it's finish boil, it will make 4 beeps. In buying a good kettle, I have spend 4 days looking for a good kettle but all the ones I look at have 1, 2 , 3 or 4 stars with problems. This company have a good history in England so i base my decision on this together with the reviews in the past. I hope this review helps by Merv.