Bodum 11883-259US Melior Gooseneck Electric Water Kettle 27 Ounces 11883 259 US

A friend of mine had this and it caught my wife’s eye and mentioned that she wanted one. I was glad to find the exact same on here on Amazon.After a month of use it’s holding up really well, easy to use, and it heats water pretty fast.The power cord is a bit short, but nothing to take a star away.Recommend to anyone looking for something like is, would buy again.

I love **everything** about this kettle! It’s gorgeous, and like just about everything from Bodum, it’s well made and thoughtfully designed. I’m picky about what I keep out on the counter— not a lot of space, so I tend to look for things I enjoy looking at, that are also as functional as possible. I have severe chronic pain and some nerve issues with my neck, back and shoulder, so over time my previous kettle (a Bella 1.5l ceramic electric) became way too heavy and painful for me lift and to pour, especially once filled with water. While searching for a replacement, I must have looked at ALL the kettles in Amazon— ones primarily made from plastic (no thanks), glass (no thanks), and considered ones with slow pour spouts, digital displays, temperature controls and different customization settings. But none of them seemed like something I’d actually enjoy looking at AND using. So I’m glad I found this one. It’s so perfect!It’s much lighter than my old one, so I can fill, transport and pour a full kettle without experiencing pain. It holds less water than my old enormous ceramic kettle, which makes a big difference in the weight, but the stainless steel of this kettle is also lighter than the ceramic when empty. And this one also happens to hold the perfect amount of water for filling my Tealyra Jove 34 oz porcelain tea pot to the top, or for filling my Fashy hot water bottle. The bottom of the kettle doesn’t get hot, so you can rest it on wood or on any surface without needing a hot pad. It was meant to be! LolThis kettle has been used MANY times a day— we actually counted, and some days we’ll use it as many as 10 times a day, on average at least 5-6 times a day— for almost 4 months so far, and it still looks and works just like the day we got it! The kettle heats up quickly and reliably, and the design of the pour spout even allows me to fill the fiddly narrow openings of a hot water bottle without burning myself or spilling a drop! And because it’s also easy to hold and handle, I can’t imagine anyone else really needing a different spout for making slow pour coffee (for watering plants I have a traditionally shaped handmade copper watering can with a long curved spout, and it’s easier for me to control pouring with this kettle than it is with the watering can, if that gives you any idea).We primarily use this for heating water to make cups or pots of tea. And since some are green teas or herbal tisanes that require a cooler temp than those used for making black teas or coffee, I simply poured and tested the water temps at different stages of the boil using an instant read thermometer, to get a “feel” for knowing when my kettle has reached the perfect temp for what I’m making. It’s really not hard to do at all, so I’m not missing out by not having a digital temp control on the kettle itself. You can hear the water inside the kettle as it’s boiling (it’s not annoying loud or anything like that, but all boiling water inside a pot or a lidded stainless kettle will make some sort of sound), and you can begin to see steam releasing from the spout for some additional clues about the temp. So it quickly becomes a no brainer to see and hear and know the right temp range by observation, especially if you’ve ever taken a moment to check it previously with a thermometer. So since we already have an instant read thermometer, a digital control on the kettle would just end up being overkill and would be just another thing that could potentially break. And I’d much rather have a kettle that works well AND also makes me smile every time I walk into the kitchen!The lid seals well and stays on no matter the angle of pouring, the blue on/off switch lights up when you turn it on and makes a quiet satisfying “click” sound when the auto/off reaches the right temp. The sides and top will feel hot, but I’ve never been burned. Handle isn’t hard to hold, and doesn’t get hot. The cord is plenty long enough for most countertop outlet situations, and any excess cord may be concealed by wrapping inside the built in cord storage area underneath the base. Yeah ok, the inside of the lid and the maximum fill marker are plastic (the max fill marker is inside, on the opposite end of the spout). But your water doesn’t even touch that marker unless you’re filling it too far, which you shouldn’t do anyway to prevent overflow issues. And I’m not worried about ingesting the tiny amount of water that might condense under the lid. The amount of water exposed to plastic is minimal, it’s food safe anyway, and you can’t taste it, if those are your concerns. I avoid plastic whenever I can, but this is so negligible I’m not at all worried. If you’re still worried, I suspect you’d have to use a stainless pot or kettle on the stovetop to heat water, since all electric kettles I’ve seen will at least have a small amount of food safe plastic or silicone in these same areas (some have more plastic than others).The polished stainless kettle is much easier to clean than it might seem (just wipe down the outside with a clean towel), and because it’s so beautiful, I actually *like* keeping it clean and dry. ;) I don’t keep water stored inside the kettle because I prefer using fresh water that hasn’t been sitting out or previously boiled (fresh always tastes better), but it’s probably also best not to leave water sitting inside anything metal, anyway. I don’t dry the inside of the kettle between uses after emptying it, and I haven’t seen any rust. I’ll update if I ever do, but I’m not thinking it will. After a month, there was some light deposit forming on the bottom of the kettle (from heating the minerals in the water), but it wasn’t anything a little vinegar or Barkeeper’s Friend and a quick wash with water and dish soap won’t take care of (I used BKF since it was handy, but Bodum recommends a vinegar soak every now and then. And I probably wouldn’t use anything abrasive like BKF, or anything other than a bit cream of tartar to remove water spots from the polished outer surfaces— so far I haven’t even needed to do that). Can you tell how much I love this kettle?! ;)

Vi comentarios muy diversos antes de hacer la compra, pero puedo decir que me ha gustado mucho el producto y que funciona perfectamente. Lo primero es que el color en negro mate va muy bien, es discreto y elegante, aunque también existe otra versión en plateado. Notar que la capacidad de 0.8 lts es más pequeña que muchas otras hervidoras de 1.7 lts que hay en el mercado, en mi caso va bien porque la uso para preparar el té de un par de tazas grandes e incluso me sobra agua, la uso en la terraza, no en la cocina. Puede utilizarse también para calentar el agua para las prensas francesas Bodum de capacidad equivalente que preparan café. Todo funciona perfectamente pero es IMPORTANTE, tal y como lo dice el manual, llenarla con al menos 0.5 lts de agua y no más de donde está marcado como nivel máximo (la marca está indicada en la parte superior del tubo al interior de la tetera). Otra cosa MUY IMPORTANTE es no remover el plástico que trae adentro (duda frecuente según veo), ya que sirve para detectar cuándo debe apagarse y prevenir un derrame de agua; y por supuesto, siempre ponerle la tapa. Algo que me ha gustado es que el cuello de ganso sirve para servir con gran precisión y controlar el flujo de agua al momento de vaciarla en la taza, excelente esto último.

He's up very quickly, I love how minimal and small space that it takes up. I use this for my pour over coffee maker. The first one I did have to return because it was leaking at the bottom, however they sent me out a second one with no charge and so far this one is okay

I could not bring myself to pay Bodum's original price but after they reduced it nearly by half on their website (which was not functioning) I was delighted to find Amazon had the same reduced price. This is beautiful and heat's up very quickly. The one liter size is perfect for my use, and as others pointed out it is not too heavy to lift when at full capacity. Contrary to other comments I find it very well made. The stainless steel body in my opinion is as substantial as my older electric kettle; only the lid and perhaps the spout appear to be thiner, and the lid is reinforced with BPA-free plastic, making it rust free, which does not touch the boiling water nor does the maximum indicator and holder for spout filter (okay a very slight amount of water just might touch the BPA-free plastic frame holding the spout filter when heated water is poured out). It looks like the quality design expected from Bodum including the electrical pad which includes a very sturdy cord and 3-prong plug. I noted both parts of the unit indicate "assembled in China," which may attribute to the quality of the parts; it does not say "made in China."Overall, very happy with a beautiful, functional work of art.