The kettle of Russel Hobbs & belongs to the range Colours Purple Passion. This series, which also includes a coffee maker and toaster are is characterized by purple painted stainless steel and shiny chrome.
The 1.7-liter kettle is therefore an eye-catcher and stands out against the countless cookers plastic from. Other features include: The rotating 360 degrees base, a luminous on / off switch and an anti-scale filter, which can be removed for cleaning.
After visually good impression of Russel & Hobbs Kettle also provides in practice a good result.
The shutter is opened by applying slight pressure, so if you want fill under the tap the stove, you need both hands. This small disadvantage compared to kettles whose lid can be opened with your finger of the holding hand, therefore a hand free, the unit of Russel & Hobbs makes but quickly made up for.
The open lid closes tightly when the kettle is switched off, onto the base or any other place. In other kettles, the lid must be closed to date still free hand by the second.
The only drawback of the digester is built water filter, which although served its purpose well, but unfortunately this can not be so easily removed, as it is described in the instructions. But this is just a small drawback does not detract from the good overall impression.
To heat 1.7 liters of cold water it needed more than five minutes. It must be remembered that a kettle saves energy when water is heated only in the digester and is then placed on the stove to boil.
When you fill water for a cup of tea in the kettle, the tea can be poured in a little more than a minute with the filtered water.
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