12-2012 and 10-2014 increase between crossed out price: 8.53%
Curious: many products are falling and / or inflation is far from this rate !?
After a few months of use
lid opening system has lost the spring: a bit slow & not always total opening
Conclusion:
Product that does its job, neat in its design and implementation.
A focus again if the budget allows: good features, although some ergonomic improvements would be welcome to make an almost perfect product!
En + Service & price of Amazon.com:
Successful Aesthetic
Manufacturer Warranty three years
Instructions French well clear & concise.
Security to prevent the kettle from running dry.
Temperature choice of two pre-programmed buttons: 85 ° and 100 °.
In addition, the LCD displays the temperature by 5 ° and can be stopped at the desired temperature ... provided you watch it.
Ability to choose the temperature in increments of 5 ° to 85 ° from 90 ° to 95 ° Green Tea & Infusion
Rapid rise in temperature.
Silent in operation.
Stop beep discreet enough.
Opening filling controlled by a button that would benefit from being more accessible to the thumb when holding the kettle to fill it.
Backlight temperature (screen buttons) and filling level with nice blue color.
Nevertheless it is automatic as soon as we put the kettle on the stand: he would win to fade after a minute!
The manual advises to unplug the kettle after use to stop the backlight !?
Curious because the purpose would it not immediate availability of the kettle?
The -...
Body unlined stainless steel, so the wall takes the temperature of the water: beware of possible burns!
Clean without waiting drips and splashing water on filling: brand stainless steel (limestone) easily especially when heated.
Plastic parts in contact with water: filter, filling level bindings, filling lid.
Consider for bisphenol A.
Filter: Metal grid woven broad framework + plastic
Protection cover plastic opening system inside the kettle while above the level at max.
Level filling in the axis of the handle: Reading not easy to fill.
But this ambidextrous location has the advantage of not disturbing the aesthetics of the object!