The WK3485 is a one-piece plastic housing with a wall thickness of about 2.2 mm, a slight kettle. The same applies to the base plate, on which it is secured to an eccentrically arranged pin clean and without hooks. The relatively low weight contributes to that in non-vertical lifting of the digester, the base plate having taken up.
In the bottom panel, the power cord can be stored in the usual manner winds, either no or one turn brings you under, you want to connect the cooker ready. Thus, a cable length from the beginning of the bottom panel gives to the connector of about 30 respectively 60 cm.
In my about 20 cm above the work surface mounted socket, this results in a maximum distance of 20 cm from the wall outlet. As in the base plate only one outlet is incorporated for the cable and this in the top of the bottom plate - vertically below the discharge opening - is, the exhaust port is fairly close to the outlet. Certainly not ideal, a little side-mounted cable gland I had found intelligent.
The plug of the cable is bent, the cable is so out clean on the wall down, you put accordingly.
Moreover, you find inside the kettle a exposed heating element, which is the most energy efficient of the me known systems, but brings a slightly increased cleaning effort.
The bilateral level scale is brought from outside as well - poor from the inside over quite readable, greets the usual problem of condensation - in view of the open stove.
The lid can be opened via a mounted at the upper end of the handle push button, which can be operated easily without contortions and effort.
Once pressed folds the lid at an angle of about 40 ° and makes a filling to.
For taps with a big head, you can open the lid by hand and further, he then locked at about 90 °.
Turns on Severin a large pressure switch, which indicates the current flow through a highly visible red illumination. If the intention is premature off, so two-handed action is necessary. One hand secures the WK, the other must pull the switch out of the lock. If the WK not detained, so he wanders through the countertop.
A LOCKING pushbutton that could switch off via a further pressure once again, would be the more reasonable, but certainly more expensive solution.
In the first Intriebnahme plastic smell was more noticeable after five cooking sessions I could perceive no olfactory impairment more.
14 ° C cold tap water converts the WK3485 in 5 minutes and 15 seconds in the state of boiling liquid, then takes the automatic shutdown. The shutdown takes place by my previous experience, quite late with kettles. The transition from bubble to film boiling takes place significantly before the shutdown.
Advantage here: The water is mixed by the large, detaching from the heating coil bubbles at things, upgrades. A disadvantage is certainly the energy consumption, which is lower by a few% failures could would use the shutdown with boiling point.
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Let's talk about the points that stood out to me negatively:
Collects on the inside of the lid itself during the cooking process condensate. These water droplets can be quite hot. Hebst to the kettle then after the completion of the high process of the base plate from him and tilts somewhat to the rear, the cover design allows the drainage of these drops on the hand.
Risk of burning, there is no because the drops to cool sufficiently on their migration, but this circumstance is always ugly.
From selbigem reason, a filling on the 1.7 liter mark prohibits away. Then can be torrents from the drops.
So please respect precisely those which have problems with the stabilization of the wrist, such as after a break. The WK will be straight out.
Next the light, single-layer structure leads to the outside of the WK 3485 is very hot during use. Again, I would not speak during a brief touch of a risk of burns, but the outside of the Befüllskalen around has shortly after shutdown at full filling well over 80 ° C. No problem if you touch only briefly, but who must lead the kettle when filling a pot or the like with two hands because otherwise not enough strength, perhaps looking for a model to deal with better insulation.
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All in all:
A few minor design flaws but no serious problems are the WK 3485 appear in my eyes worth more than its price.
Four stars.
NB: Many words to a kettle)
