Solid product with potential for improvement

First noticed the Philips HD9326 / 21 kettle with the high-quality workmanship. It is made of stainless steel with a plastic handle; if you along with your finger strokes on the inner edge of the open kettle is immediately apparent how high is the processing at this point. I had some time ago in which a bent stainless steel kettle in his hand, at this point only the metal internally and was rounded. You can tell just what you get for the higher price.
The boiler and the storage tray form visually appealing unit which receives a futuristic touch the buttons to adjust the water temperature. Unlike most water heaters, the cover is not connected at the rear end with the boiler, but sits on a spring mechanism in the boiler opening. On the one hand gives the spring mechanism valence - the cover "snaps" into the vertical position and does not have to be hochgepult with the fingers of your free hand. On the other hand, the lid becomes very quickly to drop spin. I cook very often several jugs of hot water immediately after the other. The stainless steel of the kettle remains hot as a plastic kettle for a long time. In this model the cover is often still glowing hot from the last cooking process if I again go to the tap and let the water run in new. The snap closure of the cover has thereby sprayed me already hot tropics to the arms and because I had forgotten how hot the lid is still, I have burned me on pressing under the tap fingers.

Especially in connection with the lid to me on two product claims. It says: "The spring-loaded lid has a large opening for easy filling and cleaning of the device and prevents any contact with steam."
That the lid very tightly closed and no water right overcooked. This is one of the positive aspects of the stove where you can moor inter alia its quality. Unfortunately, nobody seems to have noticed that instead of hot steam may very well come into contact with hot flying droplets.
The statement said that the opening was particularly great wrong because the lid is in the opening and can not be removed. Clean the kettle thoroughly with your hands or wipe just once dry is not because you do not get your hand through the opening.

The water level indicator has probably unfortunately also devised no practitioners. One sees only from about 750 ml of water in the boiler. Theoretically, you can cook from 250 ml of water lt. Manual. So there is no reason not to pour the contents of a large cup or soup bowl in the stove and heat, but a strange feeling of loss of control remains. The fact that there is only one window and it is mounted directly below the handle, you either need to contort themselves or tow the kettle somehow in a position where you can watch the water level. That's very inconvenient and could be better thought out. Wr but (like me) almost always only the boiler power to cook pots of tea, for which the exact water level is already irrelevant.

Once the kettle is ready, he will respond with a beep. I was pleasantly surprised of how pleasant the sound and short the signal drops out. If you ignore it reminds a renewed beep after 2 minutes although again the fact that the water is now ready, but that's about it. All in all, this is a gratifying unobtrusive method of contact. Via the keep warm function to keep warm the cooked liquid for 30 minutes at the desired temperature, this function I need but hardly ever, so I think it's good that I do not have to use and the kettle from me can be used and operated as it is convenient for my needs.

In order to heat the maximum capacity of 1.7 liters of water to 100 degrees required of Kettle 5.5 minutes. As you can tell him the 2200 Watts to because with my old 3000 watt boiler I have needed only about 4 minutes for the same amount. All in all, the Philips HD9326 / 21 a solid processed kettle with some unusual extras which explicitly is suited for use in boarding houses or other establishments serving the public according to instruction.