Quote Originally Posted by IshbelRobertson View Post
I think every household in the UK has at least one electric kettle. I can highly recommend the products of a British company, Dualit, whose goods are actually manufactured here. I own a kettle and two toasters, one a two-slot, when it's just us, and a four slot when family/visitors descend.

They are more expensive than most, but hardwearing.
you only get a couple of years at the most from a cheap plastic one, I worry about the chemicals being leached by the plastic from kettles. I have a stainless steel one almost 2 years old now!