Vektra VEK-1701 Vacuum Insulated Environmentally Eco Friendly Easy Pour Cordless Kettle, 1.7 Litre, Stainless Steel

This kettle is fabulous and it actually saves money as you don't need to keep re-boiling the water. Once boiled, the insulation keeps water hot for ages afterwards. I haven't exactly timed how long the water stays hot as it has always been perfect for instant coffee or hot squashes. Simple to pour out by holding the tab down and you get a well regulated flow.

Fabulous. Quiet and quick. Really excellent. Only improvement would be having an outside water measurement so you can see without opening it. Otherwise, highly recommended and does what is says - keeps the water hot. UPDATE: After 18 months, the tab on the lid broke. I could still use it but had to twist the lid each time to open. Contacted Vektra and they have provided a new lid free - THANK-YOU! My only wish now was that it was much bigger, because it holds the heat so well but I use it all too fast. Boil once a day for all your water for tea & coffee.

Had really high hopes for this, love the idea insulated kettle to keep the water warm after it’s boiled. Quality let’s it down a bitCouple of issues- The lid comes fully off by rotating using the pour lever, not an issue yet but can see it being an issue in future if someone forces it.- The writing that tells you which way to rotate the lid is already wearing off- The button to heat the water doesn’t feel very premium- There is no alert to tell you the kettle has boiled- The kettle makes a noise once it has boiled when it releases pressure, seems to bleed this off gradually.- You do have to tip it up quite far whilst depressing the handle to pour it although you can get round this by removing the topThat said is it all worth it for the benefits, it works for me as it’s easy and convenient but actually it may be more eco to boil and decant into a sealed flask. Can’t say yet if I’d buy another one see how it holds up

These are great kettles when they are working. Problem is that we got our first one in May 2016, that died less than four years later in January 2020. We then ordered a replacement in Jan. 2020, that barely lasted nine months.Amazon were very good about replacing the most recent casualty free of charge, it is hardly helping the environment, or ones personal finances, if you have to keep renewing the product and generating waste.The KSP is the ability to keep water warm, so if like most people, you boil a full kettle for a cup of tea, then after 10 minutes top up the pot for a second and then a third cup, you don't neet to reheat the water from scratch.Unfortunately, these are expensive kettles so energy saving benefits are cancelled out if you have to keep buying new ones. We have had £25 kettles that lasted longer than four years.Message to Grunwerg, potentially great product, but product longevity needs to improve in order to justify the price tag and the eco label.

The media could not be loaded. DO NOT BUY THIS KETTLE.I've owned a Vektra 1.7 for 3 years and it was a fantastic kettle, keeping the water hot for hours. The switch broke so I ordered a new one. The new one collects steam, in the form of water - lots of water, in the lid. If you open the lid to pour quickly or for re-filling (remember the water stays at near boiling temperature for hours so chances are you may well open it again to top up while water is still hot) near-boiling hot water pours out from under the lid catch on to your hand.Because I think this is a very serious health and safety hazard and also because the previous kettle was so good, I raised this with Grunwerg, whose name appears on the box as manufacturer/supplier. The response I got could not have been less helpful and when, after much prompting, they eventually looked at the video they said: "this is due to how the kettle is being used and has nothing to do with manufacturing".I am appalled by their response: to blame the customer for misuse because I wanted to top up the kettle, to ignore the high probability of someone getting badly scalded and to ignore that I repeatedly said how happy we were with the very same kettle bought 3 years ago which never did this.Terrible customer service and a, previously, great kettle is now unusable.Unfortunately this appears to be the only vacuum kettle available. I've now put a thermos next to the kettle which is a pain but avoids repeated heating of kettle which is what sold the Vektra to me in the first place.

I have read reviews that this kettle was poorly built and easily broken but my family has been using this kettle for over 3 years now and heavily in the last 6 months (3-6 boils per day) and have so far had no issues. It is very handy to be able to boil the kettle once in the morning and tea be made over a couple of hours without needing to re-boil.It can be a little fiddly to pour when on the last cupful or so but this is hardly difficult and the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.For what it is worth I bought a second one for use on the boat as I thought the first was so good.

The kettle does keep the water hot for a long period but there is no visible guide as to how hot the water is or indeed how much is in the kettle. When full, it is heavy for the elderly and although less than a year old it is tripping the fuse board. Also the markings are fading.

The kettle does preserve the heated water hot. but does not keep the water heated for more than an hour and half.