Fast Boil Kettles

[parkesquay]

I have a kettle which is fast boil but very noisy. Good idea you may think. However there appears to be a real downside to fastboil kettles(so a local retailer told me) - NOISE AND MORE NOISE.

Has anybody else experienced this because I would love to buy the Morphy Richards(Red)Traditional Memphis kettle but this is also listed as 'fast boil'.

I obviously don't want to buy something which is just as noisy.g

[buildersmate]

The noise is something to do with the turbulence of the water around the element as it tries to boil right up close to the element and then mixes with slightly cooler water further away (there's probably a fancy technical term of it). The fastboil products have very high rated elements so get hotter, so more noise. It is also very dependent on the hardness of your water because calcium deposits around the element make it worse. Can't think there's much you can do about it. I just suffer it - not as if I'm constantly boiling water.

[Denise S.]

I have a Russell Hobbs 'futura' kettle and it drives me mad !!! It is so noisy that I have to turn it off if I watch the small T.V. in the kitchen.

[xanderma]

We had the same problem with 2 fastboil kettles - they were so noisy we could hear them from the bedrooom!!

In the end, I gave up comletely, and bought a cheap kettle from �-stretcher (about �6) which is running fine after 2 years and is lovely & quiet!

I'd save your money if I were you!

[WendyS]

I never imagined a fastboil kettle would be a problem until we switched to a wireless telephone system with a really "tinny" ring to it. Now we can't even hear the phone ringing in the adjacent room when the kettle is switched on. I'm not convinced that the fast boil facility is a major advantage. Just leaving the minimum amount of water that you actually need to boil in the kettle seems to be be an equally fast solution and probably saves a little electricity into the bargain.