( 117 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 5 2009
The Capresso Water Kettle is so handy and so safe for providing instant (nearly) hot water for many purposes. I cook on a gas stove and had left the burner on extreme low sometimes to keep a tea kettle hot, but then forgot it. This is so much safer and reliable. I just love the Capresso Water Kettle!
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Posted: Jul 30 2009
The number one problem is that something leeches chemicals into the water. The water tastes absolutely disgusting, and there is a very strong nasty odor from it as well. I compared it with the taste and smell if I boil the water on a stove top kettle - and of course that water tastes and smells perfectly fine. Basically, you are probably ingesting all sorts of poisonous chemicals that are leeching into the water as the kettle boils, and especially if it sits there a while. This is a dangerous product! It doesn't even work that great because there is a blue light on the switch that is supposed to glow when you turn it on, and it doesn't. So you can't really tell just by looking at the light when the kettle is finished. I am absolutely returning this thing.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 25 2009
This is an attractive kettle. It does its job well, boiling water quickly and quietly. The prominent silver heating element does get discolored with little black/gray spots for some reason fairly quickly, and vinegar treatments do not get it back to looking like new. By the way, I did not experience an odor or taste like other reviewers mentioned. I scrubbed and boiled a few pots prior to first use for consumption, which probably helped. Three stars is a very generous rating, considering what happened to me. After six months of daily use, I was pouring boiling water from this kettle when the glued-on handle separated from the glass, causing the lid to pull out from the top of the handle, and the bottom part of the handle to separate from the kettle. The entire kettle fell to the kitchen counter, spilling boiling water everywhere and very badly burning a 2" x 5" area of my belly where it had spilled over the counter onto me. This happened a week ago, and it still hurts. The pot was still under warranty, and their customer service rep was courteous, providing an address and a reference number for me to return the kettle for a new one. I hope they get this design flaw fixed before more people are injured--maybe encircle the top rim with a stainless steel band through the handle, and find a better, heat-resistant adhesive, since the handle is just glued to the glass. Otherwise, this is a beautiful pot, and it operates well. While I won't be filling the next pot to the "max" mark (maybe half that) in order to minimize the weight and reduce the force on the handle, common sense would dictate that a product like this ought to be over-engineered to prevent failure such as this.
