Was gonna post a screenshot of a google image search for kettles. Made me too depressed to do so seeing the results. Why so much poor and mediocre design? Not like it’s a niche item. Sure, a $30 kettle boils water same as a $200 kettle, but even the “expensive” $100+ ones are pretty bad. Even the best is “best of the worst”. Something like this seems like such low hanging fruit. It’s not something where tech makes its obsolete. Design a good kettle and if right, should be the only kettle you need to buy. For life. I’d pay $200+ for a “lifer”.
I see a few stovetop kettles that fit this, but nothing electric. Maybe just a strange demographic thing that those aesthete consumers have gas or a caterer kitchen that don’t need to ever see it? Gotta be a middle room for a $150-250 nice electric kettle.
/rant
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