Kitchen & Housewares : Bodum 5410-03USA Mini Ibis Electric Water Kettle
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from: Bodum
Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Bodum
Label: Bodum
Manufacturer: Bodum
Publisher: Bodum
Studio: Bodum
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - great as always
great as always, i had two of them and they work good for 4/5 years. a "must buy"
Rating: - Great kettle
I bought this kettle on sale in Los Angeles in 1996. It has been used almost everyday ever since. I highly recommend this kettle.
Rating: - my favorite hot water pot
I bought one of these three years ago because when someone comes to the door or there's some other distraction I have, on occasion, boiled the water too long. Because this shuts off automatically when the steam is made, this is very safe and unwasteful. I bought the new one for my mother but she doesn't use filtered water so I suppose the coils and the filter will clog up sooner than mine, but it's attractive and a little something I can do to make her life simpler and safer.
Rating:  - Good looks and speed, but has fatal design flaws
I like the looks of this kettle, it has a ball that shows the water level, and when it works it boils water relatively quickly. However, the base only accepts the kettle in a single orientation. This is a problem with the oval design of both kettle and base. If a circular power stub is in the middle of the circular base, then you don't have to get the angle of the incoming kettle just-so in order to get it on the base. Ok, so then you get it on the base and switch it on. Here you must watch ... Read More
Rating:  - Good kettle, finicky base design
Boils water quickly, but because of where the electrical contact is on the base (not centered like others), it often doesn't make contact when the kettle is placed on top, and must be jiggled into place. If you don't get it right you come back 5 minutes later to find that it never started heating...
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