Kettles, 12 years apart

[nanila]

Our beloved and heavily used red DeLonghi kettle finally died on us last month after twelve years of intensive service. After much deliberation, we decided to replace it with the same brand and colour again. Although it's the same basic shape and colour scheme, there have been small tweaks to the design in the intervening time between kettle purchases. I would enumerate them, but I need a cuppa.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Both are handsome indeed!

[azurelunatic]

I hope the new one serves you with the same reliability!

[cmcmck]

How odd! Our Di Longhi coffee grinder and now your kettle!

[meathiel]

12 years is really good.
I've never had a kettle for more than 3 or 4 years. But our water is really bad.

[sabethea]

I’ve scrolled past this picture twice and it’s made me happy both times so I neee to stop to tell you :)

[propergoffick]

Nothing quite like replacing the good and reliable thing with another thing that's Basically Just Like It.

I also need a cuppa. My kettle is not an old and faithful friend. It's very "tech" and jiggles like a Dalek as it boils. But it does have a range of lower settings, for hot water bottles and coffee and other things that don't need to be AT ONE HUNDRED DEGREES, and that is something.

[silveradept]

Hopefully the new one gives you the same excellent and long service as the old one did.

[ursajoanna]

Oh this is very satisfying.

[nanila]

It's an attractive kettle as well as being good quality!

[nanila]

Thanks, me too! Fingers crossed it's still available in another dozen years...

[nanila]

Simultaneous existential crises!

[nanila]

Yes, hard water is brutal on kettles. Despite the relatively soft water here, the old one probably would have lasted longer if we hadn't got a bit lackadaisical about descaling it periodically. :/

[nanila]

:D I'm glad it's not just me! Thanks!

[nanila]

It's such a good feeling! :D

Oh wow, fancy kettle. I love that it has a hot water bottle setting, there's something particularly British about that!

I was gifted a fancy tea-maker a couple of years ago by My Friend Josh and that has settings for all different types of tea. I love it.

[nanila]

I hope so too. It's such a good and familiar design. I'm happy that we made that decision.

[nanila]

It is! The colour has deepened slightly, but I don't mind. The new red also has a faintly metallic sheen which I find attractive.

[(Anonymous)]

Could it be that the original has faded slightly without you registering the change?

[nanila]

I would concede this was possible apart from two things. A) old kettle had never been in direct sunlight, kitchens in both houses it lived in were quite dark and B) we bought a matching toaster at the same time; toaster is still going and matches old kettle but not new kettle.

[benicek]

12 years! My parents had a classic Russell Hobbs that lasted that long but 3 years seems to be the max with any I've owned.

[nanila]

Yes, it survived years of neglect (sorry, old kettle). We looked after it well until the kids came along but then its regular descaling fell by the wayside, sadly.

[cha_mel_eon]

I find this kettle photo aesthetically pleasing! XD