Breville Temp Select™ Kettle, BKE720BSS, Stainless Steel

We purchased as a gift for our child. The breville electric kettle has precise heat settings for a variety of teas. It is quick to heat up, has a musical tone when the temperature is reached and auto shut off. The water capacity is large and can make several cups of tea for the family to enjoy. The stainless steel is beautiful and easy to clean. Highly recommend.

Let me start off by saying that we use our kettle a lot – upwards of half a dozen times daily for tea, coffee, and various cooking and cleaning applications.

I was tired of dealing with a standard kettle on a electric hob due to its inefficiency and having to deal with a hot top that takes forever to cool. After a lot of research on electric kettles, we settled on this one.

First the positives – it works, and works well. I love the temperature controls and the ability to turn on the kettle and walk away.

Why not 5 stars then? A couple of reasons –

1. The choice of glass makes it almost impossible to see the fill level unless you have under counter lighting, and,
2. The awful choice of beeper and the inability to turn it on/off. Pick up the kettle, it beeps. Put it down, it beeps. Turn it on, it beeps. Temperature reached, it beeps. You get the idea. The beep itself is a special pitch and frequency from hell. There are videos online showing you how to disable it should you go that route.

All in all, this has become a workhorse in our kitchen. Just be warned about the beeps.

This is an update on my Breville kettle, 3 years in. A few days ago the kettle suddenly stopped boiling water.
Some other reviewers mentioned this too and ended up ditching the kettle. I tried to fix it.
The base lit up as usual, and I tested it using another recent purchase a small 3 cup kettle with the same type of base–the base was working and it heated my back-up kettle. After reading the Breville instruction manual again, I spotted something I had never done–descale the kettle. I would look into it every now and then, it did have a slight grayish discoloration, which I thought was because of the heating element. That was actually lime scale, and it will eventually stop the kettle from working. I first used vinegar and a soft brush to try to get it off without much success but I could see the areas where I had brushed had cleared a bit. The instructions say to clean periodically with a descaling product or a vinegar and water mix, and boil. Since the kettle wasn’t functioning, boiling wasn’t going to happen, so I tried putting in 2/3 cup vinegar and then filling with BOILED water to the MINIMUM fill line. I let that stand overnight. The next morning I was surprised to see the kettle back to it’s new gleam on the inside, and happily, it is now back to boiling. I still love this kettle, and am keeping the 5 stars. The feature I love the most is the auto shut off and it boils quickly. As with everything, it pays to read and follow all the advice in the directions!

Original Review:
I’m giving this kettle 5 stars because I t’s the best kettle I’ve ever had! I’ve been using it for several months now and it performs beautifully. I haven’t had any problems whatsoever. What another reviewer described as “rust” around the bottom of the inside is, I believe, some slight discoloration on the stainless steel as this is where the heating coil is located. I saw this too after the first time I used it, but it’s virtually disappeared. It certainly isn’t rust and doesn’t affect the use. I am also in the habit of not leaving water sitting in the pot, just dump it out when we’re done and leave the lid open to let it air dry. It does beep when the water boils and every time the pot is lifted off the warming plate. I don’t find this particularly loud or annoying. I especially like that one can choose the perfect temperature for whatever beverage is being made.

I bought this over a year ago to replace my stove top kettle for its temperature control and size. The button layout is easy to understand but the only minor issue I ran into is the lid. Sometimes the spring that compresses to release the lid doesn’t compress enough. It’s very minor as you can wiggle it open and once it’s open, you can press in the little tab that sticks out to unlock the lid with your finger. Compress it all the way with your finger and that should fix it.

It’s a better version than the first one I purchased. The previous model developed a leak right below the handle area that connects to the kettle. I guess breville won’t replace it even though it was less than a year old. This new model I purchased works better and hopefully I won’t have the same issue.