Like many things in our modern life of course it is not WORTH it. Neither is a bike that costs thousands of pounds or a computer that costs £1500 or a phone that costs £1000. These things have profit margins of hundreds of percent slapped on them. But what’s worth got to do with it? People buy these things because they think they’re buying into a lifestyle and portraying an image they want to other people. It’s completely narcissistic and cannot be justified in any other way.

By the way I ditched the kettle 2 years ago for a Quooker. How narcissistic am I! But it is brilliant. Not £600 brilliant, but brilliant all the same. I’d have another and would compromise on every other item in the kitchen to get one.

I’m with Wobbliscott – What are these kettles you speak of, I expect my boiling water to come straight from the tap. The Quooker is the only thing I’m taking with me from this house when I move.

I had 3 wallpaper steamers off Wickes but this was in the space of a few months. I’m surprised they take a kettle back after 2 years.

We had a Dualit kettle that failed. It wasn’t repairable – in fact it seemed to be designed so that it was impossible to take apart without breaking it further. The kettles seem well made but don’t expect them to be like the traditional Dualit toasters that can be repaired with a hammer and a screwdriver.

Most likely he walked in, realised he could only afford the base model so bought that then paid for a ‘replacement’ Turbo sticker to put on it so he didn’t look like a cheapskate 😀

At £90 I would want it to cook my full English for me while waiting for the water to boil.

15 quid job. Cover the translucent level indicator in electric tape and see if you can beat the 15 years you got out the last one that still worked, but UV light had destroyed the indicator!

We spent £40 on a ‘quiet’ kettle.

It was great, so my MiL stole it.

And I’d happily spend more on a kettle with different temperature settings…

Pan of water on the stove with a lid, boil what you need, save the planet and your wallet? 😉

We (I) bought a Cuiseart stainless steel one because it looked good and fitted in well. Lasted just under 2 years and I can’t find the receipt to return it :(. Crap

Liking the temperature settings though so would pay for that again

You are paying £83 over the odds.

Lingkettles?