Tefal BR303844 Reviews: Modern Kettle

+ energy saving

- water not quite boiling and so have to warm up cup first

+ good idea

- water is never hot enough

+ it was very quick

- the drinks were not very hot

+ The idea of producing ONE cup of hot water. I drink infusions, so the drink is poured into the cup and is steeping while I'm not even in the room.

- 2 things.
1....The outlet for the water is very high above the cup and creates a lot of splashes because of the distance the water falls. 2... The water isn't hot enough. It is published that it's not boiling, but within one week of use the temperature of the water had reduced, so much so, that as a test I could put my finger into the cup of water immediately after it had completed being poured.

+ you know your doing your bit to save the Planet

- Haven't found any yet

+ does what it states the only thin is it seems to splash when pouring so keep hands clear as my son was scalded

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+ you get instant hot water for your coffee and filtered water for babys milk

- filter only last about 2/3 weeks , we dont constantly have this on on average 6/8 brews a day and 2 babys bottles

+ Quick and easy

- Short electric lead

+ Easy to use

- Does not heat the water hot enough for tea (just ok for coffee).
Very noisy when in use.
Not cheap for a kettle

+ Its quick if you're just making one or two cuppas.

- Water is not as warm as out of a kettle, your drink also seems to cool down quickly. The machine splutters and splashes a bit of water as it comes out. If you want to make a few cuppas or fill a teapot or a flask its not that great. I've gone back to my old kettle.

+ Hot water at a touch of the button

- Does not indicate when filter needs changing

+ It is quick and convenient, especially with our busy schedule

- It consumes large amounts of electricity to heat the water, but this is offset by the speed.

+ Very quick hot water.

- Spits a bit when dispensing water.

+ not waiting for it to boil means i can have a hot drink that i might not get if i had to wait for a kettle to boil when running late

- the only bad point is it can spash very hot water at you if you stand to close

+ Very quick, very convenient

- It spits water around the surrounding area - only a small niggle, mind!

+ Does exactly what it says on the tin!
Delivers a quick cup of hot or cold water
Can be programmed to deliver as specific amount of water each time

- The water is not boiling, so you have to drink the drink immediately.
I would like the option of a larger water reservoir
It does drip after use

+ good for quick single cup drinks and the water is filtered

- the water is not heated sufficiantly to make tea I get hotter tap water! It makes a lot of noise and when making more than one drink it does take a long time to fill the cups.

+ Easy to use - Handy for a quick hot drink.

- The water isn't hot enough for making tea. It also has a slight taste to the drink. The water filter is a waste if time & only after a short period it broke off. Still works without it.

+ Quick and easy to use.

- Water splashes from cup upon filling, not so hot as a normal kettle.

+ Quick and easy to use. Great for a quick cuppa.

- Spits a bit but not a real problem.

+ very fast ,easy to use and saving of electricity

- good temperature for coffee but could be a little hotter for making tea

+ Saves on boiling hot water, quick.

- Water could be a bit hotter specially for tea. Have to run some out and discard to get very hot water. Measure of 1 cup lightly too large as it overflows most mugs

+ Quick and easy to use

- Hot water could be a bit hotter, It's probably not as hot as a normal kettle would boil it.

+ very quick

- bit noisy

+ quick

- no hot enough

+ Instant hot water

- Needs jug / tea-pot option for the automatic filling

+ Very quick

- Not boiling

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- Fails to get as hot as a kettle so therefore hot drinks are not veryhot at all

+ instant hot water

- water not quite hot enough some of the family, but o.k. for me

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- hot water but not boiling

+ all the things i checked above

- the noise when using. very loud

+ no good points

- not had it long and it doesnt work anymore and its had very little use

+ It is quick for a small amount of water.

- Does not BOIL. For a good cuppa you still need to boil a kettle

+ Fantastically quick and easy to use

- splash back

+ i use less electric
my drinks are made in seconds

- alittle bulky but nothing major

+ Quick cup of hot water, hot enough for drink in my opinion

- spits and splutters a lot, leaks around the inlet and water also drips from the spout. very noisy

+ Only heats the water you need saving you money.
Measures out 220 ml of water which is great and you can easily top up if you need to.

- I tend to disguard the first 3 seconds water as it isn't hot enough.
The water doesn't seem to get as hot as in a standard kettle.
Filters are expensive so I don't use them.

+ fantastic product

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+ Makes a perfect cup of clack instant coffee from freeze dried instant coffee (the stuff that is hard to disolve) perfect for me. Just Keep it on my bed side table and press the button and I have my coffee in the morning, had reports from my brother who has one that it makes a decent cup of tea.

- Water output not quiet hot enough for a potnoodle.

+ Energy saving, quick !

- Noisy !

+ Quickly heats up water.

- Too noisy and spits water out rather than flows gently

+ kwick cup of tea or coffee.hot water eny time.gives just a cup in one meassuerv

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+ Good looks clean filtered water

- not hot enough. No good for a cup of coffee or tea.Grandchildren only users to make warm blackcurrent
Can place finger in water without it burning. Was bought to make a quick cuppa but is no good for this purpose.

+ very quick cuppa'

- should be slightly hotter!!

+ cheap

- water not hot enough

+ Provides small amounts of water at the touch of a button so no need to boil a kettle of water. Also filtered cold water as well.

- Can't think of any.

+ Very quick, easy to use and perfect for coffee, hot chocolate etc

- Don't buy this if you're a serious tea drinker, the tea from the QuickCup is alright but not amazing.

+ instant hot water

- water outlet is really bad design to the point that unless you hold the cup with the outlet spout inside it you could easily get burnt from the splurt of the water. the water is not hot enough for a good cup of tea therefore can only really use for coffee.

+ excellent product wouldnt be without it, so easy to use excelllent for a busy life

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+ Quick, instant boiling water

- Noisy!! Not good for large families/groups

+ no good points

- it's just crap water only gets warm not hot got my moey back

+ Use to use and only takes a few minutes to poor a few cups of tea without having to wait for a kettle to boil.

- The water does not completely come to boiling point and sometimes when you add milk there are streaks of milk floating on the surface.

+ Simple to use, economical and very quick.

- A little noisy, you drink even more tea because it's so convenient!!

+ Instant cup of tea!

- Sometimes leaves a white film on top of drinks even after filter change.

+ A good idea, easy to use and look after

- It doesn't work as advertised. It does not produce boiling water, just hot water. That is good enough for coffee and just about good enough for tea but no good to make instant sauces like gravy and custard which require the water to be boiling. (So you need a kettle as well!)

+ This is a very good product from Tefal.
Easy to use & I have definatley noticed a reduction in my electricity consumption, which can only be a good thing for the environment & for my pocket!!

- Only bad point about this product is that it splashes water a lot when making a cuppa.
Doesn't sound like a big problem, but when it happens every time it can get a bit annoying.

+ Good for if you want a coffee on the go

- Doesn't make a very nice cup of tea and if you are making more than 2 drinks it's easier to put the kettle on

+ very easy to use

- none

+ Filters its' own water. Heats water quickly in small amounts. Looks quite good.

- Water never seems to boil and is not very hot. It splutters and sprays water at uneven rates causing splashing.
Very noisy when operational.

+ Efficient use of energy, and very quick availability of hot water.

- The pump is a bit noisy

+ very quick, works well.

- needs larger water reservoir 1.5lt is not big enough

+ very quick to use (you dont have to wait long for that 1st cup of coffee when you get up)

- its a bit noisy

+ Quick and easy for single cups

- Noisy

+ Very practical

- Water splashes too much outside the cup

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- Water not hot as a boiling kettle, noisy operation

+ It makes instant hot water and saves using kettle for hot water and coffee

- It takes much much longer than the 3 seconds advertised

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- water not hot enough to make tea, filters are expensive

+ It looks good and will fit into any modern kitchen; the addition of a water filter cartridge is an added bonus, and it is safe around children as the appliance stays cool and does not contain hot water. You also can't deny that it saves you energy and so helps the planet, and it really does give you a cup of tea/coffee within three seconds.

- It is rather noisy, and the water container is awkward to remove to refill, but can be easily filled with a jug instead; the most noticable negative about the product is the fact that it only reaches 98 degrees centrigrade and because of this your cup of tea/coffee cools much quicker - you really have to drink it straightaway.

+ Great for convience.Not waiting for kettle to boil.

- Water isn't as hot as boiled water from kettle,drinks are drinking temp straight away.Takes a while if you're making alot of drinks.

+ The idea is good, and it looks good.

- It's loud, slow and the water isn't hot enough for making a cup of tea, or more importantly a pot noodle.

+ Very safe for the child to make hot drinks as they don't have to lift the kettle. Its very quick to make drinks in 3 seconds.

- The water is only warm. Never boiling!

+ Brilliant, instant hot drinks and it saves me money.
I sometimes get called out during the night and it's so convenient to grab a coffee on the run without having to hang around for a kettle to boil. Could never go back to a conventional kettle.

- The water resevior could be bigger, but it is suffient for several mugs, Maybe I'm the only one in the house who ever re-fills it!

+ so quick just 1 press of a button and 1 cup of hot water

- 1) water is not boiling but ideal for drinking there and then
2) water tank a little small requires filling up 3 times a day (weekends)

+ I could not find anything good about this product,

- to badly designed, to fragile, not good at all.
I have had three, the first developed a fault after 7 days, the second was smashed in transit, the third developed a fault after the 2nd day of use. The idea is good but has not been designed with strength and reliability. never again

+ quick

- spat out boiling water and was very flimsy for the price

+ Quick hot water

- Too noisy. Lid rattles with buzzing. Filters don't last very long and are too expensive

+ Very quick cup of tea

- Water doesnt stay hot long, noisy, have to clean it with distilled vinegar every month

+ Very easy and quick to use

- Filter doesn't last very long

+ New idea, easy to use, no hard water problems

- Water capacity isnt much, spalshes a lot, could do with a chiller function and a hot function version so you can have one big jug of water and server both (this model does room temperature and hot).

+ Does what it says on the packet! Very good if you want just 1 cup.

- Still haven't been able to find a replacement filter.

+ quick and easy to use but not what I wanted as needed water to boil

- The water does not boil for a cup of tea ok for coffee but expected boiling not just hot water

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- awful have stopped using it, makes aterrible cup of tea, not nearly hot enough.

+ its quick

- first bit of water is always cold

+ Very easy to use and filters the water as well as heats it. Immeadiate hot water.

- Water not quite as hot as a normal kettle but hot enough for coffee and tea.

+ Produces Hot and cold filtered water in seconds

- The water is Hot, but not boiling hot, no where near as hot at a kettle, so its not really suitable for Tea, but ok for coffea. Subsequently we have had to purchase a kettle too. The kettle boils water which is hot enough for any hot drink! The Tefal water filter is now a nice decarative ornament in the Kitchen

+ Nice Idea

- Sounds like a jack hammer when heating water. The overall temprature of the water is not that high, as it does not boil only heats...

+ Nice idea that would hopefully reduce the amount of water/electricity being used to make a cuppa.

- It leaks, it's noisey and only lasted about a week before being returned, a big disappointment.

+ Really quick and convenient and pleasing on the eye.

- Water could be a tad hotter.

+ it does exactly what it says

- filters only last 4 weeks and cannot get cheaper alternatives

+ Speed and efficiency

- Not hot enough to make Earl grey Tea, No facility to alter the Temperature. Unable to fill flasks etc.

+ Just what a busy family and small business needed. Now we can have drinks whenever the need takes us.

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- I was extremely disappointed with this item as although it seemed to work as expected the drinks made were of a poor quality due to the fact that water is not boiled - a residue appears in tea or coffee and as I am a great tea drinker I could taste the difference. The water came out quicker than expected but this was not good as it spurted out in what I considered a dangerous manner - no amount of resetting/cleaning etc changed its performance. I did not use the item again and it remains an ornament in my kitchen Great idea - not so great reality!

+ When it worked it was good

- it didn't work often,

+ easy of use and convenience

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+ Does exactly what it says on the box

- Advise draining a small (5cl) amount of water off before filling a cup to get the hottest water

+ immediate hot water. easy to use no need to pick up, put cup under and walk away to do other things. like butter your toast etc.

- casing is quite cheaply made. the plastic seems very brittle and easy to break. needs to be well back on work surface as it has a tendancy to splash when delivering hot water.

+ Good idea - but doesnt work

- Gives out warm water - useless for making tea or indeed any 'hot' drink

+ Does exactly what it says on the box, now bought three of them for family members. Simply a brilliant piece of kit.

- Its not self filling but you cant have them all.

+ The fact that it delivers hot water at a reasonable rate

- It tends to want to move about a bit if you do not hold it down. The filters are rather expensive

+ easy to use when you are in a rush, good for pot noodles

- water not hot enough to make a nice tasting tea, doesn't hold a lot of water if making 4 cups or more.