Comments on: Are Whistling Hob Kettles More Efficient?

By: Mrs.Dirty Boots

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:16:58 +0000

Suzanne, you cannot beat a stove top whistling kettle purely for the lovely sound!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:12:19 +0000

This is so cool – thank-you for the info! I need a new kettle and I was torn between electric or stove top, and kept having an inner debate over which one was more eco-friendly. It’s nice to know there are other people who are concerned about how our everyday choices impact the environment. I’m going to definitely go with the stove top – considering the resources that go into an electric, plus the plastic…..and I was worried about continually drinking hot water that had been sitting in a plastic container : (

By: Mrs.Dirty Boots

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:27:57 +0000

Lucy, I believe that most of these that are suitable for electric hobs – there is usually a sticker or something on the box that says which they are okay for.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:37:35 +0000

Do you know if you can use these kettles on an electric hob or is it just for gas?

By: Amy from San Jose

Amy from San Jose — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:46:01 +0000

Great read, thanks for putting it up.

By: Julklappar

Julklappar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:12 +0000

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By: Mrs.Dirty Boots

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:11:52 +0000

Glad its not just me then, you lot sure seem to like your kettles too! I see no-one smiling at a plastic electric kettle!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:41:02 +0000

Sounds like the kettle has it hands down. I agree with you, and I'll add another reason. We heat with a kerosene stove and have a kettle (with the whistle disabled) on it all the time. It humidifies, keeps the water hot for a cup of tea anytime, and it sounds nice. The sound that a kettle makes as it warms on a fire is referred to as "the wind in the pines" in Japanese. A comforting sound on a cold winter day. Thanks for great blog. Dan’s last blog post..Biodynamics and Steiner Education

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:31:13 +0000

Our stove-top kettle is bright red, but does not whistle. So far that hasn't been a problem! My kettle makes me smile. Fun post. Valerie’s last blog post..Seedy Saturday

By: Goo

Goo — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:28:24 +0000

I'm glad to see we're not the only ones obsessing about kettles at the moment. It's a bit colder where we are so we have our log burner, (and a stove) burning most of the year. We have no problem boiling our kettles on these and even when they're dying down at night we use them to gradually warm the kettles for hot-water bottles at bed time. We run off batteries also, and the combination of first of all filling a kettle and bringing in the water pump and then using electricity to boil it can often kickstart our generator unnecessarily, this is annoying as the generator is very wasteful if not used to capacity. Goo’s last blog post..AC/DC and my inverter