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Question: Is this a plastic free kettle?
Document: It has been my experience that when a company does use bpa free plastic, they are very eager to make that information known. Drinking cold water out of guaranteed BPA plastic water bottles is doable for me, but drinking hot water that has been in constant contact with questionable plastic, is not an option.I am really disappointed. I had a cheaper version of this kettle from Walmart, and the only non-removable plastic was the channel that the screen slides into.
The kettle worked fine for a week, but now emits a smell that falls somewhere between fish and burned plastic. Whatever it is, it isn't right and the smell won't go away for hours. Avoid this hunk o' junk.
Sorry to be one of the few nay-sayers in this bunch, but there are a couple of plastic parts inside this kettle that cannot be removed; and for me that is a major disappointment. There is the removable filter screen, but the fixed channel it fits into is plastic. And there is another plastic part inside as well (a long skinny flexible piece that is attached near the bottom inside the kettle).
I loved this kettle. Thought it looked very retro on my kitchen counter. Unfortunately it leaks, the lid is rusting and dripping into the water and now the plastic part of the lid has come off, meaning condensation runs from the lid onto your counter/hands while pouring. I'm out of the "return window" with Amazon for this product so will have to see what they can do to assist me with what is clearly sub-standard.
So this water is extremely hot, even though the kettle exterior seems relatively cool. Since my primary intent of using this kettle was to boil tap water and then use that water to refill empty plastic water bottles, I took off the lid, unplugged the kettle and let it cool down on the counter. After about three hours, the water was still hot.
But like I said, I checked all the obvious channels and could find no mention of the type of plastic that is used in this kettle.One final note, I see that some find the kettle hard to clean, as it is difficult to fit the hand inside. I'm an average boned female, and I was able to fit my had inside and move it around to clean the kettle.
I just wanted to mention this about my reusable plastic beverage container melting, even though I had previously used it every day to hold what I thought was "boiling hot coffee" from a restaurant. The heat difference between the temperature of my daily "hot" restaurant coffee and the temperature of the water after being boiled in this kettle is significant. You haven't seen "boiling hot" until you've met this electric kettle.
The Walmart kettle quit heating water for me after several months, so I was hoping to have good luck with this one. But the plastic inside is a deal breaker for me.I did fill it up and try it, just to make sure it worked well. It holds a good amount of water and heats it very quickly; if I ever find a need for non-ingestible boiling water maybe I will use the kettle.
Anyway, I'm really happy with this Russell Hobbs kettle. It's a nice size, a great color, and best of all it boils water very quickly with no trouble. The only plastic part that comes in contact with the water is the water level indicator, but that is a tiny amount of plastic and you can't taste it in the water. Actually, it comes with a plastic filter inside it, too, which I removed promptly because I didn't see any use for it and, well, it was plastic.
The body of this kettle is stainless steel. The kettle sits on what looks like a round hot plate, and there is a power cord underneath the hot plate which you can connect directly to a wall outlet. Cold tap water was boiling hot in less than ten minutes.Now here's the caution. After taking off the kettle lid and waiting for an hour, I poured the boiled water into a plastic container the mfg. swore was "hot and cold beverage friendly." Nope.
Answer: The working parts are all stainless steel, but of course the base and handle will be of a plastic material but nothing that comes into contact with the water contents. At the back of the kettle there is a clear plastic window that shows the amount of water in the kettle. This appears to be a small reservoir and again does not appear to be part of the main water containment area. The filter inside is of a high density nylon mesh. The lid exterior is plastic but the lid interior appears to be stainless steel.Hope that helps.