Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless Steel Kettle 1.7L review

About the Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless

Russell Hobbs lists this as the Classics Kettle in brushed stainless steel, model 20441, and the retail trade also calls it the Snowdon. The body is brushed stainless steel with black accents. The jug holds 1.7 litres, which the brand rates at up to six cups. A water window at the front has cup markers, and the lid opens at the push of a button.

It runs at 3kW, and the brand claims a single cup boils in 47 seconds. The spout is shaped for a controlled pour. A removable anti-scale filter catches limescale and can be rinsed and put back. The on/off switch is illuminated, so you can see when it is on.

The kettle sits on a 360 degree base, so it can be lifted and replaced from any angle by left- and right-handed users alike. Cord storage is built into the base. There is no digital display, no quiet-boil mode, no variable temperature and no keep-warm setting: it boils water and switches off. The brand's page doesn't list a cord length, weight or box contents. A user manual is available to download from it.

What owners report about the Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless

Little written owner feedback for this exact model was available to us, so this section is short.

The retailer pages we could open carried no owner comments. The owner points we found came from search summaries of retailer listings, which we couldn't open ourselves, so treat them as indicative. Owners there like the look, the way the brushed finish wipes clean, the quick boil and the value. Some report years of use without trouble.

The complaints were noise, which one owner found louder than an earlier kettle, and an on/off switch that failed on two similar Russell Hobbs kettles just after the guarantee ended. A label leaving a mark on the steel was also mentioned. These are individual reports rather than a clear pattern, but the brand lists the kettle as having no quiet-boil mode.

Who the Russell Hobbs Brushed Stainless suits

This kettle suits someone who wants a steel kettle from a familiar brand for everyday tea and coffee, with a filter they can take out and clean. It is a plain boil-and-switch-off design, and the 1.7 litre jug covers a family's round of drinks.

Look elsewhere if you want a quieter kettle, as the brand lists no quiet boil. The Ninja Perfect Temperature KT200UK is the pick if you want to choose the water temperature. The Bosch DesignLine TWK4P440GB is a brushed steel alternative with a cup indicator so you boil only what you need. Our guide also notes the outer body gets hot to the touch, which matters in a house with small children.

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