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What I am about to say may be heresy in some quarters, but after watching and using a water boiler at both my parents' and at our friends S and P's I have become convinced that I am more likely to buy a water boiler (https://www.zojirushi.com/app/category/water-boilers) than I am an electric kettle (http://www.housetohome.co.uk/product-idea/picture/10-of-the-best-electric-kettles).

I would likely turn off the annoyatron that plays the electronic tune telling you the water has reached set temperature, however.

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[awfief.livejournal.com]

*nod* It seems he line between "electric kettle" and "electric water boiler" is not exactly clear. I'd call that product a water boiler, not an electric kettle.

A standard kettle boils water. You put it on heat, and when enough steam goes through the hole, you get a sound telling you to take it off. I'd say an electric kettle is a kettle, but electric. Something where you can have different temps, and keep warm settings - these are not features of what *I* would call an electric kettle.

Although maybe we're playing with semantics here?

As for risk - They use water boilers in Japan all the time. The risk is very low. Then again, I also have no problem leaving my slow cooker running for 8h (and that's also a simple model, with just warm/low/hi/off settings).

And as someone who might want 4 cups of tea in 6 hours in an evening, 30 mins of keeping warm is a waste for me.