– Sage - The Compact Kettle Pure - 1L Quiet Cordless Kettle, Fast Boil

You can make 4 cups of team in this, it boils relativley quickly wwith little "over boil" so hopefully its not wasting electricity. Goes well with the rest of my Sage stuff and looks lovely. If you live in a hard water are you might want to give it a miss as I can the scale build up would make it look awful. Just my opinion.

I like it

This is a good size even for a family. I think 1 litre is right and 1.7l is just too big. Boils very fast

Sage kettle superb, highly recommend

Great little small kettle, only takes a litre but boils very quickly and isn't too noisy. Would definitely recommend it.

This is a beautifully designed product. The kettle is well made, and feels reassuringly heavy in the hand, without being cumbersome. In fact, it is beautfully balanced and a joy to hold. The shape is quite 'dumpy' and the capacity, although less than most mainstream kettles, is still easily sufficient for a couple or a small family. The glass is marked with the number of cups on one side, and the capacity (in litres) on the other. It's quite fast to boil, with a 2.4kW rating, helped no doubt by the smaller capacity, which is one litre exactly. The brushed stainless steel and glass combo looks great on the kitchen worktop, and the noise level whilst boiling is not too high. All in all, I am pleased with my purchase, and would certainly recommend this Sage kettle.

I like the size and capacity.

I rate this as one of the nicest looking (contemporary) and most promising of electric cordless kettles. It looks great straight out of the box. It sits nice and squat on the worktop, and blends in nicely with the other silver/chrome appliances nearby. The size is intentionally small (and neat) and its volume (4 cups max) is perfect for 90%+ of common uses. It boils a full volume relatively quickly (mostly because of the volume of course) and is somewhat quieter (78dB (ambient 42dB)) compared to my other larger kettle (83dB). So what are the disappointments mentioned in the review title? (1) Taste (at least initially). It noticeably taints the boiled water (horrid plasticky taint), and even more so if the water has been boiled once already - that said, the vast majority of kettles fail here too in my experience. After I had boiled 6-8 kettles of fresh water, the taint was at it's least offensive (or maybe I had gotten used to it?) The taint I suspect comes from the seal between the concealed metal element and the glass body. (2) Next disappointment is that... after boiling and pouring, the glass is condensated up / dropletted - it doesn't drain down or clear, and it no longer looks so 'nice'. And (3) some water remains in the lid/upper ledge and also the spout due to its design; And lastly (4) the filter will be all but pointless except the largest of detritous (i.e. limescale). Given that the last three are minor, and the first issue (taste) is lessening, the questions remain 'do I like it?' (yes) and 'will I keep it?' (yes) and 'could I recommend it - above all other kettles I have seen/tried?' (yes) - and boy, have I tried and rejected a lot of kettles! (FYI - best kettle yet was the Wahl James Martin Glass Chrome Kettle (no longer available) as it didn't taint the water, had great looks etc., but failed all too soon in its life :(

We really like this kettle, but after 18 months of relatively light daily use it has started leaking. For the price I would have hoped it would last longer.