Appkettle Wifi Smart Internet App Enabled & Voice Controlled Kettle | Silver | 1.7L

This is not the first "smart" kettle I have owned, in fact, it's the third but it is definitely the best EVER!There is definitely a tendency to make "smart" thing app dependant, which is - if you want my opinion - actually a retrograde step.In the old days, if you wanted to boil the kettle, you flip a switch - job done.Now you have to find where you put your smart phone, run an app, wait for it to connect, select a profile, run the profile, shout at the phone as it says the device is not in range... wave the phone about... realise you haven't turned on your router yet... turn on the router... wait for it to boot up...you know what I mean.With this kettle, you can do everything from the base. Select a temperature, keep the water warm... everything.Okay, the electronics do "go to sleep" and you may have to tap the "GO FOR IT" button twice but woteva...The fact you can - if you so want, boil the kettle from upstairs so it's ready for you when you get into the kitchen, is a way cool feature.The fact you can - if you want - say "Alexa, Switch Kettle On" is epic... but the novelty quickly wears off.What is best about this kettle is, when the water reaches boiling point, it stops heating it. I have had a smart kettle that took 90 seconds to spot the water is actually 100C and boiling! That is a lot of wasted energy.What is second best about this kettle is that you can set the temperature you want the water to reach - both manually or by app - and it REMEMBERS IT!!!More energy goes into raising the temperature of water from 99 to 100 that from 90 to 91 - it's because you are trying to convert a liquid into a gas and that takes a lot of energy.So Stop and think, do you actually really, really NEED 100 degrees? I have mine set at 95C - which is the best temperature for most tea's.What is third best feature of the kettle is the view ports on BOTH sides of the kettle, so seeing how much water is in there is really easy - the app will tell you if you are remote.Generally, this is a very well thought out product which just so happens to be a smart device also. I would love it if it was not connected but as it is... well, I am very, very impressed with it.Oh yes. By the way, setup was fairly easy also... just follow what the instructions say - yes, I know that's only the manufacturers opinion on how it should be done.... - and you be up and running quickly enough.

Finally got myself this kettle after weeks of dithering. Certainly glad I took the plunge and placed an order.Kettle arrived as per delivery notifications and was well packaged. Take time to read the instruction manual before plugging in the kettle and there are also videos on the appkettle website detailing how to get started/set up the different features.I had a slight problem registering the app but the guy at appkettle (it's an 0191 landline number on their website) solved it immediately for me.Once the app was registered and it paired with the kettle, a firmware update was required which didn't take long. I think this update now gives support to wifi 5.0ghz as well as 2.4ghz although I've not tried using the kettle on 5.0ghz.Connecting to Alexa was a breeze. Just enable the appkettle skill, link the account and that's it.There is limited functionality using Alexa in that you can only turn the kettle on/off and the water temperature will default to 100degs - no adjustments are possible. Hopefully, Alexa will become more flexible in the future and you will be able to tell her to make one of your favourites stored in the app.The ability to use wifi, 3G/4G is great because it gives total flexibility wherever you are.Some reviewers have commented on the kettle lid and the possibility of burning oneself although I don't see a problem as long as the lid is grasped how it should be - by the sides and lifted straight off.The only negative point is the price. It's very expensive but it is a well made, quality product and it's functionality in my opinion makes it worth it.

As per other recent reviews, the manufacturer has now gone out of business so the kettle is no longer supported and you can no longer download the app. This is frustrating for people like me who bought the kettle a few years ago and therefore can't return it. So what I have is a very expensive dumb kettle. Don't get me wrong, it's a really well made kettle with some cool features, but without the app you can't really use most of these.If you own the kettle and are lucky enough to already have the app installed you can continue to use it. However, from what I can tell it's no longer possible to link it with smart assistants like Alexa.As other's have said, the kettle is really picky with the types of routers it will connect to. I'm personally on Virgin and it connected fine whilst I had a Virgin Hub 3. However, I recently got a new Hub 4 after which it would no longer connect. I have managed to find a way to fix this though which might help others in the same situation - I recently got one of Virgin's 'Intelligent Wi-Fi Pods' to boost the signal and since installing this my kettle now connects to the Wi-Fi. I don't know why it worked but it might help anyone else in the same situation. This also means I can continue to use the app, even if I can't connect it to Alexa (If anyone has managed to still get this working I'd be interested in hearing from you!)Long term, I'm going to buy one of the other smart kettles on the market. However, for now I'm just going to get as much use out of this one as I can as I need to get over the fact I spent so much on this and now can't use it as it was designed.I really feel like Amazon should offer more support for customer's in this situation - If I could get my money back on this I'd happily use it to buy an alternative.