Once you’re at the control screen, it’s simple enough. Using a rotary dial you can set the temperature, and the circumference of the circle fills up to display the kettle’s current temperature. A start/stop button at the bottom can turn on the kettle. Beside that is the ‘Water’ button, which lets you view the kettle’s current water volume. You can toggle between a basic mode, which gives you a low, medium or high readout, or a cups measurement.

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An increasingly popular (and rather expensive) alternative is to install a hot water tap and do away with your kettle altogether. Do note, this isn’t a general all-purpose kettle due to that small capacity, but for those wanting a truly specialist appliance, Dualit definitely has you covered.If you’re someone who is a real lover of all sorts of teas or making fancy coffee, then the Dualit Pour Over Kettle is an ideal choice. With its long and thin spout, it’s ideal for super-precise pouring and when you want to get things just right for the perfect hot drink. Some types of tea are best made at 80 or 90°C. For green teas and matcha, it was easy to set the temperature to the right place, and I would get a notification when it had finished. Hot water taps dispense near-boiling water at the touch of a button. They’re a good way to streamline your kitchen surfaces and some claim to save energy as you’ll never have to pay to heat more water than you need. The design of this jug kettle hasn’t changed much from the previous generation Smarter iKettle 2.0. It’s still brushed stainless steel sat atop a chunky base.

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There aren't that many app-connected kettles on the market, still, but if you're trying to choose between them, here are some questions to help you figure things out. How much water do you generally need to boil? Secondly, stopping the kettle boiling sooner saves energy. Some kettles have adjustable temperature sensors for different jobs, although you can manually stop any kettle with a lower degree of accuracy.

The iKettle 3.0 uses something called BlinkUP to transfer your wireless network details to the kettle’s base. On its underside is a sensor that can detect the flashes of your smartphone to determine the correct settings – a bit like fancy morse code. Simply tap your network settings into the app, after which it will ask you to hold your screen against the sensor on the base. Millie Fender is our residentsmall appliances editor, and tea addict. She drinks at least 5 cups of tea a day, and eats copious amount of pasta, so the Smarter iKettle 3rd Generation was thoroughly tested by Ideal Home before this review was written.