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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Precise temperatures!
By D. J. Brown
After seeing warnings versus another variable temperature kettle (branded by a major tea vendor) that’s wholly hit-or-miss by 20 degrees, I was conservatively hopeful that Capresso’s H2O Pro would stay clear from that problem.
When this kettle arrived, I decisive to play the skeptic and put to test it. Would it actually hit 140F on the dot? Just a little above/below? A lot?
After a short brew time, *two* other thermometers (one analog, one digital) accorded with the kettle: 140.0F on the dot!
This is one excellently designed variable-temperature kettle! This kettle has now brought in regards to more casual tea drinking. No more do I have to watch a stove or electric kettle like a hawk and stop it at the right temperature!
Temperatures are programmable in 10F increments from 110F (warm on the wrist) to 212F (boiling). I like to make tea with 140F (a bit over scalding) as I use a great deal of Japanese green tea that is temperature-sensitive. And I love how it may also be programmed to keep the same temperature without disruption (or not, as you please).
I only have 2 snags with this kettle:
- At the temperatures I like, increments in 5, 2 or 1 degree make better sense than 10 degree increments.
- When taking the kettle off it is base, it resets it is temperature defaults to 212 (boiling). I’d prefer that it mechanically held my predilections while I’m pouring the occasional cup all around the day. But that’s just me. Turning it to the preferent temp again is just a few thumb-wiggles away (which makes the 10-degree increments a remainder of convenience).
Since no other variable-temp kettle I may find on the market is better than this one, these are just would-likes and don’t detract from what I feel is a kettle at the head of it is market.
5 Stars.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Expensive gimmick that does not work well
By D. Snow
We purchased this kettle to replace an earlier Capresso kettle that had provided years of good service. Don’t make the same mistake. Yes it looks good and it boils water but the thermostat is not calibrated in the right way and it is not sensible enough. It once in a while takes up to 40 seconds to switch off after it has boiled even even though it is set for the minimum time. This means you either have steamed up walls or you have to watch while it boils and switch off manually. Not impressed
Now three weeks later the whole lid assembley has fallen apart. This kettle is very cheaply made. I am astonished that Jura, one of Switzerlands top companies in this field, is prepared to put their name on such an inferior product.
To fetch the tale of woe up to date it is now july 31st and we are looking at our second broken kettle. Capresso substituted the introductory one with no hassle. The alternate worked fine for ten days until the lid mechanism broke again. This unquestionably is a “piece of junk”
6 of 7 persons found the following review helpful.
Good for tea
By Joann Arriola
I use this each and everyday but there are 2 things I wish it had – the temperatures only increase/decrease by 10 degrees, I would prefer 5 but this is ok. I actually wish a timer or alert would go off when the rectify temperature is reached. But I do use it each and everyday and it heats up water fast.
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