So why do they do it?

[bellinghman]

Tonight (well, last night, but I'm still awake), I bought a new kettle.

The last one was nearly a decade old, and the filter mesh had gacked up with lime scale, and I'd broken it trying to get the scale off. So it was time for a new one.

Tesco only had one model available. Good size, large transparent window going right round the front so you can see the water level without a silly little floating ball, a base which the top could swivel on, and one extremely strange feature that I didn't immediately notice. And I bought it.

Home, replaced the old kettle with this new one, filled it with water, and then boiled the first jug full.

Let's just say that it's a real geek kettle. It glows in the dark. It glows blue in the dark. There's a light inside, and it shines out through that large window.

I can't see any good reason for this feature, but oh does it look cool!

Comments

Ooh Shiny...

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

We wants one! just cos it's cool. (Old kettle still functions fine, but Glowy Blue Light! Blue!)

Erm..excuse me. Temporary regression to six year old. Tescos, you say?

Re: Ooh Shiny...

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Yep. Breville Illuminator. 19.95 - apparently normally twice that amount.

Re: Ooh Shiny...

[lnr]

You know if we didn't already have a perfectly good kettle we'd be very tempted. But just being 9 years old isn't really a good enough excuse to replace it. Though it does tend to build up scale quickly and often leave bits in the bottom of mugs as a result. Not that I'm trying to make excuses or anything.

Re: Ooh Shiny...

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Keep holding to this thought - and soon you won't be able to get this kettle, because it'll be gone again.

Seriously, I even tried the Breville website, to see no sight of it. The closest is this, but the JK29 has the blue light like this.

Oh, my, that latter one has pulsating neon lights in the base, too.

(What do you see wrong with this?)

Re: Ooh Shiny...

[lnr]

Their release date does seem to have slipped somewhat, doesn't it.