So why do they do it?
Oct. 12th, 2003 05:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bellinghmanTonight (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!
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!
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Ooh Shiny...
Date: 2003-10-12 07:27 am (UTC)Erm..excuse me. Temporary regression to six year old. Tescos, you say?
Re: Ooh Shiny...
Date: 2003-10-12 01:34 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh Shiny...
Date: 2003-10-13 11:42 am (UTC)Re: Ooh Shiny...
Date: 2003-10-13 12:31 pm (UTC)Seriously, I even tried the Breville website, to see no sight of it. The closest is this
Oh, my, that latter one has pulsating neon lights in the base, too.
(What do you see wrong with this?)
Re: Ooh Shiny...
Date: 2003-10-13 12:39 pm (UTC)