Bonavita 1L Digital Variable Temperature Gooseneck Electric Kettle Expired

This is a ridiculous price practically any variable temp kettle, let alone a Bonavita. It's at the price point of those goofy models with multiple presets and no fine adjustment, and its so much better. This kettle hasn't been less than $70 in over a year now. The MSRP is now at the same price as the Stagg EKG which it simply can't compete with outside flow rate. I bought it for $55 back in early 2021, and for some reason the price for the entire category of variable temp electric kettles has bloated beyond recognition ever since. Specialty coffee and tea storefronts have never had it for particularly good prices, but you could reasonably expect to find it for $50-$60 most days. It hasn't been that way for a while. Until the last month or two, even the nastiest unpronounceable brand name specials with the electronics entirely in the handle are like $40.

The temperature control isn't quite as super precise as even mid-range random Chinese brand models like the Willsence or the Miroco, and the 1000 watt heater isn't particularly fast compared to the 1500w heater in high end stuff like the Oxo, but its also at least a decade older than those other models to my knowledge. It might even be older than that. However, this thing is built like a tank, vastly less thin and rattly on every level than the Chinese offerings (seriously every no name Stagg clone on Amazon or Walmart has the worst-feeling controls possible in the category), and all the buttons are beneath a plastic sheet so water can't damage the controls. Plus, the upside to not pulling 1500w from a single socket like the Oxo is that you won't trip a breaker if someone uses so much as a blender in the same general area as this one. And, frankly, it's at worst off by like 1C so for the vast majority of uses it's good enough.

If you happen to want or need an electric kettle for having boiling water on demand without having to be at a stove, forget the non-control flip switch stuff and get this. If you're starting to get into the world of manual coffee brewing (like Aeropress, french press, pourover, etc.) or you brew loose leaf tea, you can stop looking further with this model and I promise you will not miss a thing. If you're a hardcore hobbyist and super serious about pourover coffee specifically, you already know you want the Stagg EKG so none of this even matters, just go get that.

YMMV. Had a email from Woot with subject "Congratulations! You ignored us for so long, you've earned $10!" Email says"It's been longer than a YEAR since we last saw you! Here's $10 to buy your friendship back.Just use code OLDFRIEND10 and we'll forget we ever drifted apart!"
Worth a try, or a reminder to others who may have gotten the same email.