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1L Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle
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Amazon has 1-Liter Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle (40930) on sale for $18.04. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.
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Walmart has 1-Liter Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle (Black, 40930J) on sale for $18.04. Shipping is free with Walmart+ (Free 30-Day Trial) or orders $35 or more.
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About this product:
- 1500 Watts fast boiling power for up to 1 liter of water
- Durable glass carafe with BPA-free interior and measurement markings
- Auto shutoff and boil-dry protection prevent scorching hazards
- Blue LED indicator lights illuminate during the heating cycle
- Cordless design lifts off base for tabletop serving convenience
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Amazon has 1-Liter Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle (40930) on sale for $18.04. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.
Walmart has 1-Liter Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle (Black, 40930J) on sale for $18.04. Shipping is free with Walmart+ (Free 30-Day Trial) or orders $35 or more.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for sharing this deal.
About this product:
Walmart has 1-Liter Hamilton Beach Electric Tea Kettle (Black, 40930J) on sale for $18.04. Shipping is free with Walmart+ (Free 30-Day Trial) or orders $35 or more.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for sharing this deal.
About this product:
- 1500 Watts fast boiling power for up to 1 liter of water
- Durable glass carafe with BPA-free interior and measurement markings
- Auto shutoff and boil-dry protection prevent scorching hazards
- Blue LED indicator lights illuminate during the heating cycle
- Cordless design lifts off base for tabletop serving convenience
Editor's Notes
Written by jimmytx | Staff- About this Store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Most items sold & shipped by Walmart.com can be returned for free, either to a store or by mail up to 90 Days after item is delivered. See the Walmart returns page for returns information.
- Additional Information:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $9.91 less (35% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $27.95 at the time of this posting.
- Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.
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This Hamilton Beach glass electric kettle is a compact 1 liter option for fast boiling and easy tea or coffee prep. The clear glass and blue lights make it fun to watch, and the kettle has been described as lasting for years in similar Hamilton Beach models. It also avoids the cord holder issue seen in a pricier Breville. Main cautions are the small capacity, a lid that can snap off, a nonremovable filter, and a switch that may need fiddling over time.
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Too hot? -They all heat to 212 degrees and stop.
I have a 1500w and a 1800w kettle. I'd go as high as I can afford paying for a kettle, and preferably opt for an adjustable temp one, as I can see the temp in real time and stop when the desired temp is reached. My other concern is plastic, and there are very few kettles that don't use plastic in surfaces that come into contact with water; believe me I have spent dozens of hours searching.
"The heating element in a glass electric kettle operates at significantly higher temperatures than the water it heats, typically reaching 300°C to 600°C (572°F to 1,112°F) depending on the wattage and specific design. This extreme heat is necessary to rapidly transfer energy to the water. "
"Heat Transfer: In kettles with exposed elements or thin glass bottoms, this intense heat radiates directly into the glass base, making the bottom section of the kettle significantly hotter to the touch than the sides. "
etc - they all have design quirks and differences. Witness the switch design mentioned earlier - and this product has it.
ie on differences "If your kettle isn't using a steam sensor, it is almost certainly using a base-mounted bimetallic thermostat that reacts to the temperature of the heating element plate itself, not the water or steam"
If you mortgage your car to go as high as you can to pay more for an electric kettle, you'll still only heat 1L water now, and still only be able to drink 1 cup of it at a time over an extended period.
This is stupid. It reminds me of the people that drive as fast as they can between llghts, risking themselves and the traffic around them, using up more gas, and still getting no where faster than anyone else. In this case, you may overload your circuit or overload your solar setup. I can't run my microwave and electric kettle on the same circuit at the same time as is. If you need it that fast, you should buy a microwave for the vast sums you want to invest, for the same price.
I and I think most people don't buy these things because they heat water fast (use a microwave if that is the use), but they are inexpensive and have fewer parts then newer digital coffee pots, and break down less. For people who want a lot of hot water sitting around awhile, not because they need 1.5 L of water now.
At 1100 watts, I'm not seeing that it heats up water any slower. It's fast, but being fast isn't why I needed it. That this one needs to use 1500 W to heat up less water isn't a selling point, it's a waste. One that may blow up your kitchen circuit depending on what you are using at the time.
This product for the price ought to be bigger, 1.5L at least, it's using more power than it needs to, has a weak switch that people report tends to break, and it's made of glass, which heats up, and depending on how it is designed, may be too hot to the touch. In my kettle, even at 1100 W, the base heats up too hot too fast, and it transfers to the glass. It doesn't turn off at 212 degrees, none of this type does. It turns off when steam heats up a cut off switch, which is some indeterminate time after the water starts to boil, (and if you leave the lid off at the top won't cut off). 212 is the boiling point of water at sea level, typically, only. It's like saying water will only get to 212 in a pot of boiling water on the stove and cut off - it's meanigless and not how the auto cut offs work. Water doesn't need a cut off switch not to get hotter than 212 degrees - unless it superheats, it is as hot as it is going to get.
1500 W isn't a selling point when you can get the same thing using only 1100 W, and heating up more water at that. Even at 1100 W, it's heating it up faster than it needs to, and the base is getting hotter than it needs to. Since this is a glass product, you may end up feeling that depending on the design - a disadvantage to glass kettles.
"Don't you have any respect for your time?"
Yes I do. I only wasted the time needed to type this up in reply to test out a sociological theory (exploratory research), which I feel can have great implications.
The possible 5 seconds (if any difference at all) time it takes to heat up water too fast using 1100 W vs 1500 W I ignored from the outset.
If you are doing that to try to not heat up plastic too much, most kettles as far as I can see heat up the water to boiling, then read the temperature to see when it cools down to the set one. It won't stop it in real time from going above your set temperature.
fyi - "Most consumer electric kettles operate by boiling water to 100°C first, regardless of the selected target temperature, before allowing it to cool naturally to the desired setting. This boil-first design is necessary because many kettles use a bimetallic thermostat that relies on steam detection to trigger the automatic shutoff mechanism, which only occurs at [after] the boiling point. "
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"The heating element in a glass electric kettle operates at significantly higher temperatures than the water it heats, typically reaching 300°C to 600°C (572°F to 1,112°F) depending on the wattage and specific design. This extreme heat is necessary to rapidly transfer energy to the water. "
"Heat Transfer: In kettles with exposed elements or thin glass bottoms, this intense heat radiates directly into the glass base, making the bottom section of the kettle significantly hotter to the touch than the sides. "
etc - they all have design quirks and differences. Witness the switch design mentioned earlier - and this product has it.
ie on differences "If your kettle isn't using a steam sensor, it is almost certainly using a base-mounted bimetallic thermostat that reacts to the temperature of the heating element plate itself, not the water or steam"
If it gets as hot as 600c before heating the water to 100c, it's a supremely shitty design. Heat transfer will make them the same pretty quickly. More electricity in less time will also make the energy cost more or less even. There will be strain on parts and wiring, but if they're not done right in the first place, you've got bigger problems than the wattage of your kettle.
Not valuing the 2-minute time savings over days and months of your life is a miscalculation, especially those precious morning hours before rushing to work. There are even models with BT that you can program or turn on from your phone in bed, but the price premium takes them out of the race.
Btw, I don't know where you got your quotes from, but there's some pretty bad info there. None of the many kettles I've seen and used boil to 100c before letting it cool down to my set temp; that would be stupid and wasteful. The control circuit works in real time as the temp sensor. Also, the sensors don't measure steam temp, and there is no cut-off switch at the top(maybe there is in the one you own from years ago, but not the ten current models that I have seen from different brands; note that I'm not even considering the non-adjustable kettles; they may have to use a cheaper way of knowing when the water boils, since they don't have the actual temp regulator and sensor). You can open up a kettle and see for yourself; it's a simple sensor sitting at the bottom of the pitcher measuring the water temp there. It may be off a couple of degrees(I have checked using thermometers) but that's it.
Also, microwaves are awfully imprecise and inefficient for boiling water compared to these kettles. You also need to have a high wattage microwave in the first place.
If it gets as hot as 600c before heating the water to 100c, it's a supremely shitty design. Heat transfer will make them the same pretty quickly. More electricity in less time will also make the energy cost more or less even. There will be strain on parts and wiring, but if they're not done right in the first place, you've got bigger problems than the wattage of your kettle.
Not valuing the 2-minute time savings over days and months of your life is a miscalculation, especially those precious morning hours before rushing to work. There are even models with BT that you can program or turn on from your phone in bed, but the price premium takes them out of the race.
Btw, I don't know where you got your quotes from, but there's some pretty bad info there. None of the many kettles I've seen and used boil to 100c before letting it cool down to my set temp; that would be stupid and wasteful. The control circuit works in real time as the temp sensor. Also, the sensors don't measure steam temp, and there is no cut-off switch at the top(maybe there is in the one you own from years ago, but not the ten current models that I have seen from different brands; note that I'm not even considering the non-adjustable kettles; they may have to use a cheaper way of knowing when the water boils, since they don't have the actual temp regulator and sensor). You can open up a kettle and see for yourself; it's a simple sensor sitting at the bottom of the pitcher measuring the water temp there. It may be off a couple of degrees(I have checked using thermometers) but that's it.
Also, microwaves are awfully imprecise and inefficient for boiling water compared to these kettles. You also need to have a high wattage microwave in the first place.
"You're trying too hard buddy. Ask AI to help you out(but ofcourse don't let it think for you)"
You seem to specialize in messages that start out with insulting tones.
The Bible says not to talk to fools. I didn't, which is why I didn't talk to you, because a) I have too much respect for my time to talk to only you. b) you aren't my buddy, nor are you anyone's real buddy. That requires a right state in you.
But since you are going to continue.
It takes a narcissist or troll to think he knows more about what a person is factual seeing in front of him. Let's try again:
A) My tea kettle heats up too hot and too fast - and trying to do the fast is doing the too hot part.
B) It routinely trips the circuit breaker, and you're telling me I need more wattage!
Only a troll or someone who doesn't know thinks any tea kettle turns off water at 212 degrees so the water doesn't overheat. Or I'm talking about water when I say "it gets too hot".
Water, in general, only gets to 212 degrees. It gets no hotter. You can check if your thermometer is working right by it. The purpose of the auto switches is to not waste electricity, keep it on unnecessary, safety, and so it doesn't boil dry. It being only at 212 degrees however is a given.
It was the (twice) starting out posts with insulting tones, or insisting you knew better what I was seeing right in front of me, knew better what I needed then I did, and being way over concerned about "microplastics in your coffee" - which is a fad, that I thought you might be a nincompoop. Thinking water could go over 212 degrees and I was talking about it instead of the device, was confirmation.
My use for an electric kettle is to replace a more expensive coffee pot. It does it great, heats it faster, and the only draw backs are it uses too many watts over a short period of time, trips the breaker, you can burn yourself on the glass, It takes too long to turn off after reaching boiling, and in my last one, the switch broke.
My use case is not to pay as much as I can to heat it up as fast as I can. Or to get precise temperature measurements for every temperature - if it is boiling, it is at 212. I can't drink 1.5L at a time. All I want to do is drink coffee and tea. I typically put it on in the morning, leave, come back in a few minutes, and it needs to be done. I don't need instantaneous hot water for $50, or $100, or $200! dollars. I need something cheaper than the coffee pot and tea pots I otherwise use. That's it. That's the use case for most people, not "the microplastics are killing me!!! or "it didn't give me hot water now!!!!" or "I know (or maybe I don't know), it's boiling at 212, but what about 195.5" - I need it exact!
The tea pots we are talking about, and most of them, use a steam cut off. The water boils, at some point in time after that it releases enough steam to heat up a very cheap sensor composed of two metals, which expand because of the heat from the steam, and throws the switch. They use it because it is a very cheap way to do it. You can check yourself if your electric tea kettle uses it. Keep the lid up. The steam won't hit the intake or sensor, and it won't auto cut off. I know I checked mine, and even one I didn't think used it, and in the sales literature implied didn't, used it. Go ahead, check.
In the microwave. It might surprise you to know that most microwaves have a button for 'heat up coffee'. Most people use that if they want "fast" coffee. Also, you don't want the microwave to boil your coffee. 212 degrees is too hot. As it is, you have to wait for your cup from the electric kettle, which is boiling at at 212, to cool down.
Fyi - you: you need more power, more mouth burns! I'd spend as much as I could on it!!
I hope I brought I smile on your smile starved face today,
A $15 electric tea kettle user.
To achieve a brewing temperature of approximately 200°F (93.3°C)—ideal for medium roast coffee—you must mix 1 part boiling water (212°F) with 0.33 parts (1/3) room temperature water (78°F).
It gave me a precise formula too. Just adding cold water to water that is boiling by sight is pretty common, but if you want to be really precise:
Buy a notebook (35 cents, on sale now). Use your cheap tea kettle, boil water, then copy down that formula in your notebook, and precisely measure your boiling water in a cup and add the right amount of colder water to get exactly the temperature you want. Splurge and buy a $2 thermometer to check it if you want.
You have now saved yourself $50, $100, or even $200 dollars on a more expensive tea kettle, that also boils water at exactly 212 degrees. You can thank me later and buy me dinner with the savings.
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