My current water kettle leaks more by the day. It is mostly stainless steel, but the few plastic parts are corroded and lead to leaking.
Do you have recommendations for fully stainless steel or similar kettles that are basically not able to break?
I was looking at this: https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/xiaomi-wasserkocher-170-l-wasserkocher-23599517
But I don’t really trust xiaomi to make quality consumer products
These are great, definitely better than a plain kettle
Better for what?
Moving parts and complexity makes it more prone to failure.
Also, how much energy do you need to keep this working? It’s not said on the website.
Granted, both kettle and this zori trade energy and complexity/failure-potential for convenience. Much more so the zori. How much is unknown. On the simple, less-energy end, you’d use an electrical resistance in an insulated jar.
All electric kettles will fail at some point. They have moving parts and are designed for obsolescence.
In my place I use a kettle that allows me to boil 1 cup of water. The filter mesh has failed long ago but the water does not have hardness. Instead I use a small improvised cap to keep the flow of vapour to the cut off thermostat (usually at the bottom of the handle).
Kettle should only have one button.
Better for convenience, energy I’m not really sure. I could see it being better or worse for energy depending on how well it’s insulated and how much hot water you drink