• gerryflap@feddit.nl
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    3 days ago

    This is how everyone does it right? Right?! The only people that I know who don’t use an electric kettle are in their 80s. Or is this some cultural thing where people in the US/UK/whatever don’t use electric kettles?

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      As a grown man in the US, I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen an electric kettle in real life (only on British TV).

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        1 day ago

        Idk anyone else who has one but im also in the US and have had an electric kettle for at least 10 years. Its pretty handy sometimes

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        2 days ago

        We have a whistle kettle. It’s just as fast and prettier. Although definitely less efficient.

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            1 day ago

            I’ve only used one once and it was an old model, absolutely hated it. Although I’ve heard they’re great now.

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        2 days ago

        The power is not why Americans don’t own electric kettles (well some do but most don’t). It’s still faster to boil water from an electric kettle than on the stove. Americans don’t own electric kettles because they don’t drink much tea.

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        2 days ago

        Even with underpowered 110v an electric kettle still boils water faster than a stovetop IME. Still only a few minutes difference but it’s a difference.

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        2 days ago

        The crazy thing is we have 240V service to the home, but we only use it for large appliances that also use high current. My stove is induction and is one of the things plugs into 240V, and I bet it can boil a cup of water (though in a pot/pan) faster than most kettles.

        There are plenty of cases where having the higher voltage in our outlets would be nice. For me it’s probably corded power tools more than kettles. But the vast majority of devices are fine either way.