Bosch Styline TWK8633GB Variable Temperature Cordless Kettle, 1.5 Litres, 3000W – Black [Energy Class A]

Impressive!
This is a fine kettle. It fills easily, pours accurately, heats quietly and rapidly, has preset temperatures to choose and a keep hot (warm seems a bit inaccurate) option. It looks good and the fill level is easy to read despite there being no internal illumination. Recommended!

Control at your fingertips! Its great!
I like it all! No quarrels to mention. Reduces your carbon output.

Does the job nicely.
Despite some negative reviews on here I decided to give it a go anyways. Not many other kettles had a temperature function which I wanted for green tea and coffee. The ones which did were either very expensive or cheap with awful reviews.

Temperate function works really well and ‘keep warm’ function is nice too.

Love that the kettle is insulted and you can touch the outside of it – even when boiled to 100 (if you so desired). This serves a dual purpose; prevents accidental burns and keeps the water hotter for significantly longer (especially compared to my previous glass kettle).

Seen some reviews that it’s noisy but compared to previous kettles, it’s quieter by a fair margin. I don’t know what you expect when you’re boiling water?! The beep when boiled is loud but again, it’s meant to be…?

The base and button are very nice and intuitive.

In terms of longevity, I cannot comment as I’ve only had it over a week but so far so good.

Brilliant! but a couple of niggles
The kettle is a mile away from our old Morphy Rich. However, couple of things: When you fill you cant see the fill level which is behind the handle. Takes a bit of getting used to! Second, be careful when pouring boiling water dont rush the boiling water out, be gentle!. Would still heartily recommend.

Brilliant Kettle
I purchased this kettle to replace my old one which was cutting out. A friend recommended the Bosch Styline so thought I’d try it. It is so fast and very quiet. The variable temperature choice means you can use it at 100 degrees for very hot, which makes a perfect cup of tea, 90 degree setting is best for coffee and the 70-80 degree setting for herbal teas and hot water bottle filling etc. You’re saving on energy, because you are not boiling a kettle to the max when you only need a lower temperature. It also has a Keep Warm setting which is very useful too. They do it in black or white. Can highly recommend this kettle.

Really impressed with this kettle very fast boil would recommend
Nice quiet kettle visual temperature boil nice touch and can alter different temperatures which is great fast boil .

could so easily have been 5*
The kettle works very well and we like the different temperature settings and the ability to keep the water at temperature for 30 minutes.

I could not give it 5* due to what I believe is a basic design fault. The window to see how much water sin the kettle is placed behind the handle instead of on the side. This makes it difficult to see the amount of water in the kettle. It also means that the kettle could be less efficient than possible as people could be putting in more water than required and therefore using more electricity.

Worth the money!
Chunkier than I’d usually like, this kettle feels like a durable piece of kit. The plastic outer coating means the outer walls maintain a safe temperature and despite its size it is surprisingly lightweight.

Handle is comfortable to grip, lid works effectively, pouring spout doesn’t dribble. The temperature controls are easy to operate and it is really quiet. I particularly like the little “beep” as it hits the selected temperature. Hopefully it will last longer than my previous two non-branded kettles which both died within a year of purchase due to frequency of use.

I’m slightly amused by how much I love this kettle, I would definitely buy it again!

MADE IN CHINA! - lost it one star, however - - -
As there’s absolutely no reason to boil water for any kind of brew we were keen to replace our defunct and now unrepairable old kettle with a temperature control kettle, and something a little smaller than our old kettle. An electric kettle is more efficient than a stove top, and temperature control increases that efficiency, less wasted energy. However, by comparison with the short-lived of modern electrics, our old cordless stainless steel kettle kept a boil for more than 20 years, only becoming problematic this last year…

Well aware of the 1, 2, & 3 star ratings, and having read them with concern, especially life expectancy and reported faults, we saw the balance, 4 & 5 stars making up 91% of the reviews, and we decided to go for this one anyway.

What we like – the temperature control and the way it counts/lights up from 70 to 80 to 90 to 100, depending on which you’ve set it at. The ‘Keep Warm’ option/button is a nice touch too. The balance, handle to kettle, and the pour, are great, and it is lighter than our old fully stainless steel kettle. Despite some reporting a plastic taste, and while it is predominately plastic inside, following the instruction, two boils and a little vinegar, thrown away before first actual use, we’ve not detected that problem at all. However, the double walled construction does really add a level of insulation that means the water keeps warm longer than it did with our full metal one.

Some disappointment was found inside – except for the stainless steel bottom it’s all plastic, as too most of the outside, minus that purely cosmetic band of steel around the top two fifths or so of the kettle, but, as already said, there is that added insulation. As others have mentioned, the level reading behind the handle is also a bit of a drawback. However, it’s quite wide and it’s easily read, left or right, and when it’s on its stand. If you’re filling with an open window before you, it is VERY easy to read and to measure out what’s wanted. So, really, that very wide bit of clear plastic is not a drawback for us. It works brilliantly, is easy to read.

We’ve been using it for a couple of months now and our appreciation only grows, including for the various noises, as when it lets you know it’s reached the temperature you’ve selected. Time may reveal more…

Our biggest disappointment with this purchase – ‘Made in China’! It is for me a serious concern and reading that did make my heart drop a beat and cause hesitation. But, as you’ll no doubt know, it’s damned hard to find almost anything that isn’t ‘Made in China’. We absolutely do not equate that with ‘quality’, on the contrary. The 1 & 2 star reviews speak to some of the experiences we’ve had with other things ‘Made in China’ – cutting corners, short life expectancy, cheap materials, poor quality plastics, etc. And there’s much worse – the putting of profit before human & environmental concerns; the general corruption of a communist system; a general lack of quality control – from a distance; their general disrespect for patents and human life and liberty; and China being the world’s capital for the making and distribution of counterfeit products.

Why do multi-national companies choose China to do their manufacturing – profit! – no environmental controls! – cheap labour! – from those mining the resources to those working along the whole line of processes towards the finished product, kettles included – with a lack of care or concern for work and life conditions, for human or environmental rights; high incidences of pollution (land, water, air); high instances of lung ailments, cancer and mental health issues… But, hey ho, the dirt of all that isn’t in our backyard, we export it. Yes, I do feel some shame in that, mea culpa! Our general opinion of Bosch has gone down a star because of this choice of theirs to make their products, this kettle, in China…

Those companies that have kept their manufacturing at home, or have pulled out of China, those are among our heroes, deserving praise and more deserving of our consideration and money. I so wish we could have found something like this that wasn’t ‘Made in China’, and that was fully stainless steel inside, with loads of reviews that were 100% 4 & 5 stars…

Sleek and stylish kettle
This is a nice, efficient and easy to use kettle. It brings the water up to thedesired temperature quickly and also looks nice with its simple , elegant lines.

Superb kettle
V quick & efficient due to double wall. Outer wall is coolest I’ve ever had on a kettle. The temp control settings are 100, 90, 80 &70C. Several minutes after cutting out at 90 water still v close to 90. The beep when switching on is actually short & quite quiet, not at all the horrendous noise some reviews state. I guess if you were blind this could useful. The beep at reaching temperature is useful as I am often doing other things while it heats. Looks v smart. Delighted with another quality Bosch domestic appliance.

Amazing
We had one in a holiday rental so pleased with it I ordered one the minute I got home

Very controllable but not particularly quie
This is the second version of the same kettle we have bought. The base electronics failed after 5 years although the actual kettle was still fine. It has a largecapacity (3 litres), boils quickly, can be set to boil at 70, 80, 90 or 100 degrees for any speciality teas or coffees but is no quieter than the old model and still has an annoying beep to signal start and stop which cannot be turned off.

It's a classy boile
When you get used to having a kettle that boils quickly and quietly, and then decide to buy a cheap and cheerful one to replace it that fulfils neither of those criteria, you really notice the difference. I did a similar thing because my old Kenwood Kmix one was starting to look decidedly scabby – while wandering along the aisles in a certain German discount supermarket chain I grabbed one of their cheap ones which looked lovely, but as soon as I put it on to make a cuppa with it for the first time, I realised that I’d made a bit of a faux-pas; it was horribly noisy and took an absolute age to boil.

It was with some regret that I admitted my mistake and took to the internet to look for something worthy to replace the old Kenwood kettle. I hummed and hawed my way through a fair amount of kettles, but decided to settle on this Bosch one.

>>>BIG BOILER
When it arrived, I’ve got to say that I was surprised at the size of it; it seems to be somewhat larger than most kettles, most likely due to its ‘cool wall’ ability, but only by a small amount so you don’t need to discount it if you don’t have the counter space – my kitchen is TINY and it’s not a problem.

>>>IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BASE
Unlike the vast majority of kettles, the on/off switch for this kettle is on the base rather than the kettle itself, which is kinda funky.

>>>SOME LIKE IT HOT
…And some prefer their beverages to be slightly cooler – and this kettle’s party-trick is its ability for you to set a temperature from 70 to 100c, which is actually quite cool if you want a quick drink without having to blow on it to cool it down.

>>>…BUT ALSO COOL!
A cool feature of this kettle is that it stays cool on the outside even when the water inside it is scalding hot. I don’t know how it works, but its effective and handy.

>>>IT’S SUPER FAST!!
This kettle boils things so quickly – like, really, really quickly – to the point that it often boils before I’ve cleaned my cafetierre to make my coffee. It’s particularly noticeable when you set the temperature to something lower than 100c or put a small amount of water in it, but suffice to say that you never need to wait long for this beastie to come to the boil.

>>>SUMMING UP
This is the flippin’ rolls-royce of kettles. It’s German, it boils quicker than Schumacher, it looks awesome AND you can choose how hot it boils the water. What more could you want?

Bosch Kettle
Good looking kettle which appears to be well designed, as a filter coffee lover, the adjustable temperature control is great.
Don’t think I would ever use the ‘keep warm’ function and don’t see the point of it, but won’t stop me giving this 5 stars.
Simon.

Chunkier than other kettles but still great!
Does what it is supposed to, I like to drink coffee at 70*, but the missus likes boiling hot tea.
You can set temperature to 70* 80* 90* and 100*
As the kettle boils, if you left on 100* the light indicators light up as kettle gets to temperature, so the 100* flashes (target temperature)
Then the 70* light lights to show it has reached 70* then 80* light, then 90* light, then 100* followed by a low audible beep to confirm its boiled.
If you select a different temp, e.g 80*, then the 80* light will flash, and the 70* light will light up when 70* reached, then 80* light illuminated, then confirmation beep.
Each time you boil the kettle it defaults to 100* so you have to press button to select temp, or lift kettle off of base when desired temp light is illuminated.
Not a problem for me, but might be a problem for others.
Kettle is noticeably chunky to hold, and slightly heavier than my old Russel Hobbs kettle, again not a problem for me, but might be useful information.
All of the buttons are on the base, including the on/off button.
To fill kettle you press round button in centre of lid and lid popps up.

Great design, better than my former model
I had another of these before breaking it due to clumsiness a couple of weeks ago. That design had the temperature guage attached to the jug itself, it was not on the base, which was just a circular disk.

This design is just as easy to use and seems the same jug quality. I prefer the temperature settings to be on the squarer base. The overall aesthetic is so much better.

Bosch Kettle (TWK8633GB)
Very pleased with this kettle, as you can keep it warm at various temperatures for some time. I would recommend it and would buy it agai

The Only Kettle
I had one of these in a hotel room I was staying in and, after a couple of days using it I just had to get one for home.
It is a very attractive looking appliance, sleek and bright, and really displays well. It is also nice and sturdy – feels like a quality, well made item and, of course, it has ‘features’. It is quick to boil, you can select from pre-set temperatures and it has a reheat / keep hot facility.
I love it and urge you to treat yourself and buy one.

Works well and feels decent.
Looks nice. Goes well with a Nespresso and green tiles. . Decent temperature control but would be nicer if they were in 5c increments. Beep is a bit noisy. Boils quick. Doesn’t spill when pouring. Here’s hoping it lasts 2 years.