Breville Silver Filter Kettle

[bens_dad]

miss_t_ide bought a Breville Silver Filter JK120 kettle. Our old one dribbled a lot but this one pours very nicely.

However, when standing on the base but switched off the kettle is illuminated by a blue light. The manual says:
the illumination of this kettle is achieved by using LED's. The amount of energy used for this is very small, a fraction of what is used by a light bulb.
Maybe, but when I want to illuminate not only the kitchen and the hall, but the wall halfway up the stairs as well
I don't immediately think "Ah, I'll turn the kettle on".

I really want to take this environmentally unfriendly kettle/lamp back but I don't think miss_t_ide would be happy without a kettle that only pours water into the cup.

Comments

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

could you switch it off at the wall?

[martinoh.livejournal.com]

"I really want to take this environmentally unfriendly kettle/lamp back"

Environmental cost/benefit analysis time - what would the total energy wasted on returning the kettle be (including but not limited to your own activity and that of the retailer in putting it through their returned stock mechanism prior to its resale or possibly even disposal as used equipment) relative to the cost of allowing it to glow?

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

Dam' straight! I'm sick of pouring boiling water all over the work surfaces, the washing machine and the cooker!