The Best Electric Kettles in 2025 Tested & Reviewed
Electric kettles are the quickest and most efficient way to heat water for drinks or cooking. Faster than stovetop or induction options, they’re also more convenient to pour—especially cordless models. After a whole lot of research, we tested 17 standout kettles on the market, boiling over 100 liters of water to help you choose the best one.
Finally, our best choice is the Cosori GK172-C, offering great-tasting water, zero plastic contact, stainless steel accents, fast boiling, and surprisingly low price. If you want an upgrade with temperature presets and a 30-minute keep-warm feature however, we’d recommend the Cuisinart CPK-17P1.
Everything We Recommend
If you want no plastic parts touching your water, this one’s for you. This kettle also boils real fast and stays remarkably quiet with a low price. It cleans easily as well thanks to its extra-wide opening and sleek stainless-steel lid.
Lightning-fast and ultra-precise, this kettle offers six preset temps and maintains them for 30 minutes for the second cup. Additionally, a lightweight, noise-dampening steel carafe, and textured easy-grip handle make every pour effortless.
This kettle provides you the most safety from scalding possible at a competitive price. It impresses with a double-wall stainless steel body, quick boiling, good heat retention, and a durable, easy-to-clean design.
This kettle focuses on what counts—rapid boiling, low energy consumption, and easy one-button operation—so you can enjoy piping-hot coffee, tea, or instant noodles without the fuss or the expense.
This kettle stands out for its affordability, offering 5 temperature presets and a tea infuser for people who love a quick cuppa. While it boils quietly, its slow performance and awkward handle are drawbacks, though the added features still make it a good value option.
How We Test
Hands-on testing has given our team at Shouldit insights and perspectives that we could never anticipate.
We evaluate an electric kettle’s performance based on its boiling time, energy consumption, noise level, and ability to keep warm.
For the kettle’s design, we check the material, construction, and the features on its carafe, handle, lid, and base.
The design features will dictate how high the kettle’s usability is. We assess how easy the user control is, as well as how easy it is to fill, lift, pour, and clean.
You can read in more detail how we test and score electric kettles.
How We Choose
Below is our scoring table which includes the results of each product we’ve evaluated with extensive testing. Our recommendations further take into account qualities that need to be assessed over time like long-term durability, ease of maintenance, warranty service, and brand image. Most importantly, we focus on products that bring the most value for the money.
Cosori Glass GK172-CO Electric Kettle
Best to Buy
If you want no plastic parts touching your water, this one’s for you. This kettle also boils real fast and stays remarkably quiet with a low price. It cleans easily as well thanks to its extra-wide opening and sleek stainless-steel lid.
Things We Like
- Glass spout
- Stainless steel under lid
- Large opening
- Quiet when boiling
- Easy to use
- Light weight
Things We Don’t Like
- High energy consumption
- Cord doesn’t fit storage
Taking a closer look at the kettle’s performance, it reaches a full boil in just over 7 minutes compared to the typical 8 minutes. Its noise level is also impressively lower, operating at around 70 dB rather than the standard 75 dB, making it easy for you to enjoy your podcast without disturbance.
It does sip a bit more power than some rivals though—161 Wh compared to the common 150 Wh. There’s no temperature control or keep-warm mode, so the water drops to about 201 °F after five minutes—perfectly fine for most teas but worth noting.
The kettle's design emphasizes quality and cleanliness, featuring only glass and stainless-steel elements where the water contacts. Its extra-wide opening allows for effortless filling and cleaning, enhancing user convenience.
The sturdy build is complemented by a blue LED glow, a built-in stainless steel mesh filter, and a glass-formed spout. We did find however, the cord's tendency to not wrap as neatly as desired a minor drawback.
Read our full Cosori Glass GK172-CO Electric Kettle in-depth review
Cuisinart Electric Kettle 6 Presets CPK-17P1
Upgrade Pick
Lightning-fast and ultra-precise, this kettle offers six preset temps and maintains them for 30 minutes for the second cup. Additionally, a lightweight, noise-dampening steel carafe, and textured easy-grip handle make every pour effortless.
Things We Like
- Stainless steel carafe
- 5 preset temperatures
- Keep Warm function
- Relatively lightweight
- Top performance
- Intuitive to use
Things We Don’t Like
- Pricey
- Narrow lid opening
Its most outstanding feature is its excellent ability to keep the water as hot as 209°F / 98.5°C for up to 30 minutes after switching off. In addition, it had the fastest boiling speed in our tests, less than 7 minutes to bring 1.5 liters of room-temperature water (80°F) to a full rolling boil. It was also more energy efficient than most, consuming only 148 Wh for the task.
Design-wise, the stainless steel carafe is not only excellent for keeping the water hot, but also for dampening noise during boiling, resulting in just over 70 dB. It’s surprisingly light as well, and the handle is textured which makes pouring easy.
The Cuisinart has all the desirable features such as an indicator light, water level markings, and a removable mesh filter—all high quality too. Its distinctive control panel has 6 temperature presets from 160°F to 212°F, making the price well worth it.
We thought, however, a couple of improvements could be a wider carafe opening and a stainless steel underside to the lid instead of plastic.
Read our full Cuisinart Electric Kettle 6 Presets CPK-17P1 in-depth review
Secura SWK-1701DA Electric Kettle
Best Stainless Steel
This kettle provides you the most safety from scalding possible at a competitive price. It impresses with a double-wall stainless steel body, quick boiling, good heat retention, and a durable, easy-to-clean design.
Things We Like
- Cool-touch exterior
- Double-walled heat retention
- No plastic contact to water
- Rapid boiling speed
- Affordable
- Large lid opening
Things We Don’t Like
- Energy consumption
- No water-level markings
Our performance tests confirmed product claims that the double-wall stainless steel helps to boil water faster and retains heat for longer. It took just over 7 minutes to boil 1.5 liters of water and remained at 205°F / 96.5°C after 5 minutes.
As a bonus, the kettle was quiet when boiling, reaching just under 75 dB. It did consume 155 Wh, slightly more energy than others though.
In terms of having a stainless steel body, the Secura Kettle SWK-1701DA is even better than the Cuisinart. The carafe’s large lid opening also makes it extremely easy to fill water and also to clean. However, a silicone band around the lid for tighter seal, a mesh filter, and a water-level window would be nice extras.
Read our full Secura SWK-1701DA Electric Kettle in-depth review
Amazon Basics F-625C Electric Kettle
Best Value
This kettle focuses on what counts—rapid boiling, low energy consumption, and easy one-button operation—so you can enjoy piping-hot coffee, tea, or instant noodles without the fuss or the expense.
Things We Like
- Inexpensive
- Easy to use
- Light weight
- Large capacity
- Pretty fast boiling time
- Long cord
Things We Don’t Like
- Kettle waddles on base
- Cord rigid to wrap
It boils 1.5 L fast and sips only 150 Wh in the process. Noise tops out at a reasonable 75 dB, and the water is still about 202 °F five minutes after boiling, even though there’s no keep-warm setting or temp presets.
The kettle is plain—clear carafe and black accents. Nonetheless, everything feels solid except for a slightly wobbly connection to the base, but day-to-day use is as simple as fill, press, pour—and the price is hard to beat.
Read our full Amazon Basics F-625C Electric Kettle in-depth review
Chefman Electric Kettle with 5 Presets
Best with Tea Infuser
This kettle stands out for its affordability, offering 5 temperature presets and a tea infuser for people who love a quick cuppa. While it boils quietly, its slow performance and awkward handle are drawbacks, though the added features still make it a good value option.
Things We Like
- 5 different presets
- Removable tea infuser
- Low price tag
- Quite when boiling
- Removable mesh filter
Things We Don’t Like
- Slow boiling time
- Small opening
- Awkward handle
The kettle’s performance was average at best. Quiet boiling (only 69 dB) was the key to its acceptable performance score. Other than that, it was slow—over 9 minutes to boil 1.5 liters of water—with mid-range energy consumption and heat retention.
We found from our usage that its 5 temperature presets and tea-infusing accessory provide sufficient values. However, we do have to point out that the handle was awkward to hold and the cord storage didn’t wrap well. Also, the lid opening is a little narrow therefore making it difficult to clean inside.
Read our full Chefman Electric Kettle with 5 Presets in-depth review
Close Competitors
- The Zeppoli ZPL-KETTLE is an all-round good performer with an exceptionally quiet boiling phase of 64.7 dB. However, it could be improved with a round three-prong power cord.
- The Mueller Ultra M99S is another glass pick that closely matches up to the Zeppoli. Unfortunately, its uniquely shaped handle was quite a hindrance.
- The Bella 14745 is all about great aesthetics. We chose to feature this kettle for its eye-catching ceramic carafe and practical gooseneck spout.Good looks aside, it was slow to boil.
Things to Consider When Buying
Over the course of us testing different electric kettles, we’ve identified a number of key desirable qualities regarding their performance, design, usability, and lastly, price.
- Aim for 1500 W or above.
- Stainless is best.
- Ideal volume is 1.7 L.
- Temperature control and presets.
- Mesh filter and wide opening.
- Round power cords work best.
- Check the safety features.
Why Trust Us?
Simply put, we independently buy and test kitchen products. Our specialized team designs tests and evaluations that prioritize user experience. Furthermore, we don’t just say we test products. We provide all the evidence and data including details on our test methodologies and evaluation criteria.
Tests are all videotaped for authenticity and our expert photographers show you details of products and testing procedures.
After testing, the best electric kettles from our selection are deployed in the Healthy Recipes 101 kitchen for long term user evaluation. In this way, we maintain a constant flow of feedback on quality and performance.
Our Expertise
Alan Nguyen is a consumer researcher and writer for Shouldit. Working together with the ResearchTesting and Review team (RTR), he began his quest for the best electric kettles by researching countless options before narrowing the race down to 20 distinctive models. We literally boiled over a hundred liters of water in our testing and evaluation of 20 of the best electric kettles so you will know which is the one for you.
FAQ
Boiling water is one of the most efficient purification methods when you don’t have access to drinkable water or in the case of a service breakdown. And, electric kettles are our number one recommendation for the job. Read more on reasons for using an electric kettle.
Depending on the kettle’s capacity and wattage, it can take from 5 to 9 minutes, with 8 minutes being the average.
To clean the limescale build-up in a kettle, simply boil a mixture of vinegar and water, let it sit for 2 hours, then rinse afterward.
Unless your kettle has an infuser, don’t boil tea directly in it. The proper way to make tea is to put your tea leaves or tea bag in a container like a teapot and make sure you select the right water temperature from our quick guide.
