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Bodum 5500-01USA Ibis Cordless Electric Water Kettle, Black | 
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Brand: Bodum
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $53.50
Buy New: $39.50
You Save: $14.00 (26%)
New (8) from $39.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 26042
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.7 x 7.3
MPN: 5500-01 BK
Model: 5500-01USA
UPC: 727015126029
EAN: 0727015126029
ASIN: B00006F2M6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Holds 8-1/2 to 57-1/2 fluid ounces | | • | Made of polypropelene plastic with stainless-steel heating element | | • | Boils 35 fluid ounces in 4-1/2 minutes | | • | Power automatically shuts off when water boils | | • | Contains water level indicator; hinged safety lid |
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Product Description
This lightweight and easy to use kettle will get 35 fluid ounces of water boiling in roughly 4 1/2 minutes. That's fast, much faster than the average range. If you don't like waiting around for the kettle to whistle, or you don't have access to a range yet want or need boiling water, Bodum has the appliance to help.
Amazon.com Review
With its modern Scandinavian design, this large-capacity water kettle is attractive enough to pour water for tea in a conference room full of executives. And, with its affordable price, this kettle works equally well boiling water to dish up bulk ramen noodles for a group of college students. Made of heavyweight polypropelene plastic, the Ibis holds a maximum of 57-1/2 fluid ounces of water (about 13 cups). It must be filled to a minimum of 8-1/2 fluid ounces--just enough to cover the heating element--to operate. A floating red water-level indicator on the outside of the Ibis rises as water is added and shows how many cups of liquid it is holding. The detachable kettle locks onto the base unit for heating and can then be removed for pouring or refilling. Also made of polypropelene, the base encases the stainless-steel heating element. The short 22-inch power cord stores beneath the base so the unit can be easily transported. Flipping up the switch below the kettle's handle turns on the power and illuminates the indicator light on the kettle's top. The heating process is rapid and quiet: it takes only 4-1/2 minutes to boil 35 ounces of water and the sound is almost imperceptible. For safety purposes, the Ibis automatically shuts off after boiling and has a hinged safety lid to prevent boiling water from spilling and a frosted handle for a secure grip. --Cristina Vaamonde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 61 more reviews...
 great as always April 28, 2008
great as always, i had two of them and they work good for 4/5 years. a "must buy"
Great kettle April 10, 2008
I bought this kettle on sale in Los Angeles in 1996. It has been used almost everyday ever since. I highly recommend this kettle.
my favorite hot water pot March 1, 2008
I bought one of these three years ago because when someone comes to the door or there's some other distraction I have, on occasion, boiled the water too long. Because this shuts off automatically when the steam is made, this is very safe and unwasteful. I bought the new one for my mother but she doesn't use filtered water so I suppose the coils and the filter will clog up sooner than mine, but it's attractive and a little something I can do to make her life simpler and safer.
 Good looks and speed, but has fatal design flaws February 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like the looks of this kettle, it has a ball that shows the water level, and when it works it boils water relatively quickly. However, the base only accepts the kettle in a single orientation. This is a problem with the oval design of both kettle and base. If a circular power stub is in the middle of the circular base, then you don't have to get the angle of the incoming kettle just-so in order to get it on the base. Ok, so then you get it on the base and switch it on. Here you must watch carefully to see if the light goes on on the top, because it is about 50-50 whether or not you have really got the kettle properly on the base. If the light is not on then you have to jiggle the kettle until it comes on. True, we are not approaching the complexity of landing a plane, but frankly putting the kettle on should not be such a fiddly operation.
The spout has a filter, but this is good & bad. Good because you don't get bits of kettle fur in your tea (not that I've ever had this happen). Bad because you can't really fill the kettle via the spout. So you have to lift the lid every time and it's not super convenient to do that.
Final bit of this rant... er, review is that in less than 6 months of use, the kettle stopped working altogether. I am not impressed. I've used many electric kettles over the years and while this is perhaps the prettiest it is perhaps the most flawed.
 Good kettle, finicky base design January 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Boils water quickly, but because of where the electrical contact is on the base (not centered like others), it often doesn't make contact when the kettle is placed on top, and must be jiggled into place. If you don't get it right you come back 5 minutes later to find that it never started heating...
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