the city has never looked more beautiful, nor miserable

God I miss it. I have an appointment in London today and it's going to be boiling.

(I'd kill for rain right now)

eveytime someone reminds me of kids, Im like awww.... and then ewwwww

oh god. How'd it happen?

We got a free 99 Flake ice cream at work, could be worse.

I doubt a shit £10 kettle will last ten years. I do believe the durability goes up at the higher prices as we use a dualit architect tower kettle which is now closing in on ten years of use.

Aye probs

A £20 kettle that lasts ~7 years?

I don't have a problem! I can stop at anytime!!!

Bosch Styline Variable Temperature Cordless Kettle - £50

Sounds not worth it, but I go for green tea quite a bit, which is best at a lower temperature (80°c), and it can also just boil water normal (100°c)

I've had it since lockdown, no troubles with it

Glass ones lose heat incredibly fast

There's a middle ground my dude

That isn't how I approach budgeting at all, so it explains why I don't get it. I'm glad you have a system that works for you.
The downvote suggest you'd rather I stop talking though so I'll leave it there.

was surprised/impressed too by that

Btw, I searched "kettle LadyButterfly" as I knew I'd seen this before, and it's a surprisingly common theme in a few of your posts. I think you might need to join a KettlesAnonymous group or something :-)

Not really, take the 100 out then divide known expenses you'll be using it for, shopping, petrol the usual and anything left over is fun money for the week.

I think I'd call that limiting spending rather than budgeting. Budgeting would involve keeping track of how much is spent on different things, projecting future spending, stuff like that.

I have a super low-wattage one, its 600w. That means it boils water quite slowly BUT.... even on a cloudy day, my solar panels create enough free electricity to run it. So free cups of tea! I also fill a mug with water, pour that into the kettle and boil it - not one unnecessary drop of water is heated. I'm very pleased with my setup. (If I had a 3000w standard kettle I'd get my drink 5 times faster but would need to pay to import the power unless it was a really sunny day).

Oh that is fancy i like it

THAT'S where the post went! Thanks mate couldn't find it. Impressed my kettle choked on for another few months

In terms of budgeting its fairly simple, I take out £100 to take around with me and generally leave the cards at home. Thusly I can only spend that 100 quid.

Still recommend my VonShef from a few months back: https://feddit.uk/post/41485772

A shit £10 kettle will last 10 years, and a nice fancy one that matches the colours in the kitchen and costs £30 will last 3 years.

I assume there's some higher price bracket where the durability goes up again.

We've had two of these since 2009. The first one lasted up until a few years ago then failed. We couldn't find one which was as good so we bought the exact same model again.

It boils a cup of hot water very fast. What I like about this one is I can take it off the stand to fill up. Most eco kettles are stationary. The boiler chamber is at the bottom so wasted heat goes back into the water tank. It's designed to reduce waste.

https://www.asda.com/groceries/product/kettles-coffee-makers/breville-hotcup-hot-water-dispenser/3598743

Basically never. The occasional car boot sale. That's about it. Any cash I receive ends up sitting on a shelf as my wallet doesn't have a space for it. The notion of relying on cash for budgeting makes no sense to me.

I'm not looking to get rid of cash, but it has no use case for me.
Even the local teenager that mows my lawn takes bank transfers!