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What's a gadget or appliance that you purchased that you would wholeheartedly recommend to others? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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For me, it's an electric toothbrush. It doesn't matter if you go with Sonicare or Oral-B, once you start using an electric toothbrush, regular toothbrushes don't ever feel like they clean your teeth properly. The smooth plaque-free top layer of your teeth that you can feel after using an electric toothbrush can't be replicated with a regular toothbrush.

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[–] 29 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Electric kettle. Fast at boiling water, especially if your stove heats slowly. Great for things like tea or instant noodles/lunches.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    This is quite a strange comment to see as there isn't a single house in the UK that doesn't have an electric kettle in it.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Over here, you'll find a pot of water on the stove more common. Our regular outlets are 120v, but our stoves are typically 240v. A water kettle here would be about half as fast as our stoves (generally speaking). Over there, yeah, with 240 being the standard, a kettle makes a lot of sense.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Are we both thinking the same kind of kettle or is it British/American English different? What I'm talking about is a pitcher with an electric heating unit in the bottom?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah that’s the one. Literally every household.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I think they would be more popular in the US if they worked as quickly here. I have one, but it takes about 4 minutes to heat 2 cups to boiling. It's still worth it to me, but it's not much faster than the stovetop for us. There's something about the electric service in the UK that allows electric kettles to heat much faster there.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    240V vs 120V. For an equivalent amount of current, 240V supplies twice the amount of power to the heating element.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Not a fan of microplastics or extra unnecessary gadgetry..

    Seems like silly waste to be the next lemming without any substantial difference to the age old system of boiling water, same with rice cookers.

    Unless I don’t hav a stovetop they’re basically not needed, a waste of money and another point of plastic contamination.

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