It’s too chunky and stubby for me, I’m thinking of a Ninja kettle for now at £100
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If the Monzo Community of all places cannot deliver on that then we have some major issues! 
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I thoroughly recommend this kettle myself:
(Yes, I deliberately choose a John Lewis link for the middle class bonus points).
The different temperature buttons were the main selling points for me, means I don’t have to boil and wait for water to cool to the required temperature before using.
That it’s under £100 is a nice bonus - I know people who’ve spent more that on fashionable kettles that are just binary on-off, which is madness.
I also only put water in it that has been run through a Brita filter jug, which helps a lot with keeping the scale under control. Have had the kettle about five years now and only had to descale it twice in that time.
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Despite my tech obsession and drive to shave 0.0000001p off energy usage wherever possible, one thing to keep simple is the kettle. And it needs to be a pick-up-and-go portable source of hot water too for the inevitable need for boiling water in non-kitchen environments (i.e. family/pets accidents) - so going the ‘boiling water kitchen tap’ route has disadvantages.
This is our current daily driver - the Argos Cookworks glass/LED, currently £28 - https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7060586
It has lasted almost 3 times longer than TWO ‘smart kettles’ from Amazon put together that we previously endured (one of them turned out to be flat-out dangerous)
Fill it up, flick the switch, wait or do something else for a bit. done.
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Yikes! But also, not surprised. There’s so much fake tat or Chinese knock-offs on Amazon now, I’m very wary of buying anything like that from them now without very careful research. But even then you’re at the mercy of co-binning. 
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Fitted a Quooker Combi (cold/hot/boiling) when we redid the kitchen 7 years ago. Conflicting for a Yorkshireman. On the one hand, eye-wateringly expensive ('ow much?!). On the other hand, tea on tap 24/7.
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Does that mean we could say you did it for Yorkshire?
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Of course!
Except I’d never drink that stuff - hurts to say it (patriotism and all that) but it’s awful 
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Highly recommend the Dualit Architect! Great design, lasts forever!
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All these kettles though 
I think we adopted our kettle 2/3 years ago, and kept the same one since.
Who’d have thought a £5 Wilko kettle would last this long
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What a thread….
Mines just a basic Russell Hobs one. I fill it, it turns on and does stuff.
That said, if I’m making instant coffee I’ll turn it off before it gets to boiling point so it doesn’t burn the coffee.
Maybe I do need one with temperature control after all….
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I had no idea you could spend so much on a kettle
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This is my kettle! Thoroughly agree it is the best kettle I’ve owned. Looks good, £12 at Sainos in a sale. Has lasted for years, and a quick descale every now and then and it’s still as efficient as possible.
As for tea, I despair at British people not being able to make tea any longer. Squeezing the bag after about 10 seconds in a mug with the milk already added?? Seriously??!? Disgusting.
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I brew mine for five minutes, and don’t squeeze the bag at all.
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I despair that folk still think that teabags are the proper way to make tea. Loose leaf, teapot and tea strainer or you have no moral high-ground.
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Whilst I don’t add the milk until after the teabag has been removed, the more commercial brands are made to only need a few minutes to brew, so you could get away with just a little time in, squeeze and go. Particularly designed for offices etc.
At home, absolutely. In the work canteen; I’d be sectioned.
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Ringtons tea all day long 
never had it til I moved up north east. Better than Yorkshire/Tetley
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I don’t drink black tea but each morning I fill a small jug with a large amount of green tea leaves and keep topping it up during the day. Strong tea in the morning, by evening it’s like tainted water.
Welcome! Come for the kettle chat, stay for [blank].
(Yes, I did find myself watching Blankety Blank over the weekend).
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