HKM-6252499 Electric Gooseneck Kettle with Thermostat Control, 1500W Power, 1.8L Capacity, Plastic Material, Automatic Shut-Off

HKM-6252499 · Electric Kettles · 1.8 L, 1500 W, Steel or Black

Handle Display, Dial Base, 1.8 L

HKM-6252499 is a 1.8 L gooseneck kettle rated at 1500 W, with a display set into the handle where the thumb sits, a round dial on the base showing a temperature above a timer, and a body drawn as a tall cone with a steel collar at the top. It is offered in a brushed steel finish and in a black body with the same steel collar, on the same silver base.

It suits a bench where the kettle is used for pour-over and for tea at different temperatures: the handle display keeps the reading in view while pouring, the dial on the base sets the figure, and the thermostat ends the cycle at the target rather than at a boil. At 1.8 L it fills four cups, which is more than most gooseneck kettles of this shape.

At a Glance

• Type — cordless gooseneck kettle on a corded dial base
• Capacity — 1.8 L, as stated in the listing
• Power — 1500 W
• Display — temperature window built into the handle
• Control — thermostat, set on a round dial at the base
• Safety — automatic shut-off, per the listing

Materials and Construction

The body is a cone with a slight shoulder, finished either in brushed steel with a vertical grain or in matte black, and topped with a polished steel collar that carries the lid. The lid is a disc with a black insert and a round knob, and the spout is a thin tube that rises from the lower wall and curves through a long arc to a square-cut tip.

The handle is a broad loop in black, moulded over a steel spine, with the display set into its upper face and angled toward the person pouring. The base is a rounded square in silver with a black glass plate on top and a round dial at the front right, ringed with printed marks.

• The dial shows a temperature in its centre and a timer beneath it, with keys either side for the unit and the timer.
• The handle display reads the live temperature in three digits, 100 °C in the photographs.
• The base plate is dark glass, so the kettle sits on a surface that can be wiped.

How It Works

Fill, seat the body on the plate, set the temperature on the dial and start it. The thermostat holds the element to the target and the handle display tracks it; automatic shut-off ends the cycle, as the listing states. The timer on the dial is a second function, printed with four figures, and the unit key switches the scale between °C and °F.

Putting the display in the handle rather than on the base is the functional decision here: a gooseneck is lifted and tilted through a long pour, and a readout on the base is out of sight for most of it. The cost is that the display is part of the handle, so the kettle is not one that can be put down hard without thought.

No boil time is published and no temperature range is given, so neither is stated. What the listing does fix is the power, the capacity and the shut-off, and the title describes the body as plastic in part — the handle and lid fittings — over the steel shell.

Placement and Use

The base is a rounded square with the dial at one corner, so it wants to sit with that corner toward the user; the body lifts off and can be set back at any rotation, though the handle should end up where the hand expects it.

• Fill below the collar, so the lid seats on the rim rather than on water.
• Set the target on the dial before lifting the body; the keys are on the base.
• Keep the glass plate and the coupling dry, and wipe the handle display with a soft cloth.

Included and Optional

Colours and Finishes

Two finishes are shown: brushed steel, and a black body with a brushed steel collar. Both sit on the same silver base with its black glass plate, and both carry the black handle with its display.

The listing carries a single default colour value, so the two finishes appear to be paired with the voltage choice rather than offered as separate options; the finish supplied with each voltage is not stated, and is recorded as unconfirmed.

Care and Maintenance

Descale with white vinegar and water when a film appears: equal parts, stood twenty minutes, then a fresh boil and two rinses. The interior takes a soft brush, and the spout needs a rinse through rather than a scrub, since the tube is narrow.

Wipe the body along the grain on the steel version and with a soft cloth on the black, and dry the base plate rather than washing it. The handle display is a sealed window, so a dry cloth is enough. Neither body nor base should be immersed.

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HKM-6252499 · 1.8 L 1500 W gooseneck kettle · handle display · dial thermostat · steel or black