The Best Electric Kettles, Tested By Experts (2026)

There are usually two types of people who want a really good electric kettle: the pour-over obsessive who needs gooseneck-level precision, and the tea devotee who knows that brewing temperature is the difference between a great cup and a bitter one. But even if you’re neither, you’ll find yourself reaching for an electric kettle more than you’d expect, whether you’re looking to get a head start on pasta water or preparing a cup of instant ramen.

Our top picks

• Best electric kettle overall: OXO Variable Temperature Electric Kettle
• Best gooseneck kettle for coffee: Fellow Stagg EKG Pro
• Best simple electric kettle: Fellow Clyde
• A great budget gooseneck: Bonavita Digital Variable Temperature Kettle
• If you really just want to boil water: Amazon Basics Electric Kettle

All kettles will boil water—that’s a given. But the best electric kettles do a lot more than hit 212°F. If all you wanted was boiling water, a pot on the stove would do the trick. We’re looking for something better: whether that’s precision temperature control for a finicky pour-over, a keep-warm function for a lazy Sunday morning, or just something pretty enough to double as kitchen decor.

Over the past few years, we’ve tested and retested 26 electric kettles to find the best standard and gooseneck models. Right now, there are five we recommend.

New in this update: After putting four new kettles through our testing process, the Saki Luna Pro, Aarke Electric Kettle, and Balmuda MoonKettle were solid enough contenders to earn a spot on our list, but not enough to unseat any of our top picks.

Standard spout kettles vs. gooseneck kettles

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but unless you are, or aspire to be, a pour-over person, you don’t actually need one of those cool-looking gooseneck kettles. The thin, curvy gooseneck spouts are designed to control the flow of hot water when brewing coffee. You need that control because a big, sloppy pour of boiling-hot water could cause the grounds to clump and/or brew unevenly. The rest of us—even those of us who are particular about making a cup of tea—will be just fine using an electric kettle with a standard V-shaped spout that pours water more quickly and less precisely.

The best electric kettle overall: OXO Variable Temperature Electric Kettle (1.75L)

What we love: OXO’s Variable Temperature Electric Kettle is the only standard-spout kettle we tested in its price range that lets you control the temperature to a single degree anywhere between 104ºF to 212ºF (43ºC to 100ºC). That kind of single-degree variable temperature control is typically only found in pricier gooseneck kettles. It heats water quickly, and we actually noticed a rolling boil about two seconds before the digital base displayed 212ºF and eight seconds before the chirp alerted us that it had reached the target temp.

The 1.7-liter capacity is generous, and the simple control panel is a single knob that doubles as the Select button when pushed, plus a lighted LED display that shows the temperature of the water as it rises in real time. Just twist the dial until you reach your target temp and then push it to start heating. Next to the temperature reading are small icons to show whether the water is actively being heated or if it’s the keep warm mode, which kicks on automatically once the water has reached the target temp and will hold it there for up to 30 minutes.

Instructions for changing between Fahrenheit and Celsius or adjusting the temperature are conveniently printed on the electric base, along with a guide for setting the perfect temperature for coffee and different types of tea. The crystal-clear borosilicate glass makes it easy to see when your water is boiling (or about to boil) and won’t shatter under extreme temperature changes. Volume measurements are marked in liters and ounces, making it easy to fill with as much or as little water as you need.

What we’d leave: Because it’s so simple, the control panel doesn’t allow for any presets (although as long as it stays plugged in, it will remember the last temperature setting you used, so you can simply press the dial to reach it again). The lower temperatures ran a degree or so high when set between 104ºF and about 125ºF according to our instant-read thermometer, though higher temperatures all read within one degree.

Best gooseneck kettle for coffee: Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Adjustable Brew Kettle (0.9L)

What we love: Thanks to smart design and a handful of convenient features that enhance the coffee-brewing process, Fellow’s coffee gear consistently outperforms the competition. This is perhaps most evident in the Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Adjustable Brew Kettle.

It has a sleek square base with a backlit LED display, true variable temperature control that allows you to adjust the temperature in single-degree increments from 104ºF to 212ºF with a smooth knob, a built-in “brew stopwatch” that can be engaged by pressing down on the knob for two seconds, and a beautifully-designed gooseneck spout that allows for precise pours when making pour-over coffee. It also has a discreet switch on the back for switching between temperature units and engaging the keep warm function.

The Stagg EKG Pro has added features that make it worth spending a little more than other gooseneck kettles. For example, there’s altitude adjustment (because water boils at different temperatures at altitude than it does at sea level), volume control for the chime, a built-in clock, and the ability to update the firmware via WiFi. You can also schedule brews, enable a guide mode that tells you what temperature you should have for different coffee and tea options, and set the temperature hold to 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes.

If you’re serious about your pour-overs and want something that will look great on the counter, the Fellow Stagg EKG Pro is worth the splurge.

What we’d leave: Like all of Fellow’s specialty coffee gear, this gooseneck electric kettle is pricey. But if you’re serious about your pour-overs, the features justify the price.

Check out our full review of the Fellow Stagg EKG Pro

The best electric tea kettle: Fellow Clyde Kettle (1.5L)

What we love: Temperature settings are great, but if you just need a kettle that goes from zero to boiling, there’s nothing quite like the Fellow Clyde Kettle. Fellow already makes our favorite gooseneck kettle, and the Clyde is a pared-down version of that. The Clyde looks like a modern-day version of a traditional tea kettle with the handle on top—the weight of the handle counterbalances the water as you pour, which is especially helpful since the Clyde holds 1.5 liters of water, more than many of the kettles we tested.

The Clyde quickly heated up water and was incredibly quiet (some of the kettles we tested got very loud as they worked to get water up to boiling). It also has a uniquely designed pour spout with a fine mesh grid—pouring from this was like a dream. We think you could even use this to make a pour-over coffee (if you were very careful!)

The shape works in the Clyde’s favor as well. We like that it’s stout rather than tall, making it easier to fill, clean, and descale (descale your kettles! Scale builds up easily in anything that touches water).

Finally, this kettle is a looker. Out of all the kettles we tested, this is one that’s made to live on your countertop, and if you want to stow it away, the three-foot power cord wraps easily around the base.

What we’d leave: We can’t ignore that this is one of the pricer kettles. But we think its design and ease of use justify the price tag. It also cannot be programmed to specific temperatures: As we said, it goes from zero to boiling and that’s that. But, if you did want to use it to brew coffee or a tea that needs water closer to 200℉, here’s a quick tip: Just wait about 30 seconds after the kettle hits its auto shutoff point. That should be enough time for the water temp to come down.

The best budget gooseneck: Bonavita Digital Variable Temperature Kettle (1L)

What we love: Though it lacks labeled preset buttons, the simple control panel of Bonavita’s stainless steel electric gooseneck kettle allows you to manually set the temperature in one-degree increments from 140ºF to 208ºF. There’s also a Boil button to reach 212ºF and a Preset Temps button that lets you toggle through six different standard temperatures for tea and pour-over coffee. The presets can’t be reprogrammed, but the machine will remember the last temperature you set it to and automatically set it as the target temperature the next time you turn it on. The backlit LED display shows you the temperature of the water as it heats in real time, and a Hold button will keep the water at up to 208ºF for up to 60 minutes.

What we’d leave: The Bonavita doesn’t heat as quickly as the Fellow gooseneck kettle, but it’s still a really great electric gooseneck kettle—especially if you get it on sale.

If you really just want to boil water: Amazon Basics Electric Kettle

What we love: Amazon’s house brand offers a selection of good-enough, affordable kitchen gear that gets the job done. True to its name, this Amazon Basics electric kettle is very basic, but it boils water quickly, and a blue light will turn off when the kettle does, so you know it has reached the boiling point and has shut off (there’s no keep warm function).

What we don’t: The 1-liter capacity might be a little limiting for some home cooks, and the opening is somewhat small, but if you just need something that will boil water quickly and you’re on a budget, this is a decent option at a very accessible price.

All electric kettles have one job: boil water, preferably fast. However, the best ones do a lot more than that. Here’s how we put them to the test:

• Time to boil: We timed how long each kettle took to bring four cups of 72°F tap water to a rolling boil.
• Accuracy: For kettles with temperature presets or variable settings, we used an instant-read thermometer to verify they hit their target temps.
• Ease of use: We looked at how each kettle felt in hand when full, how smoothly water poured, and how intuitive the controls were. For gooseneck models, we paid extra attention to pour precision and flow consistency.
• Taste: Enough customer reviews flagged metallic-tasting water that we felt it was worth testing ourselves, noting any unusual flavors.
• Materials and construction: Function is paramount, but we also want gear that looks good on a countertop.
• Long-term testing: Our top picks don’t stop at initial testing. We continue using them throughout the year to see how they hold up to everyday use.

What makes a good electric kettle

The best electric kettles let you set specific temperatures to the single degree. Even many budget-friendly models can reach and hold temperatures below boiling, which matters more than you might think. Those lower temps are important for brewing pour-over coffee, extracting the best flavor from different types of tea, whipping up a bowl of instant oatmeal, or warming a baby bottle in the middle of the night. Beyond temperature precision, look for a kettle that feels comfortable to hold and pours smoothly without splashing, especially important for gooseneck models, where a consistent flow makes all the difference. Capacity matters too, depending on whether you’re making a single cup or a full pot. And if you’re making dinner in a hurry, an electric kettle can give you a head start on boiling water for pasta.

Other spout electric kettles we like

Ninja Precision Temperature Stainless Steel Kettle

Ninja’s Precision Temperature Stainless Steel Kettle has a sleek brushed-stainless steel exterior and a digital interface that displays temperature as it heats water from your starting temp to your target temp. You can manually set the temperature from 105ºF to 212ºF in five-degree increments (until you reach 210ºF, then the next increment is 212º). There’s also a boil button as well as one-touch preset temperature controls for coffee and five different types of tea (black tea, green tea, white tea, oolong, and herbal). It brought four cups of 72ºF water to a rolling boil only fifteen seconds slower than the OXO kettle. It also offers a nice little beep to let you know it’s reached temperature and to warn you that the auto shut off is about to kick in to keep it from boiling dry. Frustratingly, the keep warm setting shuts off when you remove the kettle from the heating element. This is in contrast to most other electric kettles, including our top pick, which will keep the water at a temperature for up to 30 minutes or more, regardless of how many times you pick it up. When you can find it on sale, it’s a great budget option. But at the suggested retail price, it costs about as much as the OXO and lacks some of its better features.

Fellow Corvo EKG Electric Kettle

Fellow’s Corvo EKG electric kettle is basically the base model Fellow Stagg EKG kettle, but with a standard pitcher spout instead of a gooseneck spout, so it’s not something you’d want to use for pour-over coffee. Like the Stagg, the Corvo has a beautiful, minimalist design, with a single knob, a flat backlight temperature display, and two switches hidden on the back (one engages the keep-warm function and one switches between Fahrenheit and Celsius). But with a 0.9-liter/30-ounce capacity, some home cooks might find it too small to work as a general-purpose kitchen kettle—especially when you can get something much larger with similar features for a lot less money. That said, if you only ever need to heat a little water and you want something that will perform well and look really great on the counter, this is a great little kettle.

Saki Luna Pro Electric Kettle Pro

The Saki Luna Pro is one of the most pleasant surprises we tested. Completely plastic-free, its features rival Fellow’s: true variable temperature control in single-degree increments from 104°F to 212°F, guided presets for things like green tea and bottle warming, altitude adjustment, easy Fahrenheit-to-Celsius switching, and a keep-warm function that holds temperature for up to 120 minutes. A subtle red ring light glows when it’s on, which is both pretty and practical. At 1.75L and 1,500 watts, it’s as fast as our top pick, the OXO, and arguably easier to navigate. Our art director tested it every workday for over a month and called it a joy to use. Two caveats: it runs slightly louder than a glass kettle when boiling, and the exterior gets very hot to the touch after heating, up to 180°F, so watch your fingers.

Cuisinart Soho 1-Liter Kettle

This kettle is a great deal, and its double-walled design means it’s cool to the touch. The interior wall is made of stainless steel (the rest of the kettle is made of plastic), and the lever on top opens the lid and keeps it open, making the kettle easy to fill with water. You can also wrap the cord in the base of the kettle to save space. But this kettle took slightly longer to heat water than some of the other models we tested and was loud as it worked. This is still a good, affordable alternative for someone who simply needs a kettle to heat water without all the design elements of the Fellow Clyde.

Breville IQ Electric Kettle

This is yet another example of the very intentional way that Breville thinks about the user experience. Pressing buttons on this kettle felt deeply satisfying: They beep when pressed and have an actual haptic response, so you know you’ve fully engaged each function. The kettle has five variable temperature settings and a keep warm function to keep water at a set temperature. It boils water just as quickly as many of the other kettles we tested, but has a much larger capacity at 1.8 liters.

However, the kettle sort of shakes as it warms up, and presets, as opposed to by-degree temperature control, can be a little arbitrary—not every green tea needs to be brewed at the recommended 175° F. The OXO kettle, as well as some others, offers better control over the temperature settings.

Breville Crystal Clear Electric Kettle

Breville makes a lot of really impressive small appliances for the kitchen, and in our testing, the brand’s Crystal Clear Electric Kettle boiled water as fast as the OXO. We enjoyed watching it reach a rolling boil through that crystal clear glass, too. But this kettle has some limitations that kept it far from the top spot. There’s no keep-warm function, so as soon as it reaches a boil, it shuts off. There are also no temperature settings—when you turn it on, it boils the water, shuts off, and that’s all she wrote. At the time of publishing, the clear glass OXO electric kettle is practically the same price and has far more features.

Zwilling Enfinigy Cool Touch Kettle Pro

We love the look of Zwilling’s Enfinigy line, which includes toasters, coffee makers, blenders, scales, grinders, and other gadgets and appliances. Many perform really well in the kitchen too, including the Cool Touch Kettle Pro. This electric tea kettle is quiet, easy to clean, and in our testing it boiled water quickly and demonstrated precise temperature control. There are six presets—including one for warming baby bottles—plus a keep-warm function. The outside is also cool to the touch, even with boiling water inside.

Hamilton Beach Glass Electric Kettle

Hamilton Beach makes a range of pretty good, pretty cheap small appliances for the kitchen, including coffee gear, and this Glass Electric Kettle is one of them. Hamilton Beach’s kettle has some great-to-have features, including six presets for different teas, French-press coffee, hot cocoa, and of course, boil. It also has an automatic keep-warm function that will hold the water at the target temperature for up to 30 minutes, and boil-dry protection senses when the kettle is empty and will automatically shut off to prevent scorching. One thing to note: The kettle cycles through five LED color changes as it heats up (in a rainbow from purple to red), which may not be for everyone.

Aarke Stainless Steel Electric Kettle

Let’s be real: if you have $250 to spend on a kettle and you’re a serious pour-over nerd or matcha obsessive, you’re buying a Fellow Stagg EKG (and you’re saving $70). The Aarke is for everyone else who wants something stunning on their counter, and on that front, it absolutely delivers. The soft-open lid feels luxurious. The mirror finish is the kind of beautiful that demands respect—touch it wrong (or at all), and you’ll spend the next thirty seconds polishing out your fingerprints. The whole thing just looks expensive. When one of our editors left it out on her desk, our Architectural Digest colleagues stopped to ask what it was. Yes, it skips some features you’d expect at this price (there’s no single degree variable temperature, keep-warm functionality, or unit toggle—you’re stuck in Fahrenheit), and the volume is on the low end (1.2 liters compared to our top pick’s 1.7), but its five presets were accurate within a degree in our testing and it heated up faster than the OXO. One heads-up: there’s no audible alert when it reaches temp, just a light that shifts from pulsing to steady. But, hey, for a kettle this pretty, watching it boil is half the point.

BALMUDA MoonKettle

Inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese tea kettles, the MoonKettle is such a stunning piece of design that you’d never want to hide it in a cabinet (which is good, because the tall, fixed top handle does make it awkward to store anywhere besides your countertop). It was easy to hold and pour from, but there were some caveats that kept it from being a top pick. In our testing, temperatures ran about 5°–10°F off from the set target, which matters if you’re dialing in a delicate green tea. It also heated water a minute slower than comparable kettles we tested. The startup tick-tock sound is a cute touch, though it could feel out of place in a quiet or shared space. Thankfully, the mute option is easy to find and use. At nearly $260, you’re paying a premium for the experience, not the performance. But for anyone who prioritizes aesthetics over temperature precision, the MoonKettle will bring a lot of joy to your morning routine.

Other gooseneck kettles we like

OXO Adjustable Temperature Pour-Over Kettle

Until the Fellow Stagg EKG hit the scene with all of its fancy pour-over features, OXO’s 1-Liter Adjustable Temperature Pour-Over Kettle was our favorite. The gooseneck spout allows for precise and even pouring, and this kettle has the same simple single-dial control panel as the standard-spout OXO electric kettle, allowing you to set the temperature in single-degree increments from 140ºF to 212ºF. It boils water quickly, too. Four cups of water reached 212ºF in just four minutes—nearly three minutes faster than comparably-priced electric gooseneck kettles. It’ll also automatically hold the target temp for 30 minutes.

Like the OXO’s standard-spout electric kettle, the base of this gooseneck model features easy-to-read instructions for changing between temperature units and adjusting the temperature, plus a guide for selecting the best temperature for different kinds of coffee and tea. Another thing that this gooseneck has in common with the standard version is that it lacks any presets. But it recalls the last temperature setting you used when you turn it on, so at least there’s that.

Timemore Fish Smart Electric Gooseneck Kettle

Tinemore may not be as well-known as Fellow, but they make some great gear for pour-over coffee, including this gooseneck kettle. In fact, it offered the best pour control out of every single kettle we tested (yes, it poured even more precisely than Fellow’s gooseneck kettles). We also really appreciate the sleek square base and minimalist style, but we got really frustrated trying to set the temperature to 200ºF using the touchscreen slider. After trying many mornings in a row, we gave up and left it at 198ºF. Not a huge deal, and 198ºF is not out of range for a pour-over coffee, but an electric kettle is supposed to be easy to use, and the technical difficulties kept the Tinemore out of the top spot.

Willow & Everett Gooseneck Kettle with Temperature Presets

This budget-friendly gooseneck kettle is nothing fancy and lacks many of the features of our favorite models, but it heated quickly, and the gooseneck spout allowed for a smooth and easy flow in our test pours. Unlike the similarly priced Bodum, this kettle has a basic control panel with preset buttons for different types of tea and coffee, as well as boil and keep warm settings, so it could actually be used for pour-over coffee.

Electric kettles we don’t recommend

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