Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Electric Gooseneck Kettle - Pour-Over Coffee and Tea, Quick Heating, Precise Temperature Control, Scheduling, Built-in Brew Timer, Matte Black, 0.9 Liter

I really love this kettle. It stays right where you need it. No more heating to a certain temperature and watching the kettle cool down 5 degrees before the thermostat is triggered to warm back up. It’s perfectly exact with what it does. It’s pricey, sure. But it also has a 3 year warranty (2 years out of the box, 3 years if you register it). Amazon also had the A-Z satisfaction policy so I feel very confident that I’m buying a kettle that’ll last for years and I’m protected if it doesn’t. I had no idea before i ordered it that it heats to .5 a degree!? Not 1000% necessary but that’s another feature I thought was cool. I’ve tried 4 other different kettles since becoming a serious coffee hobbyist. This is the one for me.

I know this electric kettle is pricy, but it is worth it. It looks beautiful sitting on my counter and is so quick and easy to setup and use. We have used ours regularly since receiving it and haven't had any problems with it. It is very sturdy and the gooseneck spout allows for precise pouring. I wanted an electric kettle that would last for years and be nice to have on display at the same time.

I just switched to manual coffee brewing and loose leaf tea steeping to get the last bits of plastic out of my life, and this kettle is the lynch pin pulling all of that together. This kettle is really nice and heats up really quick. The build quality, feel, and finish are superb, and it looks really good sitting on the counter. I really like that I can set a schedule so the kettle is already hot when I wake up. It's really simple to operate on demand, simply push the knob down and it automatically starts heating to the last temp you had set. If you want to change the temp, you simply turn the knob left or right after pushing the knob to turn it on. The chime feature is nice but it's really quiet even on the highest volume.

A much fancier kettle than I deserve. I called him Kevin. Yes, the app isn’t that user friendly, or easy to navigate but I’m not really that concerned if Kevin can speak Chinese or not. He makes good tea and coffee and sits nicely on my counter. He is easy to turn on and stays hot and ready for long enough.

I’ve been using this or almost a year now, so here’s my review.At this price point, this kettle is disappointing. The look and feel is nice, don’t get me wrong. But where it fails is the software/firmware. This kettle fails where it shouldn’t: temperature. During operation of the kettle you’ll most likely be taking the kettle off and back on to pour. What I’ve found happens is that the base will revert to a random temp and get stuck there. What happens? It’ll attempt to heat up to what you set it at. What I ran into was this: I had the kettle set at just below boiling for coffee (198 at my altitude). I pour some water for my pour over and set it back on the base. What I didn’t notice is that the kettle base read the temp as 168. So the kettle cranks up the heat so it can heat it back up to 198. The issue? The water is already 196-198. So it essentially starts a rumbling boil in a kettle, this shot steam and hot water everywhere. The worst part? The temp never updates so it will sit there boiling until you turn it off. This has now happened multiple times. Personally, this is just a massive safety issue and for 200+ dollars I don’t believe it’s remotely worth it. This thing needs a lot of work before it can be used safely

Is this expensive? Yes. It's very expensive. Is it a great user experience and perfect for pour overs? Yes, it is. Is there likely a better value option on the market? Yes, there probably is. Buying things is tricky, and I may have let my emotions encourage me to associate more value to aesthetics than I should have, but almost a year later, and I'm still happy with this purchase.

PROS- Worthy of design museums, IMO.- Well built- Simple to use, with some unnecessary nice-to-haves- Extremely fast heatingCONS- Possibly the most expensive < 1L kettle on the market not made of semiprecious metal- Power hog (the price of fast heating); might trip breakers in an old house- Limited capacity, although not that different from other kettlesDesignLet's get the subjective out of the way: the thing is beautifully designed. It will get compliments from people interested in this sort of thing. The word "sexy" will come up. It's a kind of eggshell finish which matches everything on my coffee bar. I like that it's not too glossy. Nice textural compliment to the pieces that surround it. It's also wife-approved, aesthetically speaking, so that's another plus. If they offered a 1.5L version, I'd have bought that. With preheating and bloom, there's basically 1-2 serving limit depending on how much you drink. Another 500mL would be nice, but this is a small complaint. The only reason I bring it up is that you may want to have an alternate brewing apparatus should you wish to provide coffee for more than one or two people.Material & Build QualityThe handle is great; comfortable texture, ergonomic form, and solid feel. The gooseneck is a great profile and the shaping and finish on the tip exhibits Fellow's attention to detail. It's polished, sharp, and shaped so as to allow very precise pouring. This comes in very handy especially for small pour-overs in the 150-200mL range. The lid appears to be insulated but might just be double walled for structure. Either way, it's a satisfying fit into the kettle itself, and the lid's pull handle feels very solid as well. The base feels solid with weight that is sufficient to assure build quality on par with the kettle. The switches on the back are the only expense that seems to have been spared on first glance. They have a little play to them, but it's perfectly fine for how often you'll actually use them, and nicer switches would just make the unit more expensive. A good compromise in my opinion.User ExperienceI think this is extremely intuitive to use, but I will acknowledge my bias here as an engineer. That said, I think my grandmother could use this without instruction once she stopped making fun of me for having a kettle with a computer screen... I pulled it out of the box, washed the inside, plugged in the base and heated water without looking at the manual. While it was heating, I learned about the timer and hold features. So read the manual to learn about anything you can't figure out on your own. My scale has a timer on it already, so I don't know how often I'll use the one on the kettle, but I taught my tea-drinking wife how to use it and she loves it for steep times. The hold feature is a bit of icing on the cake. With how fast this thing heats water, it's not necessary, but it has been nice in few situations. Some days, I leave the house before my wife. I make my coffee, refill the kettle, set it to 210*F and turn on hold so she has hot water ready when she comes downstairs. I've also used it on weekends when I take my dog for a quick walk rather than just letting him out. Set it to hold at 203*FPerformance & ControlThis thing is fast. It's gets water up to target temp way faster than a similar kettle on my gas stove. It's more powerful than my microwave at 1200W. It dims the lights in the dining room (says more about my old house than the kettle). I think the toleranance on the PID is +/- 2 degrees F (or maybe 1 degree C). My only complaint, a nitpick really, is that the full power seems to be used for holding temp controlled by a relay or something similar. With the dimming of the lights, it creates a post-apocalyptic strobe effect. If your house is properly wired, this will not likely be an issue for you lol.Sorry for the poor photo quality! I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw it on my PC monitor. Bad white balance, out of focus. Sheesh.

This was something that I was glad that I purchased. It is for making coffee the pour over method. It works great and it is so handy to have the water temperature displayed. It heats the water quickly and is easy to use. I also use it for heating water for tea.