Breville Kettles
Breville's kettle range covers everyday cordless jug models through to faster-boil, variable-temperature options. Compare live UK prices on the Bold, Curve, Selecta, Aura and Edge lines side by side, with the colour, finish and feature differences laid out so you can pick once and not regret it.
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Cordless Jug Kettle • Capacity: 1.7 L • 3000 W
Cordless Jug Kettle • Capacity: 1.7 L • 3000 W
Cordless Jug Kettle • Capacity: 1.7 L • 3000 W
Which Breville kettle range fits how you actually make a brew?
Breville splits its kettles into a few clear families, and the right one depends less on tech specs than on how the kettle will live on your worktop. The Bold sits at the entry end, a straightforward 1.7 litre cordless jug with rapid boil, ideal if you want a reliable everyday kettle without paying for extras. The Curve nudges up on styling with a gloss finish and softer silhouette, useful if the kettle is on permanent display. The Selecta, Aura and Edge sit at the premium end, with sharper finishes, larger water windows and, in the case of one Selecta model, variable temperature settings for green tea, oolong and pour-over coffee. Read More...
Worth paying more for variable temperature?
If you only ever make black tea or instant coffee, no. A standard rapid-boil model gets you to 100°C faster than most premium kettles. If you drink green tea, white tea or brew filter coffee at home, variable temperature is genuinely useful: green tea scorches at full boil, and pour-over coffee wants 92 to 96°C. One model in the Breville lineup carries that feature, and it tends to sit in the higher price bracket.
How do you choose a colour and finish that won't date?
Kettles stay on the worktop, so finish matters more than it does for hidden appliances. Plastic models in white, black, grey or cream are the safest bet for kitchens that change colour scheme every few years. Stainless steel and metal-bodied kettles read more premium, hide fingerprints less well, and pair naturally with chrome taps and brushed-finish hobs. Cream and silver two-tones suit traditional or country-style kitchens; flat black or grey reads better in modern, handleless setups.
What capacity and power should you actually need?
Breville's cordless jug kettles sit at 1.7 litres with a 3000 watt element, which is the UK standard for a family-sized kettle. That's roughly seven mugs per fill and a boil time of around two and a half minutes for a full kettle, or 45 to 60 seconds for a single mug on rapid boil. Households of one or two who never fill the kettle past two cups won't see the benefit of the extra capacity, but the higher wattage still pulls a single mug to the boil faster than lower-powered models. Anyone after something pocketable for hotel rooms or caravans should look at travel kettles instead, which is a different category altogether.
Limescale, filters and how long a kettle really lasts
Every model uses a removable limescale filter at the spout, which catches the worst of hard-water deposits before they hit your cup. In hard-water postcodes (most of the South East and East Anglia), descaling every four to six weeks doubles the working life of a kettle. The element burning out, not the body failing, is what kills most kettles, and limescale build-up is the main cause.
Where to buy and when prices typically drop
Breville kettles are widely stocked at Argos, Currys, Tesco, Asda and Amazon UK, plus John Lewis on the premium models. Prices move most around Black Friday, Boxing Day, Amazon Prime Day and the January sales, with the entry-level Bold and Curve seeing the steepest percentage drops. Premium Selecta and Edge models discount less aggressively but more often through the year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Breville is one of the longer-established UK kettle brands, with a reputation built on rapid-boil reliability rather than designer styling. The current range uses a removable limescale filter, 3000 watt elements and 1.7 litre capacity across the board, which lines up with what most UK households actually use day to day.
The Bold is the entry point, plastic-bodied with a clean modern look. The Curve adds a glossier finish and softer styling at a small step up in price. The Selecta sits at the premium end, with a stainless steel build, brighter water window and, on one variant, variable temperature control.
Yes. The Bold range includes a cream finish, and there's a cream and silver two-tone option that works well with traditional kitchens. White, black and grey are also stocked; bolder colours like red, blue and green are not part of the current Breville lineup.
All current Breville cordless jug kettles ship with a removable limescale filter at the spout. That's a mesh filter for descaling, not a charcoal taste filter like a Brita cartridge. If you want a Brita-style filter, that's a separate product category.
With a 3000 watt element and rapid boil, a single mug of water boils in roughly 45 to 60 seconds, and a full 1.7 litre fill takes around two and a half to three minutes. Hard water and limescale build-up slow this down over time.
Yes. The current Breville kettle range is cordless jug format, sitting on a 360 degree base so they can be lifted off in either hand. The base stays plugged in; the kettle lifts off for pouring.
Prices shift weekly across Argos, Currys, Tesco, Asda and Amazon UK. Comparing live prices side by side is faster than checking each retailer separately, and the cheapest seller for the Bold is rarely the cheapest seller for the Selecta.
Only if you drink green or white tea, or brew filter coffee at home. Black tea and instant coffee both want full boil, so a standard rapid-boil kettle does the job. Variable temperature kettles cost more and add a small delay while the element holds at the chosen setting.