Kettles

stickywicket

Recommendations please for someone with cr8p hands, wrists and everything else.

I keep buying the same rubbishy model (which starts leaking just after the guarantee has run out) because, when I go to C8m8et and C8rry’s they are the only ones I can both lift and fill. I need both hands so it has to be lightweight and jug type (I think). The top needs to open easily and wide for filling. I prefer to fill it direct from the tap but, if putting a lot of water in, I need to stand it in the washing up bowl. I can only fill it using a jug if I put it in the sink because I can’t lift the jug high enough if the kettle’s on the unit top. I pour by holding the handle with one hand and holding the pouring side, usually with some pad for hand protection on the other. (I scald myself frequently. :roll: )

I’ve seen ‘tippers’ but never used one. Pros and cons? I guess you can only use them for cups and teapots? What about bigger, ie taller things eg pans, cafetiere, large jug for filling steamer?

Any info or suggestions most welcome.

julie47

oh sticky I too have trouble with kettles.
There are so many lovely ones on the market but they are for me completely useless.

I am afraid mine is a cheap plastic cordless one from deb***ms and jug style. I do hate it but its all I can have it is light :?

I have to fill mine with a jug, and often miss the spout by tipping the jug too much (bou*ty soaker upper in big supply )

I have to hold the handle, tip it slightly then grab the underneath with my fisted hand. (actually I am quite good at this come to think of it)
It is a different kettle of fish though when I dont wear the leg and cant stand up for a moment,

I have often wondered about a tipper or the one cup gadgets (not much use if you need 4 cups though :roll: )

Sorry I can not help and hope that some one comes along with an idea for you.

( :idea: you could get a big urn and get mr sw to fill it each day )
Love Juliepf x

CJHunter

Hey sticky, It is a prob for so many of us and i reckon a new line in snazzy kettle design could be worth a bash, along with snazzy rails and aids we use. MMMM giving me food for thought.

Maybe one of those huge supermarkets would be happy to look at this for us, i wonder.

Sorry going off on a tangent, i am aware of the kettle tippers and have a friend who has to use one ,who says it is a godsend and wouldnt be without it. Im not sure if they do different swizes for different styles of kettle, maybe worth having a scan n see.

Hope you are well my lovely ladies, sorry not been about for a bit.

Take care.xxxx

stickywicket

julie47 wrote:

It is a different kettle of fish though when I dont wear the leg and cant stand up for a moment,

I just want a kettle, julie. I don't want it full of fish Nor do I want a fish kettle. :roll: Hey, if I find a good one through this posting I'll let you know.

I can manage without snazzy, Clare. 'Possible' is my main aim. Good to see you around again.

dreamdaisy

How about a travel kettle? OK so you may have to boil it up a few times if the gang come round but on the plus side they are small and light. I have seen a kettle tipper in my local Co-op disability store but I thought it was rather bulky (I lack space in our tiny kitchen!) As for the scalding how about wearing an oven glove on the supporting hand? (assuming you can get one on, of course.) DD

barbara12

DD has beat me to it..I was going to say a travel kettle trouble is they dont hold much..but they are very light...hope you find something..

BikerAngel

I have a normal jug kettle and use a tipper that I got from OT and what a diff it has made to me I use a jug to fill it then if I need to fill a pan or something bigger I just put the hot water in my jug and then pour into pan or whatever. I can't lift pans either so have to get hubby or kids to help with that one. My current kettle is a black Russel Hobbs brand that fits on the tipper fine but my other one fitted fine too. Get the OT to come out and help you with gadgets as they helped me heaps. Hope this helps you out a bit more, anything else just ask

stickywicket

Thanks DD, Barbara and BikerAngel.

I had thought of a travel kettle but both Mr Sw and I are into big mugs and, from what I've seen of them, I don't think you'd get two big mugs out of one boiling. Marital mayhem could ensue :roll: Besides, in hotels, I can't even pour a small light one without using two hands. My only grip is between my thumb and the palm of my hand and my wrists are locked.

I'm thinking I might have to go down the tipper route. I think I'd rather not but there you go. At least I could buy a decent kettle that didn't leak. I might check them out. I don't fancy the OT route though just for that as there's a long wait in these parts.

BikerAngel

if there is a long wait in your area for OT do you have a welfare rights officer as in their dept we have a room full of OT things so you might get from that instead.

ruby2

I have the problem too.
I have a jug kettle and need to use 2 hands to hold it.
But I found the problem for me was more the tap, and so getting a swan neck type of one made quite a few sink tasks a bit easier.
Just a little suggestion I know its expensive to change taps at times, but I found it worth it.

stickywicket

Thank you BikerAngel and Ruby2.

BikerAngel, we do have a place where you can try out lots of disability aids but the next 'open day' is in four weeks and, to be honest, I thought sounding you lot out would be quicker.

Ruby2, I have lever taps. Had them for years ever since my hands got really bad and I wouldn't/couldn't have any others now.

caroldeeg

Hi
Have u thought of getting a hotcup,. My daughter bought me one for christmas.its filled like a kettle and when u want hot water for tea etc u put the cup under the nozzle press a button & it dispenses the water directly into the cup.
No lifting of hot kettles is needed, My one is adjustable and u can change the amount of water dispensed depending on the size of cup.
Hope this helps

traluvie

I have a jug type kettle..

I also have a tipper , without it making a cuppa would be so difficult..

The top comes of easily enough for me to fill it with a jug of water, saves me lifting the kettle at all...

To fill pans with hot water, i would empty the boiled water from kettle into plastic jug then into saucepan..

Hope you find something to help you..

ruby2

stickywicket wrote:

Thank you BikerAngel and Ruby2.

Ruby2, I have lever taps. Had them for years ever since my hands got really bad and I wouldn't/couldn't have any others now.

Sorry SW I didnt explain clearly enough.
Yes I too need the lever type and you still have that option with the swan neck type.

The swan neck being where the water comes out ..it rises enabling you to put the kettle on the work surface beside the the sink swing the neck round to the kettle spout and fill.. no need to hold the kettle until you need to move it.
if you google swan neck taps you will get the idea.
Good luck

stickywicket

Thank you everyone. I have given this some thought, considered all your excellent suggestions and finally decided to go down the cheap tipper and more expensive kettle route. That way I should be able to brew up for as many people as are currently in the house and still have a working kettle after the guarantee has expired. However, I'll still have to be able to lift it, containing water, to the unit top as trying to raise my arms high enough to pour a jug of water into it would, I fear, result in half the water going into the kettle and the other half all over myself and the kitchen.

Ruby2 You did explain clearly and I still managed to misunderstand even though we do have a swan neck mixer tap :oops: . However, it's situated on the angle of the draining board and the draining board always bears a precariously arranged tower block of crockery so there could be no resting a kettle on top. I could, and do, sometimes stand it in the sink and I think this will be how I'll have to deal with a heavier kettle.

stickywicket

This morning I bought a Breville with a 3 yr guarantee. It's a good size (1 and 1/2 litres, I think) but not too heavy. It has a removable lid which I can remove and a wideish neck which makes it easier to fill. I poured it without scalding myself though this will probably not occur every time. I must be more vigilant than I normally am in grabbing the sponge scourer and using it to hold the spout side's bottom end. If that doesn't work it'll have to be a tipper.

Thanks all.

stickywicket

Thanks, Del, I'll bear that in mind for the future. Not only does it look useful but my son has something similar in his apartment in L.A. I think they're fairly standard there and very handy.

muffy

HI

I have a Russell Hobs kettle with a push button to open the lid it fits perfectly on a tipper. Like a previous post I use a jug to fill the kettle and to transfer hot water to other pots and pans. My OT Dept supplied the tipper.

Sylvia

lululu

Never thought about posting about it but I have a Brev---- one cup and I fill it I used to fill it with a jug and funnel but in Ikea I had a rare good idea I bought a long spouted plastic watering can and that is just perfect. It lives on my draining board so is always handy.

woodbon

Hi,
I've just bought a new kettle as the old one died, I thought that was difficult to lift (handle over the top), but the new one is a jug type. I can't lift it if its full but manage fairly well with half full or so. It's the supermarkets own make, the on begining with S!!!

BikerAngel

I just got the new Tes*o catalogue and there is a new thing in there it is on P574 and made by Bos*h and is called Filtrino for £89.97 and it looks like a good idea.