Should You Buy a Philips Electric Kettle?

Philips is well known for its TVs, irons, PC monitors and fryers.

We've collated all the key information on Philips electric kettles in this handy guide. We've analysed over 12,000 user and expert reviews and 10 awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 1,700 electric kettles to impartially compare each electric kettle brand.

Philips are recognised for their wide selection of mid-range and popular electric kettles and start at $50 for the HD9305 which has a power of 2,200W and a water tank capacity of 1.5L and go up to $162 for the HD9326 which has a power of 2,200W and a water tank capacity of 1.7L. The average price of a new Philips electric kettle is $111.

Is Philips the Best Electric Kettle Brand?

So are Philips electric kettles any good? We give every electric kettle a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all electric kettles we are able to impartially rank all the electric kettle brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Philips is the 13th best electric kettle brand out there.

Let's look at how Philips electric kettles compare to the other electric kettle brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Philips have better reviews than the typical electric kettle brand, with the average rating of a Philips electric kettle being 60%. When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Philips electric kettle is $58 (based on a person typically doing 6 boils per day), which makes them more efficient than most other electric kettle brands.

There's a smaller selection of Philips electric kettles available compared to other electric kettle brands, with only 3 Philips electric kettles currently on the market in the US. Philips electric kettles also tend to be more expensive than most other electric kettle brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.

What Do the Philips Electric Kettle Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Philips electric kettle to work out the average distribution of reviews for Philips and then compared this to the other electric kettle brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		1
4 stars		0
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		28
4 stars		40
3 stars		23
2 stars		9
1 star		10

Over 100% of expert reviews and 62% of user reviews for Philips electric kettles are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 100% and 86% respectively across all Electric Kettle brands.

How Many Industry Awards Have Philips Electric Kettles Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Philips electric kettles. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular electric kettle brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning electric kettles

Number of Awards	Dualit	Bosch	Swan	DeLonghi	Tefal
	2				1
		2		1
Total	2	2		1	1

How Reliable Are Philips Electric Kettles?

We checked over 12,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Philips electric kettles. 20 of these reviews mention reliability of which 87% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Philips electric kettle owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Philips electric kettles are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Philips electric kettles that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

A well made

It seems very well built

NOT RELIABLE

The water level gauge built into the handle is not the easiest to see or to read

Quite flimsy construction