Should You Buy a Philips Electric Kettle?
Philips is well known for its TVs, irons, PC monitors and blenders.
We've collated all the key information on Philips electric kettles in this handy guide. We've analysed over 20,000 user and expert reviews and 40+ awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 1,700 electric kettles to impartially compare each electric kettle brand.
The average price of a new Philips electric kettle is $113.
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 18th best electric kettle brand out there.
| #1 |
Germany
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95% |
95%
2,196 reviews
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| #2 |
United Kingdom
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94% |
94%
899 reviews
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| #3 |
Australia
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93% |
93%
4,559 reviews
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| #4 |
Brentwood
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92% |
92%
17 reviews
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| #5 |
United Kingdom
|
90% |
90%
1,906 reviews
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| #6 | 87% |
87%
2,123 reviews
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| #7 |
Igenix
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85% |
85%
591 reviews
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| #8 |
Tower
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84% |
84%
298 reviews
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| #9 |
Kenwood
United Kingdom
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83% |
83%
6 reviews
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| #10 |
Braun
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81% |
81%
60 reviews
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| #11 |
KitchenAid
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81% |
81%
719 reviews
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| #12 |
Brentwood Appliances
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80% |
80%
3 reviews
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| #13 |
Italy
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75% |
75%
2,369 reviews
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| #14 | 74% |
74%
1,472 reviews
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| #15 |
France
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74% |
74%
73 reviews
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| #16 | 73% |
73%
13 reviews
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| #17 |
Smeg
Italy
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73% |
73%
341 reviews
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| #18 |
Netherlands
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73% |
73%
582 reviews
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| #19 |
Nesco
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66% |
66%
0 reviews
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| #20 |
Haden
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66% |
66%
6 reviews
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| #21 |
Bodum
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65% |
65%
34 reviews
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| #22 |
Graef
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65% |
65%
1 review
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| #23 |
Siemens
Germany
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64% |
64%
81 reviews
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| #24 |
Cuisinart
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62% |
62%
41 reviews
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| #25 |
Klarstein
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61% |
61%
7 reviews
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| #26 |
Bonavita
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56% |
56%
0 reviews
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| #27 |
Signature
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56% |
56%
0 reviews
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| #28 |
Proctor Silex
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56% |
56%
0 reviews
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| #29 |
Chefman
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56% |
56%
0 reviews
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| #30 |
Krups
Germany
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55% |
55%
0 reviews
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| #31 |
Chantal
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55% |
55%
0 reviews
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| #32 |
Lloytron
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54% |
54%
0 reviews
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| #33 |
Aroma
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54% |
54%
0 reviews
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| #34 |
Panasonic
Japan
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54% |
54%
0 reviews
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| #35 |
Grundig
Germany
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52% |
52%
0 reviews
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| #36 |
Melitta
Germany
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52% |
52%
0 reviews
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| #37 |
Gastroback
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52% |
52%
0 reviews
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| #38 |
Stelton
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52% |
52%
0 reviews
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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.
| All electric kettle Brands |
| Philips Electric Kettles |
At an average purchase price of $113, Philips electric kettles tend to be more expensive than most other electric kettle brands. Philips also have better reviews than the typical electric kettle brand, with the average rating of a Philips electric kettle being 65%.
There's a smaller selection of Philips electric kettles available compared to other electric kettle brands, with only 2 Philips electric kettles currently on the market in the US. 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 less efficient than most other electric kettle brands.
No. Of Electric Kettles |
Average Price
$41 |
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| $0 | $5 | $10 | $15 | $20 | $25 | $30 | $35 | $40 | $45 | $104 | ||||||||||
No. Of Electric Kettles |
Average Price
$113 |
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| $0 | $10 | $20 | $30 | $40 | $50 | $60 | $70 | $80 | $90 | $209 | ||||||||||
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 | 2 | |
| 3 stars | 1 | |
| 2 stars | 0 | |
| 1 star | 0 |
User Reviews
| 5 stars | 237 | |
| 4 stars | 143 | |
| 3 stars | 83 | |
| 2 stars | 52 | |
| 1 star | 57 |
Over 75% of expert reviews and 66% of user reviews for Philips electric kettles are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 92% and 83% respectively across all Electric Kettle brands.
In the table below we compare the average review score given to Philips electric kettles by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other electric kettle brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.
| Average Review Score | Bosch | Dualit | Smeg | Swan | Philips |
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81%
1 review
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76%
1 review
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84%
1 review
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73%
2 reviews
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80%
3 reviews
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80%
1 review
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70%
1 review
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100%
4 reviews
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70%
1 review
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60%
2 reviews
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80%
1 review
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80%
1 review
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| Average |
91%
5 reviews
|
78%
4 reviews
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79%
4 reviews
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71%
3 reviews
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70%
3 reviews
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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 | Bosch | Dualit | Smeg | Swan | Philips |
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4
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1
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| Total |
4
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1
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How Reliable Are Philips Electric Kettles?
We checked over 20,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Philips electric kettles. 20 of these reviews mention reliability of which 79% 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
NOT RELIABLE
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