Breville
Breville the IQ Kettle
$179.95
Best Electric Kettles · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Zwilling Enfinigy Cool Touch Electric Kettle 1L is cheaper at $99.99. Every spec and price links to its source.
Breville
$179.95
Zwilling
$99.99Cheaper
On the specs we track, they're closely matched. The Zwilling Enfinigy Cool Touch Electric Kettle 1L is the cheaper at $99.99.
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| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $179.95 | $99.99 |
| Brand | Breville | Zwilling |
| Released | — | — |
| Capacity liters | 1.7 | 1 |
| Variable temp control | Yes | No |
| Gooseneck | No | No |
| Material | Brushed stainless steel | Stainless steel interior (seamless 18/10); double-walled plastic exterior |
| Keep warm minutes | 20 | — |
| Base type | 360-degree swivel base | fixed docking base with cord storage |
| Warranty years | 1 | 3 |
| Wattage (W) | 1500 | 1500 |
Sources — Breville the IQ Kettle: breville.com (verified 2026-06-15). Zwilling Enfinigy Cool Touch Electric Kettle 1L: zwilling.com (verified 2026-06-15).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (5 of 8). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
Only one whitelisted tester, Reviewed (USA Today), returned a usable hands-on writeup for this exact model, the Breville IQ Kettle BKE820XL. In its tested electric-kettle roundup Reviewed calls it easy to use with fast boiling and programmable temperature presets, and says it 'pulled ahead of the pack in every one of our tests,' but flags it as expensive and hard to justify against the near-identical, substantially cheaper Cuisinart PerfecTemp CPK-17, which took the top spot. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)
Praised: Easy to use / intuitive operation; Fast boiling time; Programmable temperature presets for different teas.
Flagged: Expensive; hard to justify price versus the near-identical, cheaper Cuisinart CPK-17.
Only one whitelisted tester (Engadget) offers a genuine hands-on review of the single-button Cool Touch kettle, and it's a strong endorsement. After more than a year of daily use, the reviewer measured two 8-oz cups boiling in two minutes (vs five minutes in a microwave and 5:45 on a gas stove) and praised the fully enclosed, easy-to-clean interior and dead-simple one-button control, while flagging a lid that opens only to a 70-degree angle and confusing 6-oz 'coffee cup' markings. Retailer and non-whitelisted Pro reviews were excluded. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)
Praised: Boils very fast — two 8-oz cups in about two minutes, versus five minutes in a microwave and 5:45 on a gas stove; Fully enclosed, fully accessible interior stays clean and easy to reach, unlike older kettles with exposed heating elements; Looks good on the counter (matte silver-gray) and operates with dead-simple one-button control.
Flagged: Lid opens only to a 70-degree angle, so the reviewer wished it opened wider to make filling and checking the water level easier; Imperial markings use 6-oz 'coffee cups' instead of 8-oz cups, which is trickier for cooking.