Oster 5965 Stainless-Steel 1-1/2-Liter Electric Water Kettle

Manufacturer: Oster
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Product Description

1-1/2 Liter capacity. Auto shut off with boil-dry protection. Keep warm switch. 360-Degree cordless element. Easy to pour spout. Cord storage. On/off indicator light.

Product Details

Stainless-steel electric kettle quickly boils up to 1-1/2 liters of water
360-degree power base for graceful cord-free serving; keep-warm function
Water-level indicator; concealed element; automatic shut-off with boil-dry protection
Non-drip spout with removable fine-mesh filter; stay-cool handle; cord storage
Measures approximately 8-2/3 by 6-8/9 by 10-3/5 inches

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A great kettle, a great value.

Review Date: September 7, 2008

Reviewer: Lisa Johnson, Olney, MD

I read reviews for many electric kettles and in the end chose the great Oster 5965. It had no reviews at all, but had all the features that were important to us:

Concealed Element
Short cord/cord keeper
Auto-off, no whistle
Boil dry protection
Mesh/screen pouring filter
Water level indicator

This kettle boils water quickly and my favorite feature is the Keep Warm button. Especially helpful if you tend to get sidetracked like I do. Just don't forget to turn it off! It pours neatly, looks nice on the counter, and is great when you are cooking and need boiling water. The on/off switch is a rocker button and the Keep Warm is a push button. These two were a plus for me as they are sturdy to the touch. I felt the spring type switch on the Aroma (a contender) felt flimsy and that the time would come when it would not 'catch' in the on position.

The only con is the opening for adding water is rather small. I was concerned about cleaning it, however there are directions in the manual for cleaning it with a mix of white vinegar and water, allowing it to sit overnight to remove any scale buildup.

If you have read reviews of other products where people complain that the kettle gets hot, this one is no different. But what do you expect from a steel kettle that is full of boiling water?? It's no different than if it had been sitting on the stove except that you didn't have to heat up the element and have the residual heat from the stove heating up your kitchen.

I paid $40 at Target and I recommend this Oster Brushed Stainless Steel Kettle.

What a great kettle!!

Review Date: November 28, 2008

Reviewer: R. Dudeck, Baltimore, Maryland USA

I love everything about this electric kettle.. This Oster kettle is made
100x better than most stainless kettles out there. The quality is unreal. It boils very fast and the stay warm feature keeps the water super hot. Although the sides of the kettle gets very hot, the bottom does not. It can be set on any table or counter top immediately after boiling. I'm very happy with this purchase..

wonderful for six months

Review Date: February 6, 2009

Reviewer: Dee Z, Texas

I loved this kettle as the other reviewers did but at six months it started leaking thru the bottom. I don't know if this is a design flaw or a fluke.

UPDATE: I contacted customer service and was sent a new kettle with a slightly different design but the same item number. The design flaws appear to have been addressed and this one has had no problems even with daily use. We've already purchased another for my daughter at college.

UPDATE 2: The replacement kettle is now over a year old and still working great. Whoever gets up first turns it on and it is on most of the day almost everyday with several refills. Upgrading to 5 stars!

Excellent Product

Review Date: December 2, 2008

Reviewer: M. Sekey, portland or

The Oster stainless steel electric kettle lives up to its reputation in our household. We replaced our old and trusted plastic Oster electric kettle of many years good service, because we became concerned with boiling water in plastic which can leach toxins. The new design is beautiful to look at and has the added advantage of a "keep warm" feature the older model did not have. It is a bit less easy to read the water gauge, but you get used to it. It still boils water very fast, keeps it warm if you so wish and has no nasty taste or smell like so many other models you read about. It is heavenly for a tea drinker like me who drinks as many as ten cups a day!! Perfect for a fast oatmeal, instant coffee, instant soup, jello, adding boiling water when cooking soup and much more. At your finger tips, withing a couple of minutes are 1.5L of fresh boiling water. It turns itself off, swivels 360degrees. Love our Oster. Very well built and we expect to enjoy many years of good service like we did the previous Oster model.

Shapely sturdy kettle, with a small footprint!

Review Date: February 10, 2010

Reviewer: Words can be music, Pennsylvania, USA

Just what I wanted. I've burned up several whistling kettles and a couple of small saucepans, since it's hard to hear them from other parts of the house. This one is very sturdy with a comfy handle to hold and a beautifully pointed spout which does not drip at all after pouring. My only gripe is that the cord to the electric outlet is rather short, so you don't have much flexibility about where to put it on your counter. But that is its only negative point, and it takes up so little space that it hardly matters. It does not get as hot as I had expected it might. In short, a perfect kettle and stunning to look at too! I bought mine from Target and it was by far the nicest they had, including some which cost more. The Aroma in particular did not seem made to last.