It's not that amazing. Any decent $60 kettle in the UK will do 3000W these days http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?&field-keywords=3000w+kettle http://w

It's not that amazing. Any decent $60 kettle in the UK will do 3000W these days http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?&field-keywords=3000w+kettle http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?&field-keywor... (viz. the electrical consumption surges during TV ad breaks http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018560 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5018560 ).