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Rating: - 10 stars if ya had 'em/just another POSITIVELY RAVE review
We were given a Sunbeam Hotshot beverage machine as a housegift possibly the first year it came on the market -- anyway we've had the very same one since back in the early to mid 1980s ::: ~~ It's STILL going strong -- utterly and totally reliable.
~~ Actually keeps a large mugful of water hot for a decent time 'til you get around to pouring, because of the metal interior (hope this newer model still has it).
~~ No exposed element inside or out. Interior of ours has never needed cleaning (although we did treat it to a lil vinegar run maybe twice in nearly two decades!).
~~ Exterior is plastic so never any accidental finger or hand burns.
~~ GREAT for all those recipes calling for just a small amount of hot water which of course one always forgets to heat ahead of time.
~~ Low, small, tidy, fits ANYWHERE : kitchen counter or island, desktop at work, basement workbench, etc etc etc etc. Quite a shame that we Americans have almost completely defected to those larger British-style electric water kettles, making the wonderful Hotshot VERY tough to find any more. I suppose those elec kettles are okay if you simply *must have* more than a mugful of hot water -- or if you get old and forgetful like me and completely burn up your poor old traditional stovetop whistling kettle. HOWEVER, as far as we can recall, also according to our experience -- the Hotshot was the first and we think still the absolute best of the "just-hot-water-nothing-else-&-fast-please" appliances on the American market. We prob'ly better get another one here quick before it disappears off the market entirely. And if the one we have poops out, we'll just have to inform the manufacturer about what a shoddy product it was to have lasted 'only' 20 years, lolol. Hmm now I think about it though, that COULD be why it's so hard to find :: maybe it NEVER breaks or stops, no 'planned obsolescence,' so nobody really needed another one?!
Rating: - great gift for the vision impaired
This is a great gift for the vision impaired. You can fill your mug with COLD water, then pour it in the machine and the same amount comes out. No more trying to feel if there is enough liquid in the cup with HOT liquid and burning your fingers.
Rating: - Best kept secret
this little baby is the best kept secret in the kitchen. Everyone who has seen it wants one. There in lies the problem. They are hard to find and not carried everywhere including amazon.com. I was looking for two more. In a hurry? This is for you.
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