Kettle won't switch on, or clicks off immediately without heating
Kettle clicks off before the water has properly boiled
Toaster lever won't stay down, pops up early, or stays stuck down
Toast comes out browned unevenly, or noticeably darker on one side
The electric kettle and the electric toaster both emerged in roughly the same era — the very end of the 19th and start of the 20th century — as some of the first genuinely practical electric kitchen appliances, though both took longer than you might expect to become truly reliable. The electric kettle’s slow start […]