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Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880)vsSecura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle

Same ballpark on the average, 7.2 and 7.3, and nothing alike on the axes: Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle wins Durability by 2.6, 8.8 to 6.2.

Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880)

Hamilton Beach

7.2

The no-frills glass kettle: quick to boil, little to go wrong, and no temperature control at all.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle

Secura

7.3

An all-stainless water path and a cool-touch body, with no temperature control and a loud boil.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Where they diverge

The widest gap is Durability, Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle ahead 8.8 to 6.2. They come closest on Performance, 6.8 to 6.6. Left of center is Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880), right is Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle.

Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) versus Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars for Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) run left from the axis labels, bars for Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle run right. Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880): Performance 6.8, Value 9.0, Durability 6.2, Ease of use 7.4, Quietness 6.8. Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle: Performance 6.6, Value 9.2, Durability 8.8, Ease of use 6.8, Quietness 5.2.Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) (left)Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle (right)PerformanceHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) — Performance 6.8 out of 106.8Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — Performance 6.6 out of 106.6ValueHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) — Value 9.0 out of 109.0Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — Value 9.2 out of 109.2DurabilityHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) — Durability 6.2 out of 106.2Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — Durability 8.8 out of 108.8Ease of useHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) — Ease of use 7.4 out of 107.4Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — Ease of use 6.8 out of 106.8QuietnessHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) — Quietness 6.8 out of 106.8Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle — Quietness 5.2 out of 105.2Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better

Which one to pick

Take the Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880)

Leads on Performance, Ease of use and Quietness.

  • A guest room, an office, or a first apartment
  • You only ever want boiling water
  • Watching the water boil is genuinely part of the appeal

Take the Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle

Leads on Value and Durability.

  • Hard water, where every plastic part in the water path eventually discolours
  • A kitchen with small children, or anyone who grabs the body instead of the handle
  • You only ever want boiling water and want the body to outlast the outlay

What each one gets wrong

Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880)

  • Daily heavy use — the failure reports cluster fast
  • You want temperature control of any kind

Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle

  • Green tea or pour-over coffee — there is no way to stop below boiling
  • An open-plan kitchen, because this is the loudest kettle in the comparison
  • You want to read the water level without opening the lid

Specs, side by side

SpecHamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880)Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle
BodyGlass with plastic collarDouble-wall stainless, cool-touch exterior
ControlOn and offOn and off
Capacity1.7 liters1.7 liters
Water path—Stainless pot, lid, spout and rim

Rankings they both appear in

Questions

Only 0.1 separates them. What breaks the tie?
Durability does, at 8.8 against 6.2. That axis covers failure and fade reports past the one-year mark. Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle leads on Value and Durability. If Performance, Ease of use and Quietness matter more to you, take the Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) instead.
Why are the totals this close?
The total is the plain average of the 5 Kitchen axes, so opposite results cancel. Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) averages 7.2 and Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle averages 7.3, a gap of 0.1, while the individual axes run as far apart as 2.6.
Which one ranks higher in "Two identical kettles, 2.6 durability points apart"?
Secura SWK-1701DB Double Wall Electric Kettle sits at #1 in "Two identical kettles, 2.6 durability points apart", Hamilton Beach 1.7L Glass Kettle (40880) at #2.