Is the top opening large enough to put your hand inside the kettle to clean it? Does it have a stainless steel filter built in?
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Depends on size of your hand, a kid or woman's hand should fit in to clean, a big hand, unlikely, better to get a long cleaning brush to clean, there is no built-in filter, just a stainless steel filter screen, had my kettle for about 3 years, then developed very bad smell that changed taste of water, cleaned every which way and no change, still. a great kettle and would recommend.
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Yes you can get a hand in it if your hand is not too large. No there is no filter. You will get scale in your tea.
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Yes-hand. No filter. We've had ours for four or five years and it is still going strong. Love this.
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The filter is needed for hard water areas if you don't have hard water then yes you could remove the filter. It does not affect the kettle in any way it does filter out calcium which prevents calcium deposits in your coffee/tea cup.
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Hello Dianne, I agree with the others comments, anyone with small to medium hands can fit in the opening and clean the pot,larger hands may have a difficult time. I will say since I only boil water, I rinse it out and leave the top open to air-dry and it works well!
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I use mine for home brewing and have an elbow inside to draw from the side that I added. It has never clogged on me. There is no filter on the inside included but would be easy to add one!
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I read the other review and noticed the two small plastic buttons holding the gauge in place. I had not noticed them before. The inside is stainless steel. I love this kettle.
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Although the top part does unscrew, there's no opening - I'm not sure why they added that part. However, the opening on the bottom is quite large and you should be able to get your hand and/or a brush in there to clean it when you need to. I've found it doesn't really get dirty very fast, but my mob of cats drinks the water rapidly so that I rinse it and refill it more than once a week.
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No it doesn't however I started using filters because the coffee grounds kept sifting through the plastic filter screen and into the water. Once I started using regular filters the clean up was also easier.
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Hi. Not inside and the handle and lid top are still perfect. I still really like this kettle. There is a little hole in the lid for the whistle and the little flap covering is stainless. Both are great.
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No. It woks in the larger pots. I had to go to cuisinart website to find the proper filter.
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None. There is a plastic basket inside where you can put your coffee. I never used a filter but suppose if you get a really small one it might help if some of the grounds, if small, escape into the coffee pot.
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We have no problems with the kettle. We don't use the plastic filter that came with it. We simply use the kettle for heating up water that we then pour into a tea pot or a cup. I don't know if that would help you.
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Yes ... the lid on that little piece sticking out to the right in the picture has a 1 inch by 3/4 inch opening. Big enough to stick two fingers into the opening. I love my Eco Vessel!
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This coffeemaker has two filters. Screen filter and charcoal filter. The screen filter is the somewhat annoying one, that is in the way of installing and removing the permanent filter. It does appear that the screen filter can be easily removed if desired. The screen filter is a pre filter that screens the water that you pour into the unit. If you choose to use this screen filter, it does affect the size of permanent filter that you can use with this unit, EASILY! Because the screen filter is in the way, I've had to use a slightly smaller permanent filter, or my other option was to literally wrestle with the unit every time I removed or installed the permanent filter if I chose to use the size that the unit calls for, I believe it is #4. So I have measured both permanent filters for you and the smaller one of the two is the one that we use. It doesn't overflow, but the coffee grounds are near the top of the filter. The smaller permanent filter that we use is: 3.5 inch height --- diameter across the top is 4.75 inch wide, The larger permanent filter, probably the correct size but to difficult to use, the size is 3.75 inch height---diameter across the top is 5 inch wide. The only reason I haven't removed this annoying screen filter is because it is under warranty, but that very well may be the best solution. Good luck!
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Hi, I have this kettle and the interior bottom of the pot is stainless steel. The walls are some type of thermo-plastic which is very tough and offers some insulation. It is super easy to clean and it opens wide enough so that I can get my hand inside to clean it. If you use tap water (rather than filtered water) you may have some mineral build up but that is easily removed with some vinegar. I've been very happy with this kettle.
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The handle is plastic, and the end of the overflow tube inside the kettle is plastic. the mesh filter is also plastic. but aside from those small pieces, the interior and exterior are metal.
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The top of the unit, where you put the water jug opening in, is stainless steel. I'm not sure about the entire inside.
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The opening is 2 inches wide. A brush would be best unless you have really small hands. Really for most liquids though a good hot rinse with some soapy water is enough to get it clean.