Saki Luna Electric Kettle, No Plastic or Silicone Contact with Water, 1.75L

I purchased the white Saki Luna electric kettle about six weeks ago to replace our recalled Zwilling electric kettle, and I have been very satisfied with it. I use it every day for boiling water and making jasmine milk tea and the temperature control is precise without being overly loud. The design is simple and elegant and fits well with our minimalist Japandi-style home decor. One of the main reasons I chose this kettle is that it is one of the few options where the water does not come into contact with plastic. The overall build quality feels solid and well designed. I hope it holds up for many years and based on my experience so far, I would absolutely recommend it and buy it again.

I wanted something 100% clean. That comes with only one trade off (you cannot see inside the kettle from the outside). the rest is amazing! Bottom lights up - so that is fun. Warmer works great. Plenty of pre-sets and manual options. Heats up VERY fast. I have been wanting this kettle for a long time. I had a Cosori, but it had a silicone seal, and I was never sure how much chemicals were leaching out into my kettle. I wanted something fully contained and clean. I would highly recommend this kettle, even though it is on the more expensive side. Beautiful too!

This is a very sleek electric kettle that checked the main boxes for me of no plastic contact with water and 1 degree level of temperature control, which turns out is a hard combination to find! The heating is slightly slower than the temperature adjustable OXO kettle I had before but is fine. I have had it for about a week now and after a few days of use I appreciate that you don’t have to press a button to start after setting the temperature and that the kettle holds the temperature automatically after reaching target. If you boil water to 212, the hold temperature is automatically 208. So far my only con is that I wish there were more volume markings in between min and max, and that the markings would be more pronounced. I also wish there was a silver/stainless steel exterior finish but the black is great too. Last nice to have is that there is no channel underneath the base to hide “spare” wire. It pours easily, the handle is solid, and it’s quiet while it heats. Overall would highly recommend, quality seems great!

Now... you may be wondering, "What kind of person would possibly spend $155 on what is essentially a pot and a hot plate?" Let me explain... or at least attempt to explain. We were not searching for a way to spend a bunch of money on a seemingly innocuous kitchen appliance, nor was our mindset, "hey, can we find the prettiest thing out there that also boils water?" Instead, we started this journey by searching for an electric kettle that was ACTUALLY plastic-free. No, not just “BPA-free” or “all-metal base” or “mostly-almost-completely-plastic-free-but-it-does-have-a-silicone-gasket” or “we’ll-market-this-as-zero-plastic-but-we-use-an-adhesive-to-hold-our-glass-and-metal-components-together”. We searched and searched because we used our previous electric kettle EVERY SINGLE DAY multiple times a day, and we wanted something that would not leach chemicals into our water. Enter “SAKI”. There are only a few brands that market to the niche group of consumers that (1) care about plastic-free products that come into contact with heat, (2) care about electric kettles, and (3) can somehow do the mental gymnastics to justify spending over $150 on said solution. We are genuinely torn about the star-rating of this kettle. Part of the tension we're feeling is inevitably tied to what $155 seems like it would demand of a kettle. If we’d spent $35 on this machine (hey, even if it was $75), it would be such a quick, effortless 5-STAR “YES, GET IT GET IT!!” review. But, alas... Here are our honest thoughts (in no particular ranking or order): PROS 1. It is a lovely machine that is very thoughtfully designed. We would have liked to get the BLACK, but only PEARL WHITE was available at the time. The design is so intentional and lovely—straight lines, smooth seems, beautiful dock, that lovely red glowwwww for the heating element 2. The handle is really wonderful to hold—grippy without being squishy! But… see the CONS section for some elaboration 3. The water heats up rather quickly; not as fast as the Chefman we previously owned from Costco, but still pleasantly fast 4. It is truly plastic-free. There is a silicone ring around the lid, but it does not come into contact with any steam or plastic; it sits between the metal lid and the metal lip of the kettle’s body. It was super important to us that zero silicone and zero plastic come into direct contact with any form of water 5. You can TURN OFF the beep!! How wonderful!! And you can even change the volume of the beep! What a great feature for houses that have sleeping babies!!! Yes! Yay, SAKI! 6. You can adjust for altitude! We live nearly a mile above sea level, so water does into boil at 202 ° up here, and it is so wonderful to have a kettle that accounts for this and atomically adjusts temperature ranges accordingly 7. It doesn’t require a stove-top burner! This is key if you regularly cook at home! 8. The 1.75L is a STRONG pro for us. We had that with our last kettle and love this capacity for boiling water before cooking noodles, making big pots of tea, etc. The capacity is a big reason we went with the SAKI over some other high-end competitors in this price range. 9. The ability to turn the “temperature hold” on or off is extremely useful. This was not a feature for our previous kettle (you had to unplug the kettle, turn it off, or take it off its base to stop the temperature from holding), and we’ve found it to be surprisingly practical for different water-heating applications ! 10. Not to overstate point #4, but this company genuinely cares about being plastic-free. You guys, you don't know how ridiculously important this was to us as consumers, and this company goes above and beyond to ensure its kettle is boiling water in a healthy way. They have lab certifications to show that their kettles do not leach chemicals into the water that is being boiled. This was the single biggest reason we decided to buy this kettle in the first place. CONS 1. The angle of the handle is certainly aesthetically pleasing (straight, horizontal shelf), but what makes for a lovely appearance is pretty awkward on your wrist, especially when you are pouring a kettle at full capacity (i.e. a heavy kettle). The torque on my wrist when I pour the water is pretty unpleasant which is surprising to me given how well this kettle has otherwise been engineered. It would really benefit from having a handle that is angled slightly so that I don’t have to either contort my wrist or raise my elbow up high to balance it while I pour my wonderfully temperature-controlled water 2. The temperature settings… the dial gives you single-degree precision, but it doesn’t loop back to the lowest temperature once you reach the max. You have to scroll all the way through all the numbers to get to the lowest again. It would really be improved if the temperature looped, and this is an easy software fix, I think. 3. The temperature settings… I wish there were a way to set your own 3-4 most used ones and then loop through them. I use the lowest possible setting to warm up water for making more sourdough starter, but I also use the highest setting for boiling water, and I also regularly make herbal teas and black teas and green teas. As it is now, you can only choose from the 7 presets or with the 1-degree scroll (That, let me remind you because it is very frustrating for me, doesn’t loop) 4. The silicone around the lid doesn’t stay in place. This is concerning to me, and I’ll reach out to SAKI directly if it continues to slip out of its seam and warps to the point that I can’t just pop it back into place. [update: SAKI is sending a replacement without charge for this! They have impeccable customer service!] 5. The fact that I cannot put this kettle down on surfaces because it might melt the surface or ‘stain’ marble/stone countertops is surprisingly frustrating to us. We regularly set our Chefman down on the stone counter without any concern or damage to the counter, but the SAKI user manual makes it clear that we shouldn’t risk it with this kettle which is really unfortunate. 6. You can’t see the water line. We have kind of accepted that this is a necessary trade-off if you really value zero-plastic kettles, but we still really miss that about our old, does-contain-plastic-which-is-so-annoying, partially glass electric kettle. We do consider it a con albeit a smaller one than some of the others on this list 7. The LCD is great for see the temperature readings, and we love how simple it is, but scrolling through the menu with the wheel and then pressing the center button can be kind of clunky and frustrating with such a small display; it feels overwhelming to have so much information on such a tiny window (lots of lines of tiny words), and this would be one example where having a continuous loop of options is NOT useful; it would be much better if they treated the list of options the same way they currently treat temperature—you go to the top of the list, and if you want something at the bottom, then you have to scroll the opposite direction to get back to it. This would be especially refreshing if the “EXIT” option were affixed at the top or the bottom of the list permanently so that I could quickly scroll all the way down to it and select it rather than having to scroll perfectly to it in a wheel of options. …Look, I really want to be able to quickly recommend this kettle to you. Ultimately, we bought it and are keeping it because it fulfills the three MOST important requirements we had for a kettle: (1) zero plastic in contact with hot water, and (2) heats water QUICKLY and in a controllable manner, and (3) does not require a stovetop burner. You'd be surprised how hard it is to find a solution that genuinely meets all three of those criteria. The company seems really fantastic, I do love the look of this kettle, and there are some other fun features about it, but the price is frustrating and there are aspects of this kettle that keep us from saying, “this was a zero-regrets, easy purchase.” As an aside, we would have loved to get the SAKI Turkish tea maker, but they were also sold out when we tried to get it. It is truly just as lovely, and we likely would have used it just as often. It appeared to us that it is just the original SAKI kettle (which this review is about) plus a handy dedicated tea pot on top, but SAKI support elucidated that is not the case and that there is no way to purchase the little upper pot separately. In summary.... Are we keeping it? Yes. Do we use it several times every single day? Yes. Are we conflicted about a star-rating between 3 and 5? Absolutely. Hope this mini essay helps you decide!

I’m really happy with the Saki Luna kettle. It looks nice enough that I actually like leaving it out on the counter, and it boils water surprisingly fast. One of the biggest reasons I chose it is the plastic-free design. I specifically wanted a kettle where my hot water wouldn’t be sitting in or coming into contact with plastic, and the Luna checked that box without sacrificing looks or convenience. The controls are also very intuitive. I didn’t really need to read the instructions. Everything is straightforward and easy to figure out right away. Overall, it feels thoughtfully designed, looks great, and does exactly what I wanted. Definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a stylish, easy to use, plastic-free kettle.

I’ve been using this kettle for a while and have been very happy with it overall. The build quality feels solid and refined, and the matte black finish looks great on the countertop. My favorite feature is the fully stainless-steel interior, which keeps hot water from coming into contact with plastic and gives me extra peace of mind. The temperature presets are convenient for different types of tea, and the keep-warm function works well. It heats quickly, is easy to operate, and feels like a thoughtfully designed, high-quality product.

This is the most expensive electric kettle that I've ever purchased. That said, if I combine the cost of all the other ones I've bought and thrown out because they broke down or the wear and tear was too much for them, I've spent considerably more than that. If you are looking for a kettle with variable temperature I would give this one a try. There is absolutely no plastic in sight and the controls are very user friendly. The question is how it will do over time. We will see. I will update this review accordingly.

Have only had this a short time but so far we like it. We needed to replace our Zwilling electric kettle that was recalled. I love that this one is all stainless on the inside with no extra plastic pieces or extra parts that might break or contaminate our tea water. The base and power cord feel so much sturdier than many of the other kettles we ordered and returned. It is a little louder than our prior kettle when the water is heating and it does get warm on the outside but the handle including the metal piece at the top and bottom do not get hot. It heats water as quickly as other ones we have tried. I like that the top comes off completely for cleaning versus the others which have lids that only open partially. Aesthetically it looks quite nice on our counter. Overall we are pleased so far!

Looks great, works great. No complaints though quite pricey.

A good looking kettle indeed and easy to handle and yes it boils water well :-) great quality!