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Another added: “These mugs are a game changer. Hot to the last drop.” With a third so impressed that they have more than one, writing: “I love my beautiful new ember mug! I now have two that I use everyday.” The first time I used it, I was fascinated by the technology, watching the temperature change on the app until it reached my desired 58°C. Off its pad, the mug keeps my drink hot for around an hour and a half before the battery is low, but when on charge, it would keep it hot all day long if I wanted it. Sometimes it really does feel like magic. Here’s what I thought when I tried out the Ember Smart Mug, vs the Swan Smart Kettle. Ember Smart Mug Another added: “Use this with Alexa routines. I have one where my Echo Flex rings the alarm, switches on my smart bulb, and boils the kettle. When I get downstairs, the water is boiled. For some reason my kettle doesn't beep when boiled, but I prefer that. Instead I just added a command to the routine and Alexa announces "The kettle has boiled".”
The Ember Smart Mug takes a relatively minimalistic and non-showy approach, with a simple design and one LED light to indicate its battery life, charging status and whether your cup has reached its optimum temperature. Its setup was simple, connecting to an app where you can customise your optimum drinking temperature, save presets and get notifications about your drink’s status and mug’s battery levels. However, is it the first thing I reach for every morning? Not really. There are times it comes in incredibly handy, but how do you know when you make that cup of tea that it will be the one you forget about? Meanwhile, its short battery life means it has to be on the charging pad for most of the day and the skim on the top is a little off-putting when you leave it too long.One said: “How did I live without this? Works great to keep my coffee at the perfect temp - 137F for me. With longer battery life, I’d give it 5 stars. I bought two extra charging pads so that I don’t have to worry about running out of juice while sipping my coffee in my favourite places in my house.” However one said: “It's kinda on the small side in my opinion (also kinda slow),” and while it very much depends on your household, an extra 0.2L capacity would have made this perfect. It is quite slow to boil (around three minutes when full), the fact you don’t have to get up to boil the kettle really does counteract that factor, for me anyway."
For me, this is a slightly better investment than the Ember Smart Mug, and a cheaper one, too. Being able to turn the kettle on while I’m mid-task means that when I complete it, the water is ready to pour and my tea ready to drink shortly after. Although the mug keeps my drink at the right temperature, I’ve let far fewer cups of tea go cold since getting the Swan device, and as it keeps the water warm, by the time I want a second cuppa it’s already at optimum drinking temperature straight from the kettle.
Ember Smart Mug
That said, for some who work from home or from a busy office and are constantly despairing at a mouthful of cold tea or coffee, it really is a great bit of kit to treat yourself to while it’s reduced - or the perfect Christmas present for that religiously forgetful person who is always groaning when they realise they’ve left their cuppa too long. Whenever I fancy a cup of tea, I can call out ‘Alexa, turn on the kettle’ and it will start the boil without even having to get up. Further features that make this smart kettle superior are its two-hour keep warm function, dry boil protection, and the fact you can set up routines in the app so your kettle boils at certain times of the day, which can also make it more energy efficient. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ The kettle fills just over five large mugs of tea each time - bigger households may need to boil it twice, or opt for a larger capacity device like this one from Sage - with four temperature options between 40 and 100 degrees that make it great for coffee and various green teas.
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