Plastic water boiler

[KillerGremlin]

Plastic can't be good for you. I'd replace it. Why have you been using a plastic water boiler...for 5 years nonetheless.

[Typhoid]

I have a plastic one, they're handy. You can just plug them into outlets and don't need the stove.

But then again I also have a ceramic and a metal one.

[Seth]

My family replaced our plastic boiler with a metal bottom+glass container by black&decker.

Raising liquids to a boiling temp in a plastic container isn't wise.

advice: Angrist, get a new one already!

Also, if you're into buying bottled water, it would definitely pay in the long run to invest 30 bucks on a glass container. 500ml water bottles are destructive anyway.

[Vampyr]

Buying bottled water just seems so silly to me. Get a filter to put on your faucet.

Bottled water is no healthier, fills up your trash faster meaning you make more trips to the dumpster, damages the environment, it's heavy as hell to carry from the store to your car then to your home, eats up fridge space, and is more expensive in the long run.

Just nothing good about it.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Seth

My family replaced our plastic boiler with a metal bottom+glass container by black&decker.

Raising liquids to a boiling temp in a plastic container isn't wise.

advice: Angrist, get a new one already!

You win. I'll look for a metal/glass combination.
I don't have gas here, so only an electric 'stove.'

Everybody here in the Netherlands uses plastic boilers, I never knew they weren't that common in the USA.

And the Netherlands has great tap water, healthier than bottled water.
Thanks for the advice.

[gekko]

I believe the reason is it takes forever to heat water on 120V. We bought some of those things in Iraq and on 240V they were magical, but when we had to plug them into 120V, I could've boiled it faster with fire.