Electric Kettles With No Plastic Touching the Water

If you want an electric kettle where boiling water only touches stainless steel, the Cosori 1.7L Stainless Steel Electric Kettle is the easiest one to recommend right now. Cosori says the spout, inner lid and filter are all 304 stainless steel, the fill marks are inside the kettle rather than in a plastic window, and it was in stock on Amazon when we checked in September 2026. If you’d like a cool-touch double-wall body, look at the Cosori 1.5L Double-Wall or the long-running Secura SWK-1701DB. If you need temperature control, the Saki Luna is the only variable-temperature model we found whose maker names every part the water touches as steel.

Keep one thing in mind. No electric kettle is completely plastic-free. The base holds wiring and a switch, and handles and outer shells are often plastic. That doesn’t matter for your water. What matters is the inside: the lid underside, the spout filter, the water-level window, and any seal around the lid or the temperature sensor. Plenty of kettles sold as “stainless steel” have a plastic lid liner, a plastic filter frame or a plastic water window, and those parts sit in hot water or steam every time you boil.

So we built this page around one table: for each kettle, which parts touch the water and what they’re made of, according to the manufacturer. Where a maker doesn’t say, the table says so.

In this guide

1. Quick comparison
2. What touches the water: kettle by kettle
3. How we researched this
4. 1. Cosori 1.7L Stainless Steel Electric Kettle: best for most people
5. 2. Cosori 1.5L Double-Wall Stainless Steel Kettle: best cool-touch option
6. 3. Secura SWK-1701DB: the original double-wall kettle
7. 4. Saki Luna: best with temperature control
8. 5. Fellow Stagg EKG: best gooseneck for pour-over
9. 6. Chantal Mia: best small kettle
10. What to know before you buy
11. FAQs
12. Bottom line
13. Sources

Quick comparison

What touches the water: kettle by kettle

This is the table most “no plastic” lists skip. It covers the kettles above plus the popular models people often ask about. “Not published” means we couldn’t find the information from the manufacturer. It doesn’t mean the part is plastic.

The bold entries are the reason those kettles aren’t in our picks. The ones marked “not published” may be fine, but we won’t recommend something for a no-plastic page on a guess.

How we researched this

We haven’t tested these kettles ourselves. For each kettle we read the manufacturer’s product pages, manuals, help-center articles and answers the brand posted in retailer Q&A, and we checked each one was still sold in the US in September 2026. We cared about one thing above everything else: which parts touch water or steam, and what the manufacturer says they’re made of. Where a brand’s own sources contradict each other, we say so. Where owner reviews showed a clear pattern, like stock problems or shut-off complaints, we mention it. We don’t treat single reviews as fact.

1. Cosori 1.7L Stainless Steel Electric Kettle: best for most people

This is a plain, full-size kettle with the parts that usually give you trouble made of steel instead of plastic. Cosori lists the spout, the inner lid and the filter as 304 stainless steel. The fill marks are inside the kettle, so there’s no plastic water window. Cosori also says it uses a Strix control, the same type of shut-off the Secura uses.

• Capacity: 1.7 L
• Power: 1500W
• Water-contact parts: 304 stainless interior, spout, inner lid and filter
• Water level: marks inside the kettle
• Warranty: 2-year limited (per Cosori’s US site)

What’s good

• It covers the three most common hidden plastic parts: lid liner, filter and water window.
• Budget price band, and it was in stock on Amazon when we checked.

What to watch out for

• It’s single-wall, so the outside gets hot. Cosori only claims better heat retention than its own glass kettle.
• Cosori doesn’t say what the lid seal is made of.

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2. Cosori 1.5L Double-Wall Stainless Steel Kettle: best cool-touch option

If you have kids around, or you just don’t want a kettle that’s hot to touch, a double-wall body helps. Cosori’s version has a stainless inner and outer shell. The inside is a seamless single piece, and Cosori says every surface the water touches is 304 stainless steel. Amazon lists it as having no plastic inner lid, filter or spout.

• Capacity: 1.5 L
• Power: 1500W
• Body: double-wall, stainless inside and out
• Lid: two-stage opening (45° for pouring, 80° for filling)
• Shut-off: about 30 seconds after a rolling boil, with boil-dry protection

What’s good

• The outside stays cool, and the outer shell is steel rather than plastic.
• With no seams inside, there’s nowhere for scale and grime to collect.

What to watch out for

• It holds 0.2 L less than the 1.7 L kettles.
• Cosori doesn’t say how the fill level is shown, or what the lid seal is made of.

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3. Secura SWK-1701DB: the original double-wall kettle

The Secura is the kettle most people mean when they search for one with “no plastic inside.” It was the top pick on the old version of this page, and Secura says it introduced the design in 2015. The outer shell is BPA-free plastic, which keeps it cool to the touch. Inside, Secura lists the pot, lid, spout and rim as stainless steel, and the fill lines are inside the kettle, so there’s no water window.

• Capacity: 1.7 L / 1.8 qt
• Power: 1500W, British Strix control
• Water-contact parts: stainless pot, lid, spout and rim
• Outer shell: BPA-free plastic (it doesn’t touch the water)
• Warranty: 2 years

What’s good

• A long track record. Recurring praise in owner reviews is for years of daily use and the wide opening, which makes descaling easy.
• It comes in several colors. Secura also sells a 1.0 L version (SWK-1001, 1000W), which it says has no water window so “no plastic or glue” touches the water, and a 1.5 L all-stainless version (1350W).

What to watch out for

• Several colors showed as temporarily out of stock on Amazon in late September 2026. Check before you settle on it.
• A recurring complaint in owner reviews is that the auto shut-off becomes unreliable on some units. Some owners also mention steam escaping near the handle button at the boil.
• The auto shut-off needs a minimum amount of water, so it’s not ideal for heating a single mug.

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4. Saki Luna: best with temperature control

Temperature-control kettles are usually the worst for hidden plastic, because the electronics need a sensor inside the kettle and a seal around it. Saki’s Luna is the exception we found. The maker says the chamber, lid, spout and fill gauge are 304 stainless. It says the base is welded to the body instead of crimped with a rubber ring, the strainer holes are cut into the steel, and the temperature sensor is steel where it touches water. Saki also publishes an independent lab report from Light Labs, an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited lab in Ann Arbor, MI. The lab tested boiled water for heavy metals, bisphenols, phthalates and PFAS in November 2025, and Saki reports every analyte as “not detected.”

• Capacity: 1.75 L
• Power: 1500W
• Temperature: 104–212°F in 1-degree steps, 7 presets, keep-warm up to 120 minutes, altitude calibration
• Handle: heat-resistant rubber (it doesn’t touch the water)
• Warranty: 2 years

What’s good

• Saki gives the most detailed water-path information of any maker we checked, and it’s the only one with a published leaching test.
• Useful presets for green, white and oolong tea, which shouldn’t be made with boiling water.

What to watch out for

• Saki’s own sources disagree about the lid seal. Its help-center article on Luna materials lists a heat-resistant, BPA-free silicone gasket around the edge of the lid. Its Amazon listing says there’s “no silicone seal in the kettle.” If silicone matters to you, ask Saki before buying.
• Top price band.

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5. Fellow Stagg EKG: best gooseneck for pour-over

Fellow is unusually direct about this. Its help center says the EKG kettles are “not fully plastic-free,” then lists every part. The interior is 304 stainless steel, with a compression-molded silicone ring around the temperature probe. The lid is polypropylene with a silicone gasket, but the underside is stainless steel. The base and handle are plastic. So no plastic touches the water, but two silicone parts do, or come close.

• Capacity: 0.9 L
• Power: 1000–1200W; the EKG Pro page lists 104–212°F
• Water-contact parts: 304 stainless; silicone probe ring; silicone lid gasket
• Warranty: 2 years standard (per Fellow)
• Made in: China (per retailer listings)

What’s good

• Complete, honest materials disclosure, so you know exactly what you’re getting.
• Precise temperature control and a slow gooseneck pour for coffee.

What to watch out for

• It has silicone in the water path. That’s fine for many buyers, but not for someone who wants steel only.
• It’s small and expensive for everyday boiling. Fellow says to use it only with water.

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6. Chantal Mia: best small kettle

Chantal sells the Mia as “plastic free” and describes an all-stainless-steel interior with volume marks inside. It’s a 32-ounce cordless kettle with a spout Chantal says works both as a slow pour-over spout and as a normal fast pour.

• Capacity: 32 oz (4 cups)
• Power: 1000W
• Material: 18/8 (304) stainless steel
• Water level: volume marks inside the kettle
• Warranty: limited 1 year

What’s good

• Right-sized for one or two people, and the maker makes a clear no-plastic claim.
• Pour-over-friendly spout without paying gooseneck prices.

What to watch out for

• Chantal doesn’t break down the lid underside, the seal or any filter part by part. Its claim covers the interior as a whole.
• Shorter warranty than the others, and no temperature control.

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What to know before you buy

Why a completely plastic-free electric kettle barely exists

An electric kettle is a water vessel sitting on electronics. The power base, switch and wiring are nearly always housed in plastic, and so are most handles and lid knobs. None of that touches your water, so it isn’t what you’re trying to avoid. The parts to check are the ones inside the vessel or in the steam: the lid underside, the spout filter, the water window, the lid seal and, on temperature-control models, the seal around the sensor. The one Italian maker we found that builds truly plastic-free-inside kettles (Ottoni Fabbrica) makes them only for 230V European, UK and Swiss plugs.

The four hidden plastic parts to check

• Lid liner. Many kettles with a steel lid have a plastic panel underneath it, sitting in steam at every boil.
• Spout filter. The mesh is often steel but held in a plastic frame.
• Water window. A clear strip on the outside is almost always plastic, and water fills it from the inside. Look for kettles with marks inside instead.
• Seals. Lid gaskets and sensor seals are usually silicone. Glass kettles also have a joint where the glass meets the metal base, and none of the glass-kettle makers we checked says what seals it.

BPA-free is not the same as plastic-free

“BPA-free” only means the plastic isn’t made with bisphenol A. The part is still plastic, often polypropylene. A kettle can be honestly BPA-free and still have plastic sitting in boiling water. If you’re shopping to avoid plastic, ignore the BPA-free badge and look for a part-by-part materials list.

Silicone: plastic or not?

Food-grade silicone is a different material from plastics like polypropylene, and it tolerates heat well. That’s why it’s the standard choice for lid gaskets and sensor seals. Whether you accept it is up to you. If you want steel only, the Saki Luna is the only kettle we found that claims no silicone in the water path, and even Saki’s own help center contradicts that for the lid ring.

Double-wall or single-wall

Double-wall kettles keep the outside cool and hold heat longer. On a single-wall steel kettle the outside gets hot. The outer shell of a double-wall kettle is sometimes plastic (Secura) and sometimes steel (Cosori 1.5L). Either way, it doesn’t touch the water.

If you want no plastic at all, go stovetop

The only kettle with no plastic anywhere is a stovetop kettle with a metal or wood handle. See our guides to stainless tea kettles for induction and gas, glass tea kettles and copper tea kettles. Before buying, check the handle and knob materials, since some use phenolic resin.

FAQs

Do you know of an excellent electric kettle not made in China?

Honestly, it’s very hard in the US. Almost every electric kettle sold here is made in China, including the Secura and the Fellow Stagg EKG, according to retailer listings. Most other brands on this page don’t say where their kettles are made. The one genuinely non-Chinese plastic-free electric kettle we found is from Ottoni Fabbrica, which makes its kettles in Italy with European components. But it only sells 230V models with European, UK or Swiss plugs, which won’t work on US outlets without a heavy-duty voltage converter, so we can’t recommend it for US kitchens. If country of origin matters most, a stovetop kettle is the practical route. We list kettles made in Japan, France, Italy and the US in our guide to tea kettles not made in China or Thailand.

Is there an all-stainless-steel electric kettle with no plastic?

Not in the literal sense, because the base and usually the handle are plastic. But several kettles have no plastic touching the water. Cosori, Secura, Saki and Chantal all say their water-contact parts are stainless steel. Fellow says the same, apart from two silicone seals.

Are glass electric kettles plastic-free?

Some come close. Cosori’s glass kettle has a stainless filter and stainless inner lid. But glass kettles have a joint where the glass meets the metal base, and makers don’t say what seals it. OXO’s glass kettle has a plastic ring under the lid, according to independent reviewers. See our glass tea kettle guide for stovetop glass options.

Does a silicone gasket count as plastic?

Chemically, silicone isn’t the same as the plastics usually used in kettles, like polypropylene, and it’s heat-stable. Most “no plastic contact” kettles still use silicone for the lid seal. If you want to avoid it too, ask the maker directly. Very few publish it.

Does a stainless steel kettle leach metals?

Stainless steel is the standard food-contact metal, and 304 (18/8) is the grade these makers use. The only kettle here with a published water test is the Saki Luna, which found no detectable heavy metals. Rinse and boil a fresh kettle a couple of times before first use, and descale regularly if you have hard water.

Which is better for tea: temperature control or a basic kettle?

If you drink green, white or oolong tea, temperature control helps, because boiling water can make them bitter. For black tea, herbal tea and general cooking, a basic boil-only kettle is fine. For stovetop kettles with a built-in thermometer, see our kettles with thermometers guide.

Bottom line

For a plain kettle where the water only touches steel, get the Cosori 1.7L, or the Cosori 1.5L double-wall if you want a cool-touch body. The Secura SWK-1701DB is still a sound choice when it’s in stock. For temperature control, the Saki Luna is the only model whose maker names every water-contact part as steel, but confirm the lid seal with Saki if silicone matters to you. Coffee drinkers who are fine with two silicone seals should look at the Fellow Stagg EKG.

Sources

• Secura SWK-1701DB product page
• Secura 1.5L double-wall kettle product page
• Secura SWK-1001 1.0L listing (no water window)
• Cosori 1.7L Stainless Steel Electric Kettle listing
• Cosori 1.5L Double-Wall Stainless Steel Kettle listing
• Cosori 1.7L stainless kettle (US site, warranty)
• Cosori GK172-CO glass kettle user manual (PDF)
• Saki: plastic-free kettle and Light Labs test summary
• Saki help center: what materials are used in the Luna
• Saki Luna product page
• Fellow help center: what materials do you use in your EKG kettles
• Fellow Stagg EKG Pro product page
• Fellow help center: Clyde materials
• Chantal Mia Ekettle product page
• Smeg KLF03 product page and KLF03 manual
• Cuisinart Soho CK-10 listing
• Shouldit review of the Cuisinart CPK-17 (lid and filter plastic)
• Nontoxic Nook: electric kettles with no plastic contact (OXO lid ring, Cuisinart CPK-17 window)
• Balmuda’s answer on plastic parts inside The Kettle (Amazon Q&A)
• Alessi Plissé MDL06B/USA listing (“Electric Kettle in Thermoplastic Resin”)
• Mueller 1.8L glass electric kettle
• Ottoni Fabbrica Alice kettle (made in Italy, 230V)