Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Pour-Over Kettle

I live at elevation and this happens if I set the temp to 100C, because water boils at 95C here.

Do you happen to live at elevation? I only say this because I feel like when I lived in Denver, it happened frequently. Now living at sea level I never experience it. I also leave it about 0.5cm below the max fill line.

I do think a lot of their stuff is overpriced but they have great looking products and that matters to people. Quality wise, I would say you can get an equally reliable kettle with the same features...but not always the same user experience and yes, that matters too. It is also the number one kettle I see in shops. Some people don't like the flow control (and I hate it when I need it for applications other than pour over) but it works.

i love my stagg ekg. ive had it for 6-7 years? no issues. looks great. heats up well. pours well.

Work in a high volume shop with two stagg ekgs, one for lower temp teas and one for pour-overs. Both are the originals from the day we open over three years ago and are on ~10 hours everyday. Haven't ever had an issue with them!

I've owned my EKG for less than three years and the temp started going haywire and kettle boils over randomly over the last year. I have a ticket in with Fellow. We'll see if / how they respond. A $200 kettle should last longer than three years.

I see more threads about how terrible Fellow is, but maybe the pushback you see against such claims is a result of so many people on this sub having great experiences with their products.

I think most people consider the Stagg and Brewista gold standards. Then somewhat less expensive are timemore fish, bonavita, or 3bomber, and I’m sure there are some others out there. I have considered all of those I mentioned but I honestly find Stagg’s design the most sleek and timeless, and I have zero complaint about the usability of the Stagg I already have.

I had somewhat similar issues with mine. I noticed that the three vent holes on the top were half covered on the inside causing pressure to be increased and close to boil it would spurt water through the narrow, half closed holes. To fix it I was able to turn the knob on top until the alignment was such that all three holes were fully open.

I’ve had an EKG for over 6 years now… it has surely worth the price to me. And I have no need to replace it until it actually dies

That's common with every kettle when using not so soft water after a while. The temperature probe accumulates minerals and won't properly read the water temperature. Problem with the stagg is the algorithm behind boiling that causes this. It completely messes up when the read temperature is lower than the real water temperature.

Had this happen too. It's when the temperature is not read correctly from the probe and the reading jumps several degrees up and down. The kettle keeps on heating because of this. Might be due to lime scale build up, but I had it happen after cleaning, too. QC on fellow products is very shoddy sometimes.