The Xiaomi Mi Electric Kettle can change the lives of all people for the better. How to connect a Xiaomi kettle to the application Smart kettle mi smart kettle

Greetings, friends!

I’ve been eyeing a kettle from Xiaomi for a long time, but I didn’t really need it. My Moulinex BY 5001 kettle, although without smart functions, coped with the task of heating water without any questions. Why is it premature to retire a kitchen worker... However, everything has its service life, he worked for me for 5 years faithfully. And it’s still basically a worker, but water has started to leak out of it. When it’s hot, there’s no problem; it cools down and starts flooding the table. It was then that I ordered a Xiaomi kettle with all sorts of newfangled functions, in order to keep up with the progress in kettle construction)

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SPECIFICATIONS

Package Contents: 1 x Original Xiaomi Mi Electric Kettle, 1 x Charging Base

PACKAGING AND DELIVERY SET

The kettle is packed in a rather large white cardboard box with a color image of a teapot. In general, the packaging was not damaged much during shipment, with the exception of slightly frayed corners.

On the reverse side are the main specifications, everything is in Chinese, unfortunately, but from the numbers you can understand what we are talking about.

Inside the box, right on the foam, we find instructions with the logo of the Xiaomi Mijia sub-brand

The instructions, as usual with Xiaomi, are only in Chinese, so they are of little use. However, there is a QR code by which you can download an application to your smartphone to control the operation of the kettle.

And under the foam plastic the culprit of today’s review is already hiding along with the stand.

The stand is made in the same color as the body of the kettle, but there is also one black element. The cable is actually not that short, it's just wound inside to occupy less space in the box. Stand diameter 145 mm, thickness 16 mm.

The cable can be unwound and it becomes the usual length, like all of its “relatives” - approximately 70 cm.

Only the plug at the end of the wire is not European... There are two ways out of the situation: replace the cable with a regular “Nash” one, or buy an adapter and don’t worry about it at all.

At first I wanted to replace the cable, but then the right adapter just caught my eye in the store and I realized that this was fate) It costs 4.5 Belarusian rubles, or a little over 2 dollars in terms of conversion.

The stand below has rubberized feet for a stable position on the surface. We immediately see a circle with a niche under it, around which the cable is wound. There is a warning: do not immerse in water.

The stand is marked: standard power characteristics, maximum power 1800 W.

DESIGN

The Xiaomi kettle has a very minimalistic design and I can’t say that it really suits me, it looks a little rustic in my opinion. However, I didn’t take it for the design) but for the Bluetooth control and interesting functionality. On the body we see the mijia logo. Case material: plastic. The only color available is white; the manufacturer does not provide any other colors.

There is a small metal “layer” at the top of the case

There is only one mechanical button on the case, it is located on the handle. When pressed, the kettle lid opens.

There is also a Bluetooth icon on the handle, because the kettle is paired with a smartphone via Bluetooth version 4.0

WITH inside The handles contain two touch buttons that are responsible for turning on the water heating and turning on the temperature maintenance function. To understand which task is currently being performed, there are red LEDs under the buttons.

The lower part of the kettle is not much different from that of other “stupid” kettles.

Interior The device is made of stainless steel AISI 304. Between the metal insides and the body of the kettle, two-layer insulation is provided so that the body does not heat up from the outside, and to maintain a constant temperature inside. The Japanese Shibaura temperature sensor is used to measure the water temperature, and the thermostat was made by the British company Strix. AISI 304 steel (The American Iron and Steel Institute) is an austenitic steel with a low carbon content. AISI 304 stainless steel is acid-resistant and can withstand short-term temperature rises of up to 900 degrees Celsius. Information taken from Wikipedia.

You can fill a maximum of 1.5 liters of water inside. Or rather, you can fill in more, just the maximum recommended mark is no more than one and a half liters.

Lid Xiaomi Kettle also double, opens by pressing the button at about 60 degrees. Manually you can open it at 85 degrees. Only after boiling, water accumulates on the inside of the lid and in this position it begins to drip onto the handle and table.

USAGE

To connect the kettle to our network, an adapter for a European outlet was purchased, I wrote about this above.

Xiaomi Mijia Smart Kettle can be used in both ways regular kettle, but this is not so interesting, it’s 2017! Give all sorts of funny things to the people! However, let's start with the simplest mode of using the kettle - manual. I poured the maximum - one and a half liters of water into the kettle and set it to warm up by pressing the touch button.

It took just over 5 minutes to heat to a boil. Mi Kettle takes a long time to cool down. An hour after boiling, the water has a temperature of 78 degrees, after two hours it is 65, after three hours it is 53.

Moreover, after boiling, the body is simply warm, it is impossible to burn your hands. Only 37 degrees Celsius.

And here metal part still heats up: 53-54 degrees, it’s better not to touch it.

When you open the lid, drops of water from the inside drip onto the handle, which is not healthy. If the lid is opened by pressing a button, then this is not critical. But if you open it to maximum, you can wet the table a little

If you turn on the temperature maintenance function by pressing the second touch button, then when the water reaches probably 55 degrees, the heating turns on again. At the same time, the kettle cools down noticeably slower than my previous one.

To unlock all the smart capabilities of the gadget, you need to download the Mi Home application from the play market. Or from 4pda the Russian version:

To log in you need a Mi account, the application is used for all gadgets of the system " smart House» from Xiaomi. It is necessary that Mi Kettle is connected to the network, and that Bluetooth is turned on on the smartphone and the proprietary application is running. The kettle was found very quickly, and the connection took a few seconds. To synchronize, you need to hold the touch button on the kettle handle for 3 seconds.

The temperature of the water in the kettle is displayed at the top. Below you can set the amount of time to maintain the selected temperature: from 1 to 12 hours. Next, set the minimum and maximum temperature. The “Cool down the boiled water” and “Warm up the water” modes are responsible for switching between two options: cooling or heating water.

The background color on which the water temperature is displayed depends on the degrees. When heating, animation and water bubbles are displayed)

And here the seagulls are ready!

RESULT

During the operation of the Mi Kettle kettle there were no special problems with it, but the device has a number of shortcomings. Firstly, what bothers me a little is that I don’t know how much water is in it. It is impossible to find out this either through the application or visually (without opening the lid). My old kettle had a window through which the water level was always visible. I think it will be useful to add it in the next version. Then the fact that after boiling a little water always drips from open lid I don’t really like the kettle handle, it’s a design flaw. The cover of the kettle itself is white and is easy to stain; it would be nice to add other body colors and change the body material to a more practical one, although this is already possible to nitpick. I know English language, so I didn’t have any difficulties with the application, but other users may have them. There is no official Russian language in the application, and for Russification you need to get root rights, etc. Not everyone will want to do this. I also can’t call the price of the kettle cheap. After connecting via Bluetooth and completing necessary operations After some time, the connection from the smartphone occurs and you have to connect again.

On the positive side, I can note good thermal insulation; Mi Kettle really cools down much slower than its counterparts. Maintenance function certain temperature I personally found it useful in practice and I use it all the time. Starting the heating remotely without getting up from your chair is also quite convenient.

So the kettle seems to be quite good, and Xiaomi seems to be a good choice for fans) But it has a lot of disadvantages, it’s far from ideal. Today, if we turn back time, I would think about whether to take Mi Kettle or look at options from the same Redmond with smart functions. I think people should look at reviews of other kettles with smart functions before purchasing and compare what looks better to them.

I tried to be objective and perhaps I could help someone in choosing (or, on the contrary, dissuade them from buying) a “smart” kettle. Thank you in advance for your likes and am ready to answer any questions you may have in the comments; I may have missed something.

Today we want to introduce you to an indispensable gadget in any home and in any kitchen. Especially if you love delicious tea and are a fan of Xiaomi products, then you will appreciate the new “smart kettle”. Review of the advantages and disadvantages of Xiaomi Mi Kettle.

Xiaomi Mi Kettle review

Let's consider the equipment, design, technical characteristics, synchronization capabilities with smartphones and how quickly the gadget can boil water.

Equipment

The delivery set is standard for Xiaomi smart household appliances: a user manual in Chinese, the smart kettle itself, a power stand with a wire, where there is an adapter for a European socket.

Design and appearance

The design of the smart kettle is made in a minimalist style. The case material is white matte plastic, pleasant to the touch, with a metal strip at the top.

The inside of the kettle is made of stainless steel and actually has two layers. This allows you to maintain the temperature, and you will not get burned if you accidentally touch the hot kettle.

The kettle can heat up to 1.5 liters of water. For control, there are three buttons on the case: the top one is responsible for opening the lid, and the two bottom ones are for turning on and maintaining the set temperature.

Unfortunately, the engraving on the buttons is Chinese characters, although the controls are already intuitive.

The power stand is made of high quality plastic. The power cable is not afraid of twisting. However, its length is only 40 centimeters.

Among the obvious disadvantages: there is no scale on the kettle so that you can accurately understand how much water is poured into the kettle.

Parameters of Xiaomi Mi Kettle

• Volume: 1.5 liters;
• Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.5 x 23.5 cm;
• Weight: 1.24 kg;
• Input power: 1800 W;
• Support: Bluetooth 4.0.

It is also possible to remotely control a smart kettle using a smartphone. A special application will be able to warn you when the water in the kettle boils. Or you can put desired temperature, if you just want to heat the water.

In addition to notifying you on your smartphone, when the water starts to boil, the kettle beeps.

How quickly does Mi Kettle heat water?

This parameter is very important for the consumer, as it allows you to save time and not overpay for excess electricity.

We compared the water heating speed of the Xiaomi kettle with Zelmer 17Z018 and the old Tefal. For the experiment, one and a half liters of water was heated.

Test results for water heating rate:

1. Zelmer 17Z018 – 4 minutes 3 seconds;
2. Mi Kettle – 4 minutes 11 seconds;
3. Old Tefal - 4 minutes 31 seconds.

It is worth considering that the power of Zelmer is one and a half times higher than that of Xiaomi - 3000 W versus 1600 W.

Connecting the kettle to the phone

For remote control smart gadget Xiaomi Mi Kettle just use the standard Mi Home application, which is used to control many household appliances Xiaomi.

A nice plus is that the kettle connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth very quickly. The interface has been translated into English. Chinese characters were encountered only during the first connection and application settings.

The kettle remote control is easy to set up and has clear basic functions.

Chinese technology can be extremely obstinate. "Smart" kettle from major manufacturer was no exception.

Moving to new apartment- always a very difficult process. During the first two weeks, everything that can be broken breaks. So for me, the first thing that happened was the kettle burned out.

A quick search in offline stores did not yield anything good - decent brands simply disappeared from the shelves. Why take another device for 2 months? And then the idea came to buy the recently announced kettle from Xiaomi. Moreover, it was already on the “wants” list.

Who would have known what adventures the desire to furnish an apartment with “smart” appliances from China would turn out to be. But there were no reviews yet - and the kettle headed to Russia.

It's time to learn Chinese

An anecdote about how a pessimist teaches Chinese and is already so bearded that the author cannot be found. Only now I began to understand that learning Chinese is more of a necessity than the whim of teachers and popularizers of Chinese culture.

This is all to say that the kettle has arrived beautiful packaging, With detailed instructions, many inscriptions on the body... Without a single English character! Everything is only in hieroglyphs. There are no mnemonic icons.


By scientific poking it was possible to establish that near The button on the body (touch, by the way) is responsible for turning it on and heating it to a boil. What's next? Unknown. At the time of receiving the device, there was no information in Russian or English.

Based on the memory of the operation of other devices, Xiaomi launched an official application for smart home MiHome and tried to press second button. The kettle made a pleasant, quiet squeak, the LED blinked, and there was 0 effect.

There is not a word of English on the page for adding a new device. The MiKettle device is missing. (I know about Russification methods, setting the correct region did not help. The first game is torture for the fans.) What should I do?

Xiaomi as an interior element

Use a smart kettle as a regular one. I must admit, MiKettle performs its functions well and is ready to actively compete with other manufacturers. Even if they were produced by Tefal, Moulinex or Bosch.


One-piece the metal flask warms up much faster than its analogues. The thick plastic in which it is placed allows you to protect not only the appearance, but also the hands of the owner. After 3 months of use, it was not possible to feel the temperature of the kettle: it was barely warm even with boiling water inside.


Clever lid design prevents MiKettle from wear out fastenings I pressed the button and the lid opened slightly. If necessary, you can further finish it with your hands. You don’t have to worry about the traditional “head drop” in the form of the lid remaining in your hands when you open it the next time.


It turns off on time - also a plus, a little steam. Without water it still turns on- this is the first puncture of this spy unit. Shutting down after a “dry” start occurs almost instantly, but personally I harbored a grudge. Now I constantly check for water before turning it on.

Do Xiaomi read Russian Internet resources?

After a month of using MiKettle in “just a kettle” mode, I needed to set up the kitchen MiAmplifier. At this moment it turned out that the applications built into MiHome for devices received English in the latest update!

The hand itself reached out to search for new devices... Click on the kettle (far button), agonizing wait, a dozen attempts to restart Bluetooth and repeated clicks - and here it is, the moment of truth. The app has found the kettle! Never before has the disappointment with Xiaomi devices been so great.

Works? And how! But not like that

When ordering the Xiaomi Mi Kettle, I imagined an almost intelligent kitchen unit that could do everything in the world - it boils water itself, pours tea, and sings Chinese songs. It turned out - it seemed.

All this is due to lack of information. Unfortunately, in reality the kettle is not at all as intelligent as we would like. And not even in the right way.

I have a router and many other Xiaomi branded gadgets. They all come together into one ecosystem controlled via Wi-Fi using a smartphone. As it turned out, the teapot refers to it only formally.

It still runs through the official MiHome application (iOS, Android). But - via Bluetooth. Thus, the communication range is only 5-7 meters in a real Russian apartment. Or even less if there is a strong source of electromagnetic fields between the smartphone and the kettle. For example, a refrigerator, microwave or stove.

Once Mi Kettle is linked to your Xiaomi account via MiHome, it becomes possible to remote control. Actually, all functions, except boiling, work only through a smartphone.


And to be even more precise, there is only one function: maintaining a constant temperature in the kettle. From the main screen of the MiKettle page in MiHome, you can launch one of the preset profiles: 90, 70, 50 or 30 degrees. Here you can set a different temperature using the slider, after checking the manual control mode box.

You can also specify the heating principle in the settings. The kettle keeps getting colder all the time required temperature, or heats up to it at certain intervals.

“Mind” is not real!

The application works with the kettle only within the capabilities of the Bluetooth connection. As soon as it breaks, the smartphone moves away - the connection is lost, no control.

You can’t dream of being able to turn on the kettle as you drive up to your house. Switch kettle control to web interface is not possible using standard means. And happiness and hot tea were so close from the doorstep...


And where is the mind here? Just another thermopot - cheap, but beautiful and a little mysterious. Although for

I also got to the dummies, deciding to create a smart version of the popular kitchen appliances. Her debut entitled MiJia Smart Kettle, besides attractive price and the ability to control from a smartphone, has a number of other significant advantages. Unfortunately, there is also a fly in the ointment.

Equipment

The kettle comes in a thick cardboard box white. The kettle itself is depicted on the box, with the logos of Xiaomi and the new brand at the top MIJIA, under which all smart home products are produced.

Everything inside is sound - the kettle and its components are securely fixed using foam molds.

The delivery kit itself consists of:

· Kettle,

· Two instruction books (one of them is in Russian and doubles as a warranty card),

· Stands.

You should immediately pay attention to the socket plug - it is of the Australian type, with three plugs and inclined arrangement top pair. This problem can be “treated” either self-replacement to a regular European plug, or an adapter.

Appearance and ergonomics

Pros of the Mi Kettle

· Stylish design,

Silent boiling

· Rapid boiling (1.5 liters in 5 minutes),

· Barely warm body with boiling water inside,

· Ability to control remotely from a smartphone,

Possibility of heating to a certain temperature,

· Temperature maintenance function,

· Two temperature maintenance modes,

· Automatic shutdown function when there is no water in the kettle,

· Convenient cable that wraps around the base of the case.

Cons of the Xiaomi kettle

· Remote control is limited by Bluetooth range.

· The need for an adapter or replacement of an Australian plug with a European one.

· Nuances when connecting the kettle to a smartphone for the first time,

· Non-Russianized utility,

· No alarm clock. It’s a pity that the software doesn’t yet allow you to specify the required water boiling time. It would be great - you just woke up and sleepily wander into the kitchen, and the kettle is already boiling!

· Lack of color choice.

The disadvantages are quite indirect and are more than offset by numerous advantages.

I have had an extremely positive experience using this kitchen assistant.

I'm sure he will be in demand and will quickly be able to charm his owners.

The Xiaomi smart kettle is a functional device and an excellent addition to the smart-home system. Its use allows you to independently determine the desired water temperature, while it is possible to maintain it for 12 hours. The user can also set the device's turn-on time and perform remote control.

In order to take advantage of all the capabilities of the Xiaomi smart kettle, you need to integrate it into the system and set up a connection to your smartphone. We’ll tell you how to do this correctly using the example of Xiaomi Kettle, which is one of the company’s most popular and functional water heating devices.

How to connect a Xiaomi kettle

To operate the device, you need to download the Mi Home application, which is designed to control all components included in the smart home. It is available for free in the Play Store and can be installed without any problems. Synchronization with a smartphone is organized using Bluetooth technology, so after installing the program on the phone, we activate Bluetooth.
Next, to connect the Xiaomi kettle to the phone, perform the following steps:

If everything is done correctly, a circle will appear on the smartphone display, where the connection process will be displayed as a percentage.

If at some stage a failure occurs and a pop-up question appears, then it must be answered positively and then the process will promptly complete.

How to control the Xiaomi Mi Smart electric kettle

After adding a Xiaomi kettle to the application, the user will see ample opportunities on its management. All basic information is available on the main screen, the background which varies depending on temperature changes water (from blue to red).

The display contains the following information:

• The upper part displays the current water temperature;
• Just below there is a slider, when moving it you can adjust the time for maintaining the liquid temperature at a certain value. The interval varies from one to 12 hours;
• Under the slider you can directly select temperature parameters. By default, the available values ​​are 90, 80 and 50 degrees, however, the user, by clicking on the Custom icon, can independently set required indicator(change steps are five degrees).

Opening the additional menu (More button) gives access to other temperature scenarios. One of them involves first bringing the water to a boil, then the device waits for it to cool and only then begins to maintain the set value. When using the second mode, the liquid will be heated to the specified parameters and then maintained.

The first option is preferable to use when the device is filled with raw water, and the second is suitable for boiled water.

Using the Xiaomi kettle app is a convenient tool that allows you to constantly monitor temperature values ​​and, if necessary, remotely turn on/off the device.