£15 kettle tops table of quiet home gadgets

A LEAGUE table of the quietest home electrical equipment has been compiled by consumer experts Which?

People not wanting their kitchen chats drowned out should go for a £15 Russell Hobbs Essentials 21440 kettle and Asda’s George Home High Power Blender 900W.

To avoid being kept awake at night by your laundry, you should get a

I couldn’t believe it when I got to the vet’s and they had her.. and she still remembered me

JANET ON MOMENT SHE WAS REUNITED WITH HER PET CAT BOO Hoover HBWM814TAHC washing machine and a Bosch WTWH7561GB tumble dryer – though the latter was one of the pricier ones at £750.

And there was a £1,000 price tag on the least noisy dishwasher, the G6630SC from Miele.

Decibel tests on vacuums put the rightly named AEG Silence on 58, the level of a normal conversation. The loudest, a Von Hous handheld, was 92 – like standing by a dual carriageway.

Which? said: “From a noisy spin cycle on your new washing machine that sounds like an aircraft taking off, to a vacuum cleaner that’s noisier than busy traffic, a loud appliance can go a long way to disturbing the peace in your household, particularly if you have an open-plan living space.”