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it was my old tea kettle burning on the stove bc there was no whistle on it and i forgot about it.this tea kettle is good. i can't see anyone having a problem w the handle getting hot unless you're deaf or don't mind what sounds like the whistle for the end of the work day on the Flintstones. so to pull the trigger to open the lid you have to be very careful not to touch the metal. i mean, when you put it on fire the water boils. 1. which brings me to my next point.
i did a couple of times really burning myself once.other than that i have no complaints. i read a few reviews that the handle got hot. time for a new tea kettle, one w a whistle on it. there is nothing exceptional about this tea kettle.
another good thing about it is when you pull the trigger the lid opens very wide giving you lots of space to pour your tea or fill it up at the sink.if this is the price range you're looking to spend i would recommend this kettle.not strongly but i would recommend it. i think i read that some people said the whistle wasn't loud enough. don't get me wrong.its not a bad tea kettle but for me to give it 5 stars this thing should do something other tea kettles don't do.2. i could smell the smoke and thought to myself OMG that's bad if i can smell a cigarette outside my house w the windows closed.imagine my surprise when i walked out of my home office to see smoke every where and my smoke alarm going off.know what time it was.
i can't give it 5 stars for two reasons. the space between the trigger and the metal is quite small. that's a good thing, right. this thing is loud.you'll hear it all thru your house unless you live with the Gates family and the water does boil pretty fast, due to the copper bottom.
this guy was walking by my house smoking a cigarette. for me to love a tea kettle there better be something great about it.something exceptional. the handle does not get hot for me.
I ordered the 6-cup version of this tea kettle based on the number of people who said that the handle did not get hot.THEY LIED. If you boil a nearly-full pot, you cannot touch the handle, it's so hot.Also it seems to take a long time to boil 6-cups of water.I don't know if there are any better tea kettles out there, but I do NOT recommend this one.
I love the large capacity. The RevereWare teakettles were the best-rated of the less-expensive teakettles on Consumer Search, and they came in 3 different sizes. The spout is slightly less convenient for filling the teakettle than a lid would have been, but it's a nice large spout (I stick a finger inside to feel the water level when refilling). They all had removable lids, which made them easy to fill; however, they all tended to be on the small side, and would eventually develop thick hard-water deposits on the inside (and those hard-water deposits were the one thing keeping the cheap, thin metal they were made out of from burning through and leaking). Highly recommended. This 3.5 quart size most closely resembled what I remembered of my mom's old teakettle from when I was a little girl, so I ordered it.
I haven't owned this long enough yet to have to scrub the copper bottom clean; however, since it's the only piece of copper-bottom cookware I own at this point, it shouldn't be too tedious to clean just one thing. I've lived with/endured a number of cheap enameled teakettles since I was a newlywed (back in the early 1980s). When the handle of the latest cheap teakettle melted/fell off after less than 2 weeks, I'd finally had enough. It's great for multiple cups of coffee/tea/single-serve ramen noodles in a cup/etc., and it's also a good size for keeping boiled water on hand when there's a boil order in town.
The first one arrived with the whistler detached and I could not get it stay in place. The whistle is not too loud and shrill. I was very pleased with the service. This is the largest capacity teakettle I good find and at the best price. It seems durable--we had one of these years ago that held up for a long time (with daily use). Amazon promptly sent out a new one and gave easy directions for returning the defective one at their cost.
It came very quickly. This was exactly the size I wanted to sit on the stove top and be used by one person. Am very pleased and satified.
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