After reading more reviews then I care to remember, we settled on this tea kettle. We had been using the same kettle for years and it finally broke. We could still boiling water but it was not easy to pour the boiling water. So we started looking.

At first I thought it would be easy just to buy the same model that had served us well for many years. But we read the reviews on Amazon and it seems that what was once a fine tea kettle was now a piece of crap. People reported rusting badly as well as leaking. Since neither sounded good, we decided to expand our search.

We were more inclined to trust the reviews on Amazon (supplemented by other sites and blogs) than trust the opinions of sales people in the kitchen stores at the mall. Besides I hate going to the mall. Since I have Amazon Prime with free 2 day delivery, we thought we could use the old one for a few more days.

After several hours of reading reviews on the internet, we decided the kettle pictured was the one for us. It seems well made and made of food-grade stainless steel (SS304). I did not see reports of leaking or rusting. The vast majority of reviewers seemed to really like this kettle. In fact many seemed to love it, which seemed a bit strong for a tea kettle.

Our new tea kettle came today and I have already used in several times. I really like it. I’ll update this in a few months if I feel differently.