Our family owns three of these now. My husband keeps one at work, we have one in the kitchen and I just purchased one for my son's college dorm room. We make a lot of tea and also like to use a French press so this kettle works great for us. Easy to use and easy to clean. It also looks nice sitting on the counter. The water comes to a boil very quickly. I purchased my first one over two years ago and it still works great.