Great teakettle. Sadly, I highly recommend that you NOT inadvertently leave it on a stove burner turned on high while it's empty. Instead of the burner with the pot of water that you actually wanted to boil :\After only a few months of use, however, this is definitely the best teakettle I'd ever used. Very nifty feature where the spout opens if you tip it down (pouring) and closes when you tip it back up (done pouring). Nice red color, good paint job, nice grippy handle (thanks OXO) and no complaints so far, other than the fact that I stupidly burned it up on the stove while groggily trying to boil some eggs.