This is a nice looking kettle, and the temperature gauge is a good idea if you want to do some detailed cooking, but I'm afraid it isn't especially well constructed and thought through. The kettle fills through the lid, which doesn't seal back, so boiling water escapes from the side of the lid as well as the spout. Even if it did all leave the spout, the bit of plastic in the spout that I'm guessing is meant to stop steam doesn't fill the spout and so, again, boiling water splashes out the neck around the edge of it. In short, unless you pour at a dribble-speed some of the water misses whatever you're trying to pour it into, and I've scalded myself twice using it. In addition, after four weeks of using it, it is still producing tiny flakes of plastic in everything, which appear to be coming off the seal around the element. Shame, it looks nice and the gauge is useful - just needs a bit more work.
