Our 10 year old kettle broke down a few months ago, and we had been looking to replace it with a kettle that would have: (1) 3000 W (2) non-plastic finish (3) with a nozzle big enough to pour bottled water in without opening the lid. We had seen many kettles before finding this model in our friends' house. Our friends (who by the way had been also recommended this kettle by their friends) had owned it for some time and could not recommend it enough: 3000 W (instead of 2300W) guarantee a quick cup of tea, style of the kettle also blue / red light illuminations were a further attraction to it, so we lost no time to buy one and have been delighted using it for three months now. Highly recommended!