Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Seemed to heat as fast as my old solid metal kettle (which also had electric base). Noticeably lighter in weight when filled with same amount of water. Too tall for spacing in our kitchen cabinets - but of course that varies. Nice looking. Negatives: 1. critical to keep filling below max level: hot water spews out spout if overfilled at all. 2. Cannot tilt back or hot water runs out back and down over your hand! 3. Spout is thick - making for more dribbly pouring - say into cone filter for coffee. My old kettle had solid metal spout and was much thinner/less dribbly 4. Lid is attached and doesn't tilt back as far as I'd like 5. Basically seems to be a plastic shell with metal liner - rather than solid metal as my old kettle Update: In response to my concerns over the "dribbly" spout of the plastic version, Miroco sent me one with an exterior made of stainless steel - a far better kettle! Model MI-EK001 This version pours very well, even at slow rates. It holds more than my older squatty kettle, and has temperature control with several settings. Hard to tell, but it might even heat up faster than old kettle. It even has a setting to maintain temperature in the kettle - presumably for long periods. It has an external level indicator, plus a blue backlight which is on when kettle heating up.