Teakettle Reviews

This is a nice but pricey teakettle. It has one serious design flaw: The spout is spotwelded to the body, and tends to leak. The company is very good about replacements, and I have replaced two of them. The third is now in hand and we will see what happens.

Mr. Brack indicated this kettle has an aluminum core bottom as other All-Clad products do. It does not, but instead is made from rather thin stainless steel. It makes one wonder if Mr. Brack even reviewed this item at all? In light of this, the kettle is very handsome and is adequate for its purpose.

I am happy to say that I am the proud owner of this tea kettle. I have not experienced any of the problems with respect to the lid, handle or whistling mechanism. My tea kettle whistles every time. The handle stays cool due to the black underside. The lid is easy to open and close and stays put during the boiling process. You cannot go wrong buying this tea kettle. I leave mine out all the time!!!

Love the stainless All-Clad line, and I have many pieces. I am not happy with the tea kettle. The "stay cool" handle gets very hot and if you want to use the whistle feature, you need to pull the piping hot whistle from the pour spout in order to pour out the water and put it back in after each use. Not worth the money.

The description states that this teakettle has a stay-cool handle which it definitely does not. The All-Clad cookware has the most amazingly cool handles so I expected the same. The maximum fill line for water is 1/3 down from the top, making the kettle a larger size than it needs to be for the recommended capacity. The balance point when pouring is not optimum and the handle flexes with the weight of the kettle and water. The whistle needs to be removed by hand when pouring then reinserted afterwards. The spring detent is stiff and makes this operation potentially risky. On the positive side, it does boil water rapidly, the whistle sounds good, and the spout doesn't drip.