I bought my kettle in '95. It might be an earlier model than the one featured here (though they look identical) but it's still going strong for more than ten years. These are great for college students and those with limited storage. The kettle gets the water boiling hot in minimal time. I would definitely recommend this product.

I have owned one of these for years. It still actually works, but developed a small leak, so it lives out in the garage now where I use it for heating water for the dogs meals. I had to buy another for my kitchen. It heats water faster than a microwave and heating water is all I use it for. I guess the fact that I replaced the old one with the same product speaks for itself.

I was looking for something that would keep water near boiling temperatures for several hours. This wasn't it. Maybe a "hot pot" is what I want.

This kettle will rapidly boil a pot of water and keep it at a rolling boil until all the water boils out in about one hour. There is built in protection that turns the pot off when all the water is gone.

If the pot is filled completely, it initially splashes some of the boiling water out the spout. Also has a rather short cord. Simple design, so there isn't much that can break.

The kettle uses 1000 watts which is standard for these, but seems like a lot when I consider my microwave also uses 1000 watts.

Makes lots of steam. Very impressive but not what I wanted.

I purchased this kettle because I'm impatient. My original electric kettle was in good working order, but it took such a long time to reach a boil that I all-too-frequently wandered away and forgot it until it had boiled nearly dry!

I decided that a whistling kettle was the answer. What I didn't expect, though, is how very long it takes the West Bend kettle to boil two cups of water. I know that such things are relative, but I started the kettle, walked the length of my house, connected to Amazon, and wrote (NOW) this review before hearing the kettle whistle -- the "now" indicates the sound of the whistle.

Claims that this kettle is "faster than a microwave" are false -- my 1K Watt microwave boils two cups of water in 90 seconds.

The West Bend kettle seems well-built and does what it claims to do: It boils up to a quart of water and it whistles.

I had an electric tea kettle for 10 years that I loved. This kettle has two things that I really like that it didn't have: a whistle and it stays cool to the touch. However, it takes longer to heat than the one I previously had and yet holds less water. I am a little disappointed in its efficiency.