BonJour 2-Quart Stainless Steel Teakettle with Copper Bottom

Purchased this kettle in December. Have purchased a couple of kettles in the last year--only to return them for lack of quality or imperfections. I ordered this one and it has been a great buy!! I've used it daily--several times a day. It is heavy enough (copper bottom is very nice--quick heat) but not too heavy (have arthritis).
Also, like that the handle is attatched on both sides so that as you pour it's well balanced. (Note the handle is fixed in place) Handle stays cool.

Just so you know--it does not whistle (not a problem for me) and may/will "spit" if you let the water get to a "HARD BOIL" and then immediately pour it--but just pay attention and if it is boiling hard, then let it rest a minute or two BEFORE you pour. Be vigilant and only fill to marked place (just below bottom of spout). It holds plenty of water---

To sum it up, imho, so far no cons. Sturdy, very pretty, well weighted, large opening so easy to clean, copper bottom heats...Read more

I love this teakettle! We drink a lot of tea at our house, so this is used everyday. It's a heavy weight, beautifully designed kettle and I hope to have it around for many, many years to come.

The only thing it's missing is a whistle. I tend to wander off and do other things rather than sitting and watching the water boil. This means I now have to set a clock timer that beeps once and I better hear it or I'm in trouble! The kettle comes with a warning that due to it's superior heat retention, you can not overboil it as it may fuse to the top of your glass cooktop (which I have). So, BonJour- how about creating a whistle you can stick into the neck when you use it? Send it to those of us who have already purchased your product as a gift and start putting one inside the boxes of future purchases. That or at least sell one as an accessory for the kettle.

And one more thing- packaging. I know it's cheaper to use cellophane tape to hold the lid onto the kettle...Read more

I'm so disappointed. This kettle looked beautiful. Reviews for it were generally good too. So I paid more than I wanted for what I thought was going to be a tea kettle I could use for years. I received it today, and opened it up to inspect it, and that's when the disappointment just kept coming.

Looked nice on the outside. Well, except for a small manufacturing defect where some of the copper plating on the bottom accidentally streaked on the shiny "stainless steel" side of the pot. Oh well, I guess I can live with that... not a huge deal.

Then I looked inside the pot. It wasn't very clean. A fair amount of black stuff on the inside. Again, disappointing, but that can be cleaned out. Another review on Amazon noted this issue too, so I wasn't surprised. Not a deal breaker yet.

And then, I looked inside the spout. There was a strainer fused inside the spout, where the spout meets the body. And there it was... rust around the strainer...Read more