Mostly for show, not much go (and eventually leaked),
April 18, 2012 A. Benenson - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chantal Copper Platted Teakettle
This is primarily a piece of status decoration rather than a practical, quality product. The copper looks pretty (when it's clean), but that is really all this kettle has going for it.
Otherwise, we ran into all of the following problems - which would be annoying on any product - but were particularly galling given the price of this kettle:
- Needs constant cleaning to keep it looking good.
- The handle gets too hot to touch (of course we quickly misplaced the little insulated handle cover that came with the kettle).
- You can't open the spout with the same hand that's holding the handle (instead I would turn off the burner, put on an oven mit, flip the spout open, and then pick up the kettle).
- Some kind of grit kept appearing in the water when we first began using it. We had to return it for warranty service to Chantal, which solved the problem (but the returned kettle was poorly packaged with the lid bouncing around...Read more
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