Dr. Weil 9805 The Healthy Kitchen 1-3/4-Quart 1500-Watt Electric Water Kettle

Comment: This was a tremendous replacement for a 20-year-old "hotshot". It's sturdy and attractive. I was afraid to get the ones I'd often seen that were almost all glass because I figured that I'd probably hit it on the faucet the first time I tried to fill it and that would be the end of it. This kettle gets the water very hot very quickly. I ended up buying a second one (which cost $20 more) for my sister in NY. She was quite impressed also.

Comment: The kettle was a lemon. I paid $80 for this thing retail and it stopped working one year and a day after warranty expired. Little lever with the light just stopped lighting up and igniting a boil. Rip Off, Dr. Weil....shame on you.

Comment: This is my second Weil electric water kettle and I really love them. The price was great as well.

Comment: This kettle is amazing. It boils water very quickly in less than 60 seconds. I use it on my breaks to make tea and hot chocolate between work. It works so well that I brought several for my relative as gift and they are extremely happy with it. Because it heats so fast, I also use it to boil the hot water for preparation to cook pasta.

It has 360 degree rotation cord and automatic shut off so I don't need to turn it on or off. The glass carafe and stainless steel body is very easy to clean and there is no plastic smell after two weeks. After using it for a long while, some water deposit shows up. I just add water, and let it boil. Take it out, add a cup of vinegar and let it sit for an hour. Then rinse out and add fresh water to boil. After that all the deposit are gone and clean as new.

It also has a wide base and easy to grip handle. The body is made of glass and not of plastic as other reviewer described.

It also has a attached plastic lid at top with wired filter. This lid must be closed to make auto shut off work.

The glass carafe body is wrapped around with stainless steel at bottom. The flat heating element is also stainless steel. It has a plastic heat sensor at the top of the pot that never touch the water.

Comment: The first kettle Amazon sent me lasted 10 months before the lever, when pushed down, no longer started the boiling process. Waterford Wedgwood, who made the kettle, replaced it with no questions asked, and sent me a mailing label with which to return the original. The second kettle lasted 6 months before the very same thing occurred, and again, Waterford sent me another mailing label. In the meantime, I discovered that what I had assumed was a glass kettle was indeed lexan... and I had been happily drinking gallons of tea, and making my baby's morning cereal thinking the boiled water was not contaminated with any chemicals that might leach from heated plastic. I had been duped.

Dr. Weil has done himself and consumers a grave disservice. Now I am in search of a truly healthy alternative to this electric water kettle. Any suggestions?