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(23 customer reviews) 39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
just plain useless and dangerous,
December 10, 2006 Tim D from Dallas "Tim" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pick Me Up Tea Kettle, Red (Kitchen)
I have had a Oxo tea kettle for years so I bought this one for a friend. The very first time we used it we noticed two things...the whistle is uselessly quiet (what happened to the rich train-like sound?!) and worse, this kettle right out of the box had a leak at the seam where the spout meets the body splashing boiling water all over.
Frankly, I have noticed the quality of many Oxo products slipping drastically lately and I won't be buying them again. What ever happend to their quality?!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Rest in peace, little teakettle.,
May 9, 2006 Stefohnee "stef" (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pick Me Up Tea Kettle, Red (Kitchen)
Great teakettle. Sadly, I highly recommend that you NOT inadvertently leave it on a stove burner turned on high while it's empty. Instead of the burner with the pot of water that you actually wanted to boil :\
After only a few months of use, however, this is definitely the best teakettle I'd ever used. Very nifty feature where the spout opens if you tip it down (pouring) and closes when you tip it back up (done pouring). Nice red color, good paint job, nice grippy handle (thanks OXO) and no complaints so far, other than the fact that I stupidly burned it up on the stove while groggily trying to boil some eggs.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Nice, but not perfect,
November 9, 2006 B. E. Parker (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: OXO Good Grips Pick Me Up Tea Kettle, Red (Kitchen)
I purchased this to replace an older cheaper Copco teakettle, primarily because of its design and ease of use to pour. I like the shape which seems to put more water closer to the heat making it warm faster, and I like the way the kettle opens when you lift the handle - however, the kettle lid under the handle is cumbersome to use, so i end up filling it via the spout - yet the spout lid doesnt open very wide so I have to really pay attention to what I'm doing otherwise I'll just get water running down the outside of the kettle.
All in all, a well made and attractive teakettle.
