Paula Deen Signature 2 Quart Traditional Polished Kettle, Stainless Steel

First positives: it is stainless, looks good, shiny on the outside, lid fits tight, handles on kettle and lid stay cool enough.

Negatives:

This kettle neglects the law of communicating vessels: the outlet of the spout is high above the top of the kettle.
If you fill the kettle full and tilt it to pour water into your glass, water flows over the top of the kettle not through the spout.

Paula Dean recognized this flaw, and on the outside of the kettle, there is a short line with a notice "MAX FILL". This mark is on the outside and is invisible inside, so you may easily overfill. To be on the safe side you have to measure exactly 2QT of water or less.

Two quarts fill about half of the kettle.
If you are an optimist you can say that your kettle is now half full; if you are a pessimist you would say it is half empty.

Another draw back: Handle does not rotate out of the way for filling; it stays...Read more

Customer Video Review Length:: 2:38 Mins

I chose this kettle because it is a healthier choice than using the coil-in-the-kettle kind I had and wanted to replace. An additional benefit to having a stainless steel kettle is that you can easily put it in the dishwasher. It does take longer to boil than my electric kettle but the difference is not that significant. This kettle does not whistle so my way around that issue is I put my timer on for five minutes so when it beeps I am there just as the water boils.

It is difficult to figure out how far to fill the kettle. The waterlines are on the outside where you can not see the water levels. To be safe, I fill it up just under the spout line. It does not make a ton of water like the giant electric kettles do these days but in comparison to other stovetop kettles, it makes a decent amount of boiling water. It is very light weight, no heavy-duty copper bottoms to weigh it down but as someone with strength issues, that is just fine with me. The spout was getting a little...Read more