Secura Original Stainless Steel Double Wall Electric Water Kettle 1.8 Quart with Auto Shut-Off & Boil-Dry Protection, Black Onyx SWK-1701DA/HB-3227B

We bought this because Consumer Reports has this as the top rated brand of kettle. So I got it.Our home uses this thing about 6-8 times daily. Yes, it gets heavy use. It works like a champ and we fill it to the line and it heats to a boils pretty quickly - about a couple minutes.The kettle is audible when the water is getting ready to boil. Is this kettle noise? Yes and no. Partly it is the water getting ready to boil, partly it is the container with the double walls making the sound louder. Sometimes double walls are quiet, but not when the walls are stainless steel and plastic. No sound proofing qualities there.Is this a deterrent for you? Depends if you need quiet for a kettle. Frankly I like knowing when the water is ready, there is no other sound like a whistle or click to let you know.Looks: It is a gorgeous kettle. I mean stunning. I would buy it for looks in a second.Yes, that stainless steel interior is all that the water touches.For us, it isn't difficult to clean. So I am not having any issues yet.I would buy this kettle because the one it replaced would build up calcium ALL OVER the cracks and places I did not want to clean. This one, not nearly as bad. So far, so good.By the way, this one has a 3 prong plug. For those of you into safety, I would MUCH rather have 3 prongs than 2. This has ground. It is also why it heats water as fast as it does.Hope this review helps.

Last summer I stayed with a friend in Chicago on vacation. Like me, he drinks tea except he used an electric kettle to heat up water. At my home, I was using a standard stainless steel pot on a fire stove to heat water up. However, at times I was so consumed with being on the computer or working on a project or what-have-you that I'd forget the pot was on the stove and te water boils out and burns the pot.After seeing my friend with his (smaller) electric kettle, I decide that once I got back home that I'd look into an electric kettle for myself. That's where this Secura SWK-1701DB (black) electric kettle comes in. As I write this review, I've had this kettle for exactly 6 months now. I believe in sitting with a product or service for several weeks or months of use before writing a review. Things can be honky-dory at first, but over time that can change.So, I chose this kettle because it holds a big amount 1.8 quarts (57.6 ounces) of water for those occasional times where I may have company over at the house to serve people. Otherwise, I use this kettle almost everyday to heat up 2 cups (16 ounces) of water for a big cup of tea. When I first tested this kettle at full capacity (3 times), it took 6 minutes every single time at full capacity to heat the water up to a boil. However, given that I only heat up 2 cups of cool water almost everyday, it takes only 3 minutes to heat the water to a boil and it shuts off like normal.I no longer have to worry about the fireburner on the stove and the water possibly boiling out of the pot if I get distracted. That is a HUGE BIG PLUS of using this kettle! Also, I am able to plug in and use the kettle in my room instead of being in the kitchen, too. So, when the water is ready I always hear the water come to a boil and then a "click" sound when it shuts off and the water is ready (212 degrees fahrenheit). The clear switch has an embedded orange LED light which comes on when you press it to turn the kettle on and the light turns off when the water comes to a boil and is ready.This kettle is very safe and boils water perfectly every time. It does have a safety feature of shutting down if you overfill the kettle with water beyond the safety line that is visibly scored into the stainless steel interior of the kettle.After 6 months of continuous and almost daily use, this kettle is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Love my water kettle so much! For years I heated water in microwave for each cup of tea...so very inconvenient but seemed easier than using the quality tea kettle I own on stove top for each cup of tea. If u want boiling water for any reason, only a few xtra seconds and u have it! I have started using it to boil water for use in cooking as it is lightning fast. I heat the water in this amazing kettle, and then pour it into my cooking pan on stove top.With my new electric kettle, it is so easy to fill w water enough for several cups, and use it to heat water to perfect temp for each cup of tea. It does not get warm on the outside, anywhere, the toggle on/off switch is so easy to toggle on and the water gets heated to perfect temp in a snap...so much faster than my old kettle, which is NOT electric.This electric kettle is gorgeous for my kitchen counter and does not take up a burner on my stove. It is so lightweight in terms of use and I love that it separates from its heating element and is therefore cordless when I go to pour hot water into my tea cup. It is all stainless steel internally, so my heated water is not exposed to fumes from any plastic parts, including the spout, also stainless steel. The gorgeous light weight plastic is only on the exterior of kettle, which makes it very easy to lift and light weight.It is a clever and PERFECT design and reasonably priced for a very quality kettle, which truly does make my days easier.Thank you so much! I would buy another if needed and highly recommend! I drink tea all day long and this kettle makes the prep experience so much more pleasant. I used to dread the tea making process and now look forward to it as much as drinking tea. My only complaint is I would’ve preferred a white color, and tho u offer a pretty white one, it was unavailable at time of my order.Thank you very much for my awesome electric kettle!