FreshAir™ Rapid Boil Stainless Steel 2.5 qt. Tea Kettle by Turbo Pot®, Time-and-Energy Saving Cookware for Gas Stove

It does what It says is stylish , good size & boils quickly , whistle very effective too

We needed a new teakettle but could not go out shopping so tried buying on line. The negative reviews of the various brands and options had us concerned. We use the kettle every day for our tea. In the past we have found that the screws on the handle often loosen making the kettle unstable so were looking for a different construction. WE opted for this model because it looked sturdy and the handle construction was different. We have now been using it for about one month and love it. We have not had any trouble with the handle being hot, the whistle is loud enough to hear all over the house and it is easy to serve. Please note that it is a little heavy but you can't have it all, right?

Beautiful tea kettle for our french press coffee every morning. High end stainless that doesn't seem to blotch or show water marks (3 weeks in anyway). I have a 12,000 BTU burner, and get a strong boil in about 6 minutes. I was concerned about other comments concerning the "hot handle" when it's advertised otherwise. It can get warm, but I have not been unable to pick it up by the handle each time it's used. It may depend on how you place it on your burner - it seems as though the handle can get warmer if the heat is coming up off the back side. I'd recommend placing it on the burner so that the handle (back side where it comes off the kettle) hangs off the burner just slightly. Especially if you have gas, and the flame tends to "lick" up around the kettle. Just my 2 cents. I highly recommend!

We recently got a new gas stove with a 22,000 BTU burner that can boil 2 cups of water in a big saucepan in under 2 minutes. Unfortunately our old kettle wasn't big enough to take advantage of the full flame (4-5 minutes for same amount of water), so we started looking at the fastest boiling kettle available for gas stoves. Simplex seems to be the gold standard, with the finned-aluminum bottom but the cost is $400-500. Williams Sonoma makes a Simplex knock-off for $200 which started looking good, then I discovered the TurboPot kettle for $65 and decided to give it a try. To be fair, we just got it, so I can't speak to how well it will hold up, but construction seems very solid and overall it seems very well made. The aluminum fins on the bottom really do seem to speed up the boil, with my 2-cup test coming in at 1 minute 45 seconds on the power burner, so I'm happy. I hope it holds up with the new silicon handle design (other reviews mention the hard plastic handle being a weak point). Also, the silicon handle and knob on the lids stay cool enough to handle without a hotpad which is nice. Overall it's a fantastic kettle if you have a gas stove.

I've been using this for a month now after my last tea kettle literally fell apart. My last kettle lasted about two years with no problem (except the horrible screech instead of a pleasant whistle) on electric ranges. But, after we moved into a new home with a gas stove, I discovered that the handle was attached to the kettle with plastic parts. The heat necessitated the use of a pot holder to pick up the kettle and, after a month, the heat made the plastic so brittle that the handle fell off entirely. So, I went looking for a better made kettle that can withstand the heat of a gas range. This tea kettle is beautiful in appearance. While the handle can get warm, I've never had to use a pot holder to pick it up. The whistle is a pleasant sound rather than a jarring screech. I cannot say that it heats more quickly than any other kettle I used because I've never timed how long it takes to get my first cup of coffee in the morning. But, I do know that it retains heat so well that the second cup is ready less than a minute after I turn the gas back on. This is the sort of kettle I would purchase as a gift for those with gas stoves.

Expensive, but basically an excellent unit. BUT, it needs a whistle feature to announce when the boiling point is reached. The unit was inadvertently left on a lighted gas burner for too long. The heavy bottom separated from the pot. It is now useless.