Borosilicate Glass Stove Top Whistling Tea Kettle - 12 Cup/48oz Capacity - BPA-Free - German Made Glass Kettle for Gas, Electric, and Glass Ranges

This was a great buy! It works great and has no nasty chemicals leavhing into your tea. I think thr glass is on the thicker side and not fagile at all.

I'm very happy with this glass teapot. It works great, it whistles adorably, and it's excellent quality at a reasonable price. It does take a little longer to boil on medium heat, but I don't mind. It's totally worth the wait.

Have gone through a number of stainless steel tea kettles. Tired of them rusting. Happy with this glass one. You can see when it needs cleaning. You can easily see when it’s boiling and needs more water. If you have a large hand it won’t fit in the top to scrub it. Cleans quickly without scrubbing with white vinegar and lemon juice gently heated.

It is not easy to get the cover on so it stays snug to make the whistle sound. The sound is very low and when the water is hot the cover has to be removed to pour which can be tricky to keep feom getting burned from the steam.

I have had 2 of these one for about 20 years and one for about 10 years. I recently smacked one of them on a metal faucet filling it up. A small crack formed on the rim and several months later it broke. I ordered a new one and who knows if it will last as long as my old one but it looks almost identical (the printing fonts are different). I make a gallon of tea at a time by boiling the water in 2 of these then transferring the water into my brewing vessel. I use a gas stove to heat the water and have no experience with using them on an electric stove.Observations and concerns;The lid handle melts its not the best design, probably would be better to cut the little tab/handle off. If you leave it a while the whole lid can soften up. Not an issue for me because I dont use the lid as it doesnt work well if you fill the kettle up to the rim like I do. It never gave me a problem whistling but only good when its not full. I guess you need to decide how important that feature is to you.I have read in many reviews that the handle melts. It surely can its plastic, but I do a few things to prevent it from happening. I keep the flames from going up over the sides by lowering the gas. I also offset it so its not exactly centered on the burner to keep more heat away from the handle and finally there is a cast iron bar on my grates that angles inward and absorbs heat so i angle the handle to that spot. This has worked for me for 20 years after I noticed this happening. BTW use a pot holder to pick it up just in case, it can be hot enough to bother your hands. As Far as the glass breaking , its thin borosilic glass and you have to treat it with care but its still fairly rugged considering.One more note the glass says "Germany" not made in germany like the old one, so take that for what its worth.I am surprised this arrived in one piece just luck I suspect. It was in a cardboard box with a piece of brown paper thats it. I am happy to have a replacement (still cheap too, about the same price in the 90's) and will report back if there are any problems.

Always has been a good product

I love this kettle. Absolutely easy to clean. You can see if there is anything wrong with glass, or just lint inside. Boils in a very timely manner. I appreciate the clear, concise instructions. It's a sleek modern look that goes with everything in any kitchen. Glass that is used, is the best too.

I bought this kettle after my old metal kettle became damaged. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a kettle and this one was very attractively priced - and it is attractive in appearance. I like being able to see the water inside boiling and I do like being able to see how clean it is inside.But there are definite things that a buyer should be aware of. In the seller's defense, those are, for the most part, spelled out in the product description. It is my fault I guess that I did not read the product description more carefully. On the other hand, I was in a hurry and I was simply buying an inexpensive tea kettle and simply placed it in my Amazon cart the same way I would my shopping basked in a retail store.The first thing to be aware of is that it has a plastic handle that extends downward parallel to the pot. This means one has to be extremely careful about the flame height otherwise the handle will become too hot to hold. The instructions recommend using an oven mitt of some sort to hold the handle if it is too warm - but I find using such a mitt to be a bit clunky and the reduced grip makes me feel a bit more cautious/nervous given the kettle contains boiling water. That means that one has to use a lower flame - which adds to the amount of time it takes to bring the water to a boil.The other thing to be aware of is that there is a minimum fill line on the kettle of 24 ounces. I mostly use the kettle to boil water for an individual cup of tea at a time, not an entire potful. Having to boil three cups of water so that I can use just a cup's worth for my tea is not efficient. It means that I have to wait that much longer for the water to boil (especially given that I have to use a lower flame). Plus it means that, during the summer, I am adding that much extra heat to my kitchen. And while the cost of water is negligible, I use a Brita pitcher to filter away the nasty taste my local tap water sometimes has. Those filters are only able to process a finite amount of water per day and every cup of water you pour through it shortens its life. And if you are in a place where a Brita pitcher is not enough to offset tap water taste and you rely on store bought bottled water, using 24 ounces of water to boil just 8 ounces on a regular basis will require you to lug more bottles from the store than you would otherwise have to.Also, the 24 ounce minimum boil amount is problematic if you are using a recipe that calls for 8 ounces of boiling water. That basically means that one would need to measure the boiling water out into a separate measuring cup. But that is not just clunky - but it increases the risk of some sort of spillage or slippage that could result in a nasty scald. Therefore, I end up using a regular pan if I need to boil less than 24 ounces of water. That kind of defeats the purpose of having a kettle plus pouring boiling water from a pan is a bit clunky in its own right.Finally, for the whistle to work one has to place a plastic lid over the opening to the kettle. When the kettle boils one then has to remove the lid in order to pour it. There is no opening in the lid that one can pour the water through. So, that, too, adds an extra layer of clunky to it. Unlike my old metal kettle which required me to remove the lid to add water, with this one I have to remove the lid a second time to pour and then remember to place it back after I am finished. Not a big deal in and of itself - but unnecessary clunky steps over the course of a day add up and I try to avoid them when I can. More importantly, the lid can become quite hot so removing before pouring has to be done gingerly. Again, another layer of clunky.Your situation might very well be different than mine. And some people have a lot more tolerance for clunky than I do. I even know people who LIKE things being clunky with extra steps and such. So I don't want to suggest that it is somehow a bad product. But it ended up not being a good fit for my needs.Also, I am not sure why the risk of my accidentally bumping the kettle against something when I filling it with water and breaking the glass didn't occur to me to the degree it should have. I find myself having to be much more careful and focused while I am filling it with water or when I am cleaning it than I would a metal kettle. Here, too, not a huge deal in and of itself - but it is just one more out of many things one has to pause and take extra care and attention to. Over the course of the day, those things can add up - to the degree one doesn't have to worry about as many of them one tends to get more "miles to the gallon" in terms of one's mental energy.