My old kettle always smelled strongly of plastic. That's why a new was needed. By searching for a kettle without plastic I ended up in this here. But a set of plastic it is not, unfortunately. The Kalksieb plastic may be omitted. The holder of Kalksiebs plastic is removed quickly with two handles. But unfortunately, the lid is still on the inside of plastic. Fortunately the water comes not with the lid when pouring into contact. But water, which evaporates on the lid falls naturally on cooling back down. Too bad, because otherwise the cooker is really good. He is no smell of itself and the water does not taste of chemicals. That it spills when pouring, I can not determine. Overall, the kettle gets so despite the plastic lid from me a good evaluation. And there apparently is no kettle in the market, which works without any plastic, I'll keep him. But maybe reads a manufacturer with yes and does sometimes thoughts about finally to dispense entirely with plastic times. There's really no reason why all stainless steel cookers of the lid from the inside is plastic.