very nice boiler, use it every day, everything is still good even after a year, but the lid or the black knob is unfortunately already after 5 - torn 6 weeks. Had called at the firm Ries, but wanted to send no free replacement, it would have cost more 12,50 EUR. The company admitted that it has happened more frequently in a particular production series, the tears of the knob by means of heat. Otherwise I would have him may well return easily on the Amazon suppliers; me it was too much Ufing, so I live with it. Silvia D.