Our daughter has been given this kettle at Christmas. We ourselves were a bit disappointed by the sound. It is much too short and sounds so not for a kettle on. Sorry! At the size I do not want around whining. For children's hands, he is right. And he also seems to be very stable. Several crashes on the tile floor he has survived unscathed. The kids love to play with it and he is the object of children's kitchen, to which is most disputed. So satisfied purpose.
