Our kettle is now 2, 5 years old and ready for a ton and already the 2nd of this model. The first was black, holding about 2 years, then looked unsightly, because the paint came off. This we have now bought in January 2012. First there were problems with the screen, which constantly fell out of the bracket and then he started after a relatively short time inside to rust, but we got a replacement unit, which until 4 weeks ago then worked satisfactorily. It began with the fact that the device according to boiling no longer autonomously ausschaltete and last week tore the gauze in the scale filter. Maybe I'm expecting too much but yes now to have all two years to buy a new kettle, is quite annoying.