Beautiful kettle with impeccable design. contrary to what has been written by others, the lid opens and stays open well in order to perform without any worries. small caveats: - Made some noise when comes to a boil, allow to realize that it is almost good and anyway all the kettles are - As pointed out by others, plastic smell at first but with time passes. - Hot walls, normal for stainless steel kettle, but do not leave in the hands of children too young. - The quality of payment is not up to the rest of the product, damage.