2-Quart Stainless Steel Tea Kettle

I bought this at my wits end. My family loves tea, but they have ruined numerous tea kettles both expensive and inexpensive through the years. They all had one thing in common - some part that was plastic/rubber and susceptible to melting when left too long on the stove. I chose this kettle for a couple of simple reasons. First of all it has no plastic or rubber parts that could melt off. Secondly, the base is sufficiently large to cover the whole burner on my gas stove, so no flames leaping up over the sides when the impatient aforementioned family turns the heat up to high. Finally, it is an attractive kettle, and generally speaking, stainless is not that difficult to clean, so it can sit out on the stove ready for action. I do not mind if we have to use a hot pad to handle the kettle when in use. It's better than having a cooler handle that melts under pressure.