RSVP International (SIM-BG1) Simplex Beehive Gas Tea Kettle, 1.7 Quart, Copper | Quick Boil Coil Base Design | For Gas Ranges Only | Whistles

I got this kettle and filled it three times and got no more than a faint wind-through-the-trees sigh out of it--no whistle. So I sat down to write this review, but decided to give it one more try before committing myself to a 1-star review. The fourth time, I....really....pushed....DOWN on the lid. While it had snapped into place before, this last time it snapped, then clicked into place and formed an airtight bond. There were no stray wisps of steam, there was no sigh. There just was a modulated, medium-loud and very satisfying whistle. As there has been every time I've used it since.I am betting a dime that the people who gave this kettle a bad review for not whistling, did not push down hard enough for that final click. For those 1-star reviewers, if you still have the kettle, give it another try and push the seal all the way closed. It works like a trooper.It's also a beautiful item, quite a bit lighter than I expected and smaller, but still a thing of beauty. I've been brewing a pot of loose leaf tea every morning for 50 years. Over that time I've tried several configurations of teapots and have discovered that the authentic Brown Betty 6-cup pot gives just the right shape/dimensions/glaze to make the perfect cup of tea. And this kettle, filled to just below the line the instructions say not to fill above, heats up nearly precisely the exact amount of boiling water to fill the Brown Betty. It's as if they were each designed with the other in mind.Now, because of its lightness, the kettle arrived with a sizeable dent on the bottom. I contacted the company in England directly to see if this would affect the integrity of it, and within a day their customer service rep emailed that he had a similar kettle and after 23 years it's so dented it looks like a different design entirely, but that it's still boiling up water with no problems. So I expect I will keep it. My wife insisted that I ask BigKettle if they'd do some sort of a rebate because of the dent. So I have asked and await their answer. But I'll keep the kettle no matter how they respond, and realize that though it truly is beautiful, its function is what transports it to something special. I imagine it will collect further dents.This is a well made, not- Chinese-made, beautifully whistling little tea kettle. I looked for over a month for an alternative to all the junk that's out there (and the few available designer ones, mainly from Italy, which may look beautiful, but which invariably required handling some lid or cap or handle in close proximity to boiling steam). I found it in this Simplex.A terrific tea kettle.

The kettle looks GREAT, would stand out in any kitchen AND it's NOT MADE IN CHINA, which is why I bought it. I don't mind paying more than china-norm prices for good products but I'm not thoroughly impressed with this unit. First off it doesn't whistle, seems I read it has a special whistle in it but not a biggy I'm smart enough to know my water is hot. The real problem is it just feels overall kind of weak. And maybe that's just because the handle is flexible and makes the whole unit feel weak or maybe the product could stand a little heavier metal. Then again I like stout things, and it's by no means chinajunk.

I pre-ordered this kettle - first pre-order I've done and it was a little painful to wait this long. We bought the Mauviel copper pot set and of course we needed a kettle. There are a lot of copper kettles out there but I did a ton of research and found that this is one to get - and they were right. This is a piece of art - really sets off the stove and well built. I checked all over the net for this exact model and no place had it except for pre-order. The pre-order was delivered within the estimate but they still sent me a 10% off coupon and apologized for the wait.If you want a really good sized, classy tea kettle. This is it!Update November 2nd 2012: If you are serious about a copper kettle please read. I bought this kettle not only for it's looks but also because it was big and faster to boil water for my large french press. Like I said before - this is a piece of art - functional art at that. BUT... the kettle is sllooowww[...] I tested it with my old stainless steel kettle - put the exact same amount of water and same heat and the other kettle was minutes faster. So I ended up getting the kettle that is stainless steel from Amazon (the one with the little trigger to open the spout) and yeah - it is super ugly but it works and works fast.I tried to return the copper kettle but they said I had to have the original packing - which of course I threw out because I knew I would love it. And they said it couldn't be used - which I used it like 5 times. So now I'm stuck with this expensive one as well as the $30 one. Looks great near my Mauviel pans but pisses me off every time I notice it!