Title: disappointing - not the kettle I remembered
Product review: We had an earlier version of this kettle in my childhood home - a big heavy workhorse that easily handled a family of seven. This one is smaller, lighter-gauge, and has an unfortunate dribble issue when pouring out the boiling water. It also has a kludgy fill-cap that gets harder to operate as the minerals that remain in the water, even after filtering, collect on the circular opening and cap (visible in image under the handle), making it a real chore to open the thing to fill it. The trigger mechanism on the spout, that is supposed to stay in the 'up' position if you want, often doesn't stay there. Overall, a disappointment. I'm waiting for one of my kids (or me, in a rare inattentive moment) to overboil it or melt the spout or somehow damage it so I can justify replacing this rather expensive and lesser kettle. Revere Ware just isn't a guaranteed brand any more, not since they started using cheaper materials and producing most of their items in China.
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