673 Cordless Compact Electric Kettle

Looks like a major design flaw - lid won't stay closed I got to see this kettle again, and need to update my review. The box says that it has "Boil-dry shutoff protection" so maybe it's not a fire hazard - "maybe", because if their "shutoff" is as good as their lid latch, the risk of using it could be still too high. Now back to the lid - it's not only that is opens under pressure, pretty often it pops back open right after closing - its latch isn't long enough to securely catch on the edge that is slanted away from it. Nothing is broken or worn out - I've checked it - that's a design flaw that makes otherwise excellent kettle unusable, as it defeats it's an all-important feature of automatic shut-off when water starts boiling. And I think it's rating is still lowest - with this defect it's no better than a regular kettle you use on a stove. *** Beware: It's not only inherently defective, but a fire hazard too! *** I needed a small wireless electric kettle for my elderly mother living alone. Small ones are almost all plastic - I didn't like this. Most stainless are bigger, and too heavy to handle for an elderly person. This one looked ideal - both small and stainless, and quite a nice looking too, sturdy, with controls conveniently arranged. It worked without a glitch for a month - just enough time to make a return impossible. But lately when water starts boiling the lid flips open under a pressure - clearly an inherent design defect. This is not just a major inconvenience - this is a fire hazard - with lid opened, if unnoticed, water would all boil out, and then it would continue to get heated beyond 100C. And it would be a piece of luck, if just a heating element would burn out without causing flame and igniting things nearby. I had to tell mother stop using it immediately; maybe I'll still try contact Amazon, as this thing is defective, and they better should avoid selling it. Unfortunately I can't rate it lower than 1 star.