I know alot of people may think, why, isn't this out dated, with kcup brewers which we have and other devices, this throwback kettle is not needed. I want to say that is not true. Wife is always saying she would drink more tea if she had a better way to heat the water. well with this she does. put the water in, touch the bottun and it heats up while keeping the outside cool to the touch and now i can not keep enough tea bags on our shelf.