Purchased this to boil water for various and sundry things.  Will have it on my bedroom after I have an upcoming surgery so things are closer and more convenient instead of having to walk through the house to get to the kitchen all the time while in pain.  it works just fine so far.  Good size.  Puts off a weird "new electronics" smell which I have kept a close eye on.  Boils relatively fast; kind of noisy, but really, who cares?  It's just boiling water and won't wake anyone up. ;)