Ok so this is my third teapot...or, sorry, Kettle.  I don't drink tea.  My wife gave me her opinion on my first two attempts and this current teapot has quieted the evaluative reviews from her Royal Tea-ness. This is a sturdy device and is quite attractive.  It is made of heavy gauge material but is unusually light.  I don't fill it to the top when using it so it might give you a workout if you top it off.  I have learned that if I turn the flame dial to blast furnace, the handle does heat up.  I have been informed that one should warm or heat the water, not annihilate it.  Hence a medium-high setting, a few minutes and there is peace in the kingdom again.