The kettle quickly heats water to boiling and turns off automatically. There are no electronic settings for different temperatures. It looks like it will be easy to keep clean. All surfaces that come into contact with boiling water are stainless steel- important if you want to avoid plastic exposures. The kettle is lightweight, although quite a bit larger than expected. I hope it’s durable! We’ll see; I just received it today. I bought it to replace a Krups kettle that lasted a decade (but is no longer being produced).