This is my first electric kettle. I mainly got it for hot cocoa season but im more impressed than I thought I would be. This boils water a good 10 times faster than my stove and im sure with less energy. Good for prestarting boil on the stove, hot cocoa or tea, heck even if your water heater goes out you would have hot water quick. More useful to have than i thought it would be really helps jump start dinners since my elevation makes it take forever to stovetop boil the water. Easy to use and clean also, and awesome to quickly sanitize baby bottles and pacifiers.