I like this electric kettle and it boils water as quickly as any other electric kettle I'd had. The effortless fill is great - you simply allow the water to run onto the lid and drop down a little door; however, what I don't like about that system is that the small door then closes, and condensation stays in the kettle permanently unless you manually take off the entire lid. The thought of the kettle not completely drying kind of freaks me out, so I prefer to pop the lid, but that feels like an extra step. Not the end of the world, but I do miss my old kettle where the lid was attached and could just pop up.