Well I already had the artisan mixer, 2 slice toaster and mini chopper.  Those beautiful items all made my red kettle look dated and ugly, so it was only right that we should buy the artisan kettle to complete our new look kitchen..We love the fact that it's easy to just heat, or boil water at the slide of a lever and that there's a bell to let us know when the water's ready.  The spout pours like a dream with never any drips.  The kettle's very easy to keep clean and we usually give it a quick wipe over with a dry tea towel after using it, not that it needs it, but it does keep it looking in tiptop condition..  If I have a negative, it's the lid which in my opinion could open slightly higher..It's ok for filling from our water filter, but I would think if we were filling it from the tap we might have to push it back slightly by hand which could put a strain on the mechanism..  All in all I/we love out new kettle and both are really happy to use it..