Chantal Stainless 1-4/5-Quart Swan Teakettle
Chantal Stainless 1-4/5-Quart Swan Teakettle
| Product By Chantal (8 customers reviews) List Price : $90.00 Best Price : Go To See Best Price Available From 4 Sellers |
Features on - 1-4/5-quart capacity; durable stainless-steel body and components
- Aluminum core sandwiched within flat bottom for efficient heat conduction
- Safe for use on magnetic induction, ceramic, and glass stovetops
- Extra-large lid opening for easy cleaning; harmonious whistle signifies boiling
- Dishwasher-safe; moveable parts are replaceable for a lifetime of use
Customer ReviewsBy J. Carleton (Connecticut)
Nice enough tea kettle, however it does not work on induction burners (as advertised). That's the reason I purchased it....and returned it!
By Maxim Tsarenkov
On first day of use the whistle fell out of the spout. The plastic of the whistle had melted. Who knows what toxins were released? We're going back to $7 kettle and will return this to Macy's. It's pretty. But what a rip off!
By TracyVision (Las Vegas, NV USA)
Love It:
Love the way it looks. Very cool. Looks great on my stainless steel cooktop.
Love the harmonic whistle tone.
Love the wide opening for refilling (if you use a water filter pitcher, this is important!)
Love how fast it heats up.
Love that the handle stays cool, no need for a pot holder (well, not for the handle anyway)
Hate it:
Hate how the hot water splashes when you open the spout. Condensation builds on the spout and "burps" out when opened.
Hate that you risk burning yourself to open the spout. The spout cover extends for your thumb to press on it, but even though the cover itself stays relatively cool to the touch the steam escaping the whistle holes is just below your thumb. Ouch! Must use a pot holder for safe opening.
Until it breaks I'll live with it. It was too expensive to throw away and it does look great. But I won't purchase again (bought on another site with no reviews, had I been smart enough to purchase on Amazon I would have known better! Lesson learned!).
By Piper Juliet (Farmington, Connecticut, USA)
I use my swan often. I adore the round design and sound of the tooting whistle blowing. At first I thought I heard an emergency alarm. Now I love the novel, soothing tones. The kettle is the perfect ornament to my kitchen. Surprisingly, it darkened slightly, but shines perfectly enough to catch the eye. When I need room on my stove, I can fit the kettle in tight spaces. Since I live in a tiny tony neighborhood, I love receiving compliments about my tiny teaball kettle. The only gripe I carry is about the lid. I have exchanged it numerous times because the metal strip adorning it falls off if the lid sticks (when cool) and smacks the handle. I've learned to be more careful, but the lid shouldn't be so easy to knock about. Nevertheless, I'm a loyal fan. I love the handle too. It doesn't burn your hands unless you make contact with the strip of metal, which isn't difficult to avoid.
I researched over fifty products online, and in my locale, from most expensive to run of the mill. Chantal's little kettle falls squarely in the right spot. The swan teakettle is a brilliant design and unique in the market of teakettles.
By CalGal
Great looking and seemed to be of high quality but out of the box there were problems that got worse over time: kettle leaked when the water boiled; it didn't whistle all of the time; due to the spherical design there is not a lot of flat surface for the bottom and on our gas stove it was often unstable until you adjusted it to sit 'just so'; the stainless stained and we could not get the stains out of the brushed surface; then lid started to fall apart after some time. In the end we asked to return it. I gave it two stars since the cost to quality/endurance ratio just was not very good in my opinion.
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