Molla Púro Electric Water Kettle, Ultra Premium SCHOTT Glass

I have this filter for a few years. It works really well, I've had no issues. If you live in an area with hard water, you might notice changes in the color of the water and the inside metal plate. The kettle looks good on my kitchen counter. It boils water very hot and automatically shuts off. It is BPA free and stainless steel. I just wonder if the internal metal plate that heats the water, is stainless steel or aluminum?

1# - My wife and I boil water for teas, soups, Chinese herbs, etc. and #2 - I am an idiot. When we had a regular teapot, I was constantly trying to burn our house down, by leaving the tea pot on the stove and forgetting. So first of all the automatic off control when it boils is a requirement in our household.It brings a really full pot up to boiling so quick its surprising. And if you put just enough in for one cup, it comes to boil very very fast.The balance of weight distribution for the unit is perfect for easy carry and pour. I looked at a lot of brands, even bought a few and turned them back in being cheaply made overpriced junk. I'm a design engineer, and this baby is SOLIDLY made. Now, it has the coolest automatic opening "pneumatic" lid. Super convenient. Mine stopped working after a long time. I'm going to say I bet not 1 in 100,000 would do this. But I contacted eToolscity the Seller, not to complain but inform. They contacted the manufacturer and arranged a normal Amazon swap/replace for the unit. eToolscity was completely cooperative, and very committed to take the time to see what they could do. And they followed up to make sure everything was in process.In my mind this tea kettle is a nicely styled, well built, extremely efficient, and reasonably priced item, ... if you boil water often. But eToolscity is one of the very best Sellers I have encountered on Amazon. If there's ever a choice to make between eToolscity and another Seller for an item, it's no contest, use eToolscity!

Disclaimer: So far we've only had this kettle a week, and its predecessor went eighteen months before it first displayed any problems — then went completely to hell.The Molla Púro is a basic, no-frills electric kettle. It has one temperature: Boiling. (You know, what kettles are intended to do.) Our previous kettle was a multi-temperature model, but we found we really didn't use the multi-temperature feature, and found it to be a headache to set. (Not least because it liked to spontaneously reset itself to 120°F.) It also doesn't to light shows in the water while it boils; that's OK, its job is to boil water, not entertain while it does it. It's sort of a Unix kettle — "Do one job; do it well." It boils water fast and fairly quietly without doing R2D2 impressions. It's a little smaller than some, 1.5L rather than 1.7L, but so far that hasn't been an issue.Construction wise, it's mostly German Schott Duran premium borosilicate glass and stainless steel. The only plastic that water should ever touch is the removable (and replaceable) calcium-sediment screen inside the spout, and Molla assures us that the filter screen is BPA-free. The spout itself is wide, well designed, and pours cleanly without splashing or running back. The handle is comfortable and well-balanced. The switch is straight-forwardly on-and-off, with an unmistakeable bright blue LED when on. As a consequence of the way it's constructed, there's a few lips and ridges on the inside where the stainless steel top meets the glass carafe, which tends to trap maybe a teaspoonful or so of water, but this really doesn't seem to be a problem.Early impressions: Two Technical Thug thumbs up, but time will tell.UPDATE eleven months later: The kettle continues to work perfectly and we're very happy with it. There is just one fly in the ointment: Like numerous other buyers, about nine or ten months after we got ours, the spring that opens the lid came adrift and the lid no longer opens on its own. I am trying to contact Molla about this and find out what, if anything, they will do about the problem, which seems to affect a significant number of buyers.ANSWER: Molla contacted me *the very same day* to arrange to replace the kettle under warranty. Thumbs up for Molla!HOWEVER: Six months later the replacement kettle has the same problem. There is clearly a design defect here. Molla needs to fix this, as it is the only weak spot in an otherwise superb kettle. The fundamental problem here is that the little hook that retains the spring would have been fine in a metal part, but in a plastic part it has insufficient tensile strength and will ALWAYS eventually break.If you look at the attached photo, you will see that I am pointing out a little patch of grey, maybe 3mm by 6mm. That is the fracture line where the plastic tab broke off.Now, with care and the right tools, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PERMANENTLY REPAIR THIS. But be advised that it will almost without question VOID YOUR WARRANTY.What I did was to mill off the stub of the broken plastic tab, carefully drill and tap, and replace the broken tab with a small screw. You'll need an electric drill, a 1/16" bit, a very small but wide-headed self-tapping screw, and a Dremel tool or small files or some such.Here's the procedure:1. Slip a spudger or some similar thin, flat tool into the seam of the handle and carefully, gently pry the cover off. It latches at both ends and two places in between, and should pop off fairly easily.2. Three Philips head screws hold the handle on, two at the top, one at the bottom. Undo them and carefully remove BOTH remaining parts of the handle. Make careful note of where every part you remove came from. TAKE NOTE of the plunger that activates the lid latch.3. Gently push the protruding parts of the lid assembly into the kettle and pull it out through the top.4. Two more screws on the lid assembly hold down a plastic cover. This cover holds in place the pin that the lid spring pivots on. Remove them and slide the cover off.5. You can now get at the stub of the spring retainer. Using a Dremel tool or modelling knife or some other suitable tool, VERY CAREFULLY mill or trim it off flush.6. Hold the stirrup part of the lid spring in position against the surface you just cleaned off and carefully note where it lies when pushed as far towards the lid as it till go. You don't want it to be able to move away from the screw. Mark the position.7. Drill a 1/16" hole, dead center, as close to the end of the spring as you can, through the flat surface and only the top of the plastic tunnel that the lid plunger slides in. Really, be VERY CAREFUL to get it centered. You don't want to miss the plastic supporting boss. (I put my screw on the outside of the spring, but you could also try pulling the spring stirrup OUT as far as it will go and drilling just *inside* it so that the spring ends up hooked over your screw.)8. Cut your screw to length, JUST short enough that when screwed in all the way it does not protrude into the latch plunger's tunnel. Screw it in, trapping the stirrup of the spring under the screw head. Test the lid and make sure it opens smoothly.9. Put the spring pin cover back on and carefully reassemble everything in the reverse order you took things apart. BEFORE you put the handle cover back on, test the latch plunger and make sure that it slides freely and unlatches the lid and the lid opens freely. You might have to loosen the top to screws just a hair and fiddle with the lid to make sure it's centered. Tighten the top two screws EVENLY.10. When you're certain it's all working properly, snap the handle cover back on, seating both ends in first, and you're done.I repeat: THIS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY VOID YOUR WARRANTY. But it will fix the lid.

Just a quick, but important comment, since I only received this item a couple of days ago and I am NOT happy:My filtered water comes through the refrigerator water dispenser, and because the carafe top cannot be removed I have to use a SECOND VESSEL to fill the carafe. The opening is a flip-open lid located inside the top (you can see it in the image). That is just AWFUL to me.My Krups I could fill through the spout (it had a locked and unlocked position), but here the spout has a grid-like contraption which houses the mesh water filter. While the filter itself can be removed, the grid still inhibits the easy inflow of the water, which subsequently spills all over the fridge. That's just annoying.The only reason I am giving this two stars is that yes, it heats the water just fine; it's fairly attractive, even though I fear that it will get cloudy from water deposits despite descaling; and delivery was prompt and safe, in true Amazon fashion.I fear that in short order I will donate and replace this item with something more practical. Bad choice on my part. Not returning it because I accept responsibility for making a dumb choice society shouldn't have to pick up the tab for me. Bah humbug.