text: The glass carafe is perfect. The handle has a beautiful shape but is a bit hard for my older hand to grasp. The lid is a bit small and has this strange filter suspended near the spout, not sure what it is supposed to do. The kettle wouldn't shut off after the water boils. Was it defective? No just had to get out my college science hat and remember that at our 5,000 foot elevation water boils at 2 degrees less per 1,000 feet of elevation. So when the water boils it is only 202 not 212 degrees f as at sea level, not high enough to trigger the shut off switch. An option would be to set it at 195 degree "keep warm" if you need an automatic shut off. That is fairly close to 202 degrees. We have used the kettle at least 2 times daily for 3 months. It is so much better than the old metal kettle on the stove. I doubt you are going to find anything much better or as practical.