Just purchased this tea kettle on November of 2009 and found the following:1. Looks nice.2. The thickness or gauge is very thin.3. Use it ~10 times within 2 weeks and the kettle had a leak between the seam on the bottom and top.The leak was proven again when I placed water and found the seam wet. This leak got to my cast iron grill on the stove and started to rust the grill.Beware.. This product is really poor quality.