Does the handle heat up or can you pour the water without using a pot holder? On a quest for a tea kettle where I don't need a potholder to pour.
208494
My handle routinely gets too hot to touch. The insulating handle material (neoprene-like) has changed since I first purchased this model, some years ago. (The old model never became too hot to touch.) My new, 2015 model will get too hot, requiring a pot holder. If I position the pot VERY carefully, and adjust the flame precisely, this problem will not occur.
208495
I can't answer that question because I returned the tea kettle that looked very cheap and poorly constructed.
208496
The handle remains comfortable to grasp after boiling. I bought this for my Mother, and she never needs a pot holder to pour her tea water.
2021368
I'm assuming you mean "heat up water using my dutch iron teapot," and the answer is no. The teapot is meant to have water heated up separately and then poured into the pot. If you heat up the pot directly it wil likely cause irreperable damage.
1203684
Not at all. I use my kettle on a cast iron wood cook stove (I use the stove to heat my kitchen during the winter so the kettle is on all day) that's very hot and the handle does not heat up at all . If you keep the handle upright while it's boiling it's comfortable to grab at any time.
843831
Nope. The only problem I have had with respect to heat is that coming from the spout when I empty the kettle as I do not let excess water sit in it for more than is necessary.
1947181
The key is how angled the kettle is when you're pouring. If the kettle is rather full, so that you don't have to angle it much to pour water out, then you don't have to hold the lid. When you angle the kettle more sharply, like maybe 70 degrees or more (this is approximate guess), then you have to put a finger on the lid or it will fall off. Most of the time, I don't have to angle the kettle that much to pour from it, so that I don't have to put my finger on the lid.
366588
I gave mine away as a gift to a gal I was dating at the time. I have another model at my home made by farberware which also has an aluminum handle, but it is never too hot to the touch even with boiling water. The side handles do heat up on the farberware model and you have to use pot holders when straining.
2219263
I guess they mean the kettle is cordless so when u pour the water u don't have a cord attached. The heating element has a cord not the kettle
1480739
I would never try to lift a glass top/lid without a pot holder. There is also a little steam hole on top. Use the pot holder. I have used a pot holder and not used a pot holder on the handle.
299505
You know, I was thinking about the pot handle, not the lid handle. Pot handle definitely does NOT get hot. Will try to boil something tonight and get back to you regarding the LID!
1843730
If you look closely at the photo, the handle is metal as well as the pot itself. Yes, it will get hot, but if you use a hand towel or potholder, it is just fine. I used this for my morning tea, and for heating water to wash dishes with. It is a great pot. Do not run in your dishwasher. Only hand wash, just as you would your other camping enamelware.
323006
My daughter and I pour boiling water into it to make tea. HOWEVER, we do use an old 'trick' my mom taught me, and that is to put a long metal spoon or metal tongs into the pitcher before we pour the hot water. We don't know if this is something actually necessary, but haven't gotten up the nerve to NOT use this 'trick' every time. Hope that helps!
1361898
Somewhat safe - I still think it might be hot on your hand, but maybe less so than on a gas stove. I think the heat travels up the handle from the kettle's pot itself. The handle appears to be a combo of plastic and rubber - and tends to get hot enough all over that I usually use a hotpad or my sleeve to pour when the kettle boils.
268181
Yes, it has a flat bottom. I've never had to use a potholder for the handle - but it can get warm/hot when you pour water out because of the steam. Handle itself has never been hot to the touch.
1568312
I find that if I fill the pot enough for a cup of tea or two, it doesn't get too hot to pick up with my hand. If I fill it to the fill line, and heat it to the point of whistling, then the handle can get a bit on the warm end of comfortable. I normally don't fill the pot, so hasn't been much of an issue for me. I really have been happy with the kettle.
161501
My understanding this tea pot is not made for direct heat. You just put your tea in strainer and poor in your hot water then serve your tea. Think more of an attractive way to serve your tea...
74022
No. If you keep the handle in the upright direction it gets warm but not too hot. If you have the handle bent to the side while boiling it does get hotter, but can still be touched
879167
This is a tea pot, not a tea kettle. You use a kettle to heat the water and then follow the directions indicated by others on how to make a pot of tea.