does this tea kettle whistle?
1959199
NO! This tea kettle does not whistle. The ad is misleading. It does not whistle and doesn't even have the necessary cap to make it whistle!
1959200
No, it does not. Every review I read said it doesn't, that's the main reason I bought it and mine hasn't yet.
195114
Yes it does. This teapot is wonderful. I bought of them, used two as gifts. Enjoy.
1318526
In the beginning of the cycle its quiet but once it's near boiling point and boiling you can hear the bubbling sound of water. The sound is more pronounced when you use it without the lid. It does not whistle like a tea kettle. Just regular water sounds when you boil water in a pot on a stove. I love it. Have been using it to boil water without the lid and it's ready in about 5 minutes or so and hold about 16oz. Hope that helps.
1236804
As others have noted, mine doesn't whistle at all. That is a problem that never even occurred to me before i purchased this--you can forget it's even heating without the whistle and boil the kettle dry. Is this a fire hazard? Too bad, it's a great product otherwise but if I can't figure out how to fix or replace the whistle then I don't want it in my home (fire hazard).
403619
Yes, it does. It's a great kettle. Makes enough noise to wake the dead too, which is what I need.
1292582
Yes but it makes noise similar to an electric tea kettle (boiling not whistling)
515728
I gave mine as a gift, I asked and they said it whistles just fine. It is a little light but you can hear it from one room to another. Hope this helps.
51895
The kettle does not whistle. The boiling is very vigorous on the high setting, but if I am two rooms away, I cannot hear it shut off.
188179
Well, the whistle tells you it's done. Without it, you could potentially leave the room and come back to have found all your water boiled away and damage your kettle. I also think that it forms a seal so that the heat stays inside and your water heats faster. So the short answer is yes, if the whistle bothers you, leave the thingy up and you won't hear it, but I think there are potential drawbacks.
108010
Yes, the kettle can be used so whistle does not sound. Spout cover has two positions. Closed with whistle. Open for pouring or no whistle. The cover is in either one of those two positions depending on how you set it. It does not spring close automatically.
1665153
Hi - This kettle does not make the traditional whistle sound. Once the water starts boiling you will hear (for about 10 seconds) the boiling sound till it automatically shuts off once the water has uniformly boiled completely.
1119400
The pots definitely whistle. I've never boiled water in the pans, but since the pans have the identical lid handle I imagine that they would if you were boiling water in them.
1602431
Unless I've just never figured it out, the top doesn't come off. We just always fill it with the spout, which is pretty broad. When we first got it, it was temperamental about whistling, but now it's consistent. Like one of the other people answered, it has a nice whistle, not as screechy as most kettles. I still think you can get just as nice of a kettle for a lot less money, but this one does look unique on the stove, though admittedly a bit out of place in our diner-like kitchen. It would best in a more modern-looking kitchen.
153282
Sorry, it does not. But if your looking for a great kettle this one is just that.. Pat
1597097
Yes, you can keep the whistle lid open to pour the water. This is my second All Clad whistling tea kettle. The first one did not whistle and this one does whistle but you will not hear it if you move out of the kitchen. It is not the best whistling kettle. My first one I returned to the company because it just did not whistle at all. All in all, I am not as happy with this All Clad kettle because of the weak whistle.
748724
There were two different ones made. Hard to tell from pic which one it is. The original tea kettle had three small holes in the spout and sounded like a train whistle. The newer kettles have slits in the spout and just make high pitched whistle.
51897
There is no whistle.The noise is comparable to any other electric kettle that we have owned, distinct but when boiling less than just before coming to the boil.