We bought this to replace a cheap noisy kettle and found it to be noisier to the point I have to turn the volume up on the tv and radio in the next room. And to put the tin lid on it , the base has just gone phut, this could be our fault i.e. ingress of water but it is a kettle and its normal environment is a kitchen.Has anyone else ever slopped water from a kettle!.I found this site whilst looking for a spares company to replace the base in case Dualit don't. We will of course report this to Dualit as I suspect it could have been a dangerous occurance,our worktop had signs of the failure the plug was turned on but the kettle integral switch wasn't and when it failed it  Read the complete review