Alessi Replacement Bird Whistle for 9093 Michael Graves Kettle

quick delivery and satisfactory product.

Thanks it’s just what I needed!

This fits the Alessi teapot, works great and is very cute. But as others have stated, it does interfere with pouring the water out of the teapot. Not really necessary as you can hear the water boil without it. But if you are in another room having the whistle can be handy. You'd just have to remove the bird to pour out the hot water. I just leave mine off, but I am happy to have it in case I want my teapot to whistle.

The whistle doesn't work!

This is my fourth Alessi whistle bird! I keep walking away from the kettle and after the water boils off, the poor little bird melts. My fault! So I order another and hope to behave better in the future. It is a great whistler!

Why did you pick this product vs others?: it looked so pretty and I liked the color

I have had a replacement bird whistle for Alessi tea kettle. It worked but has a weak whistle. It lasted 2.5 years, then melted into the tea kettle spout. I wasn’t home when it happened, when my husband was making tea. Now he is trying to remove the plastic that has melded into the kettle spot. Here is a picture of the part he did drill out of the spout.

I got this to replace a broken part in 30 year old tea kettle. The original had a very strong whistle which was easy to hear. That's important because if you forget about it and boil out the water it will destroy the the tea kettle. The new whistle looks identical to the original and has Alessi embossed on the side. But, the whistle is nearly impossible to hear. Yes, the lid on the tea pot is on tight! I see a lot of steam blowing through the whistle, which I suspect is why the sound is so slight... to much of a gap. Sometimes if I remove and replace the whistle it will sound a bit louder, but unfortunately it cannot be depended upon so we must watch the teapot for a boil, which defeats the whole purpose of the whistle. I'd consider returning for another, but reading other reviews it appears a common malady. So like everything else these days it's just not up to the quality of the original. EDIT: After having read another 3 star review which mentioned blowing into the back of the whistle made it whistle correctly, I tried it and it worked. After a couple months of use, we have determined that the quantity of water in the kettle affects the whistle. Too much water and a heavy cloud of steam comes out but almost no whistle. Less water will cause the whistle to properly sound. Bumping the review now to 4 stars.