Cuisinart PerfecTemp Programmable CPK-17A (Stainless Steel) Questions & Answers

There was a review here where the poster stated their electric hot water kettle caught on fire and the plastic melted so I would dare say the kettle has plastic somewhere

Yes. It's normally off. You have to deliberately switch it on.

Ahhh that sounds great. Thanks bmorey. :)

We use our kettle over 10 times a day and there is absolutley no sign of wear on the buttons. So, unless you are really heavy handed and have sticky fingers or something,, i see no reason for them to wear. If they have worn off then I suggest you contact Cuisinart directly. cheers.

I purchased mine in 2011, funny I'm not the only one who has this issue.. Perhaps they changed how they placed the numbers on the button since I purchased mine..

Cuisinart seem fairly responsive, I would contact them. We also use our kettle a lot but I don't have years of use to dismiss your claim. I see no sign of wear on the button either. Without placing blame or anything generally, I know from my own experience that many normal use cleaning chemicals can remove paint or cause wear of numbers. I learnt this years ago when I removed all the numbers on a stove and then few years latter did it to a dryer (with two different chemicals) The common was lemon or orange smell to them (citric acid). Anyway just food for thought because fairly sure it would remove the numbers or cause accelerated wear to kettle numbers.

In regard to them changing it, I can't support that argument.