BELLA Electric Ceramic Tea Kettle

Okay, so I just received the 1.5L ceramic kettle with the pretty silver clover design. It's lovely, and I have to say that it works great. It's not too heavy when filled, holds 6 cups of water, and boils those 6 cups pretty quickly. I haven't experienced any cracks or leaking, and the spout works as it should. Also, the on/off switch works great, flipping itself off once the water is at boiling temp, which, for 6 cups of water, it does so in very little time. I've started it up 6 times now, just to make sure it works and to clear the PLASTIC smell from it. Yes. PLASTIC. Ugh. I really like this kettle, but I was under the impression that this didn't contain plastic on the inside. I seriously hope the plastic smell completely goes away in time because it's definitely there, just as others have mentioned in their reviews. There are questions about this and opposing answers about whether or not there is plastic inside this thing. Yes, there is. There is not only a plastic seal along the lid, as others have stated, but each metal rivet that connects the ceramic part of the kettle to the metal inside at the base includes a thin, clear plastic gasket for a total of 6 plastic rings. And yes, those plastic rings do, in fact, come into contact with the boiling water. They can't help but to - I mean, they're all along the bottom of the inside of the kettle. People who are saying there is no plastic either haven't bothered to closely inspect the inside base or they're blind. I will say that soapy water and a good scrub helped, as well as completely removing the plastic seal from the lid and giving it an even better scrub before replacing. There seemed to be some kind of oily residue left behind along that seal the first time I boiled water, but the soap removed it and it hasn't returned. Now, the smell is definitely much, much lighter after having boiled water it in several times, but it's still there when I stick my nose inside the kettle. I'm sensitive to these kinds of smells, though, and my husband says he doesn't smell anything.Another issue to note is how flimsy the base is. It's the thinnest possible plastic with absolutely no weight to it and scratches and scuffs all over it right out of the box. To say it's chintzy is an understatement. But it works. Everything works great. So I'll give this thing a chance and boil water a number more times to see if that plastic smell continues to dissipate because I do love the look and feel of this thing that much, and I've had a near impossible time finding a tea kettle that contains zero plastic parts without other risk factors such as being overly delicate, like the borosilicate glass ones, cracking, or leaking. Do I recommend it? Well, that all depends on how important it is that your kettle be completely void of all plastics in contact with the boiling water. If that is your concern, you'll have to skip this kettle. With that said, I notice that the box never says it's plastic-free, so I can't say that the company is being misleading, and the bits of plastic are rather minimal compared to others with the plastic viewing windows. Really quite torn about this one because the kettle itself is really nice! : (