You have to do it manually, almost every time I burn my fingers if I don't use a cloth or something

Also, the knob on the lid weighs more than the lid itself, so once it flips itself upside down, it is next to impossible to right it and secure it in the pot without burning my fingers

The spout must be opened with great care in order to keep from burning your fingers

It can be a little tricky opening the latch to pour the water and not burn your fingers, but it isn't impossible!

The pour cap finger-tab itself, as mentioned, has a silicone "pad" for protected finger-control on both the top (for lifting it to pour) and the bottom (for popping it back into closed position)

Flipping the whistle up to pour is easy - you just press the lever down - but closing it on a hot kettle is very hard to do without burning your fingers, using an oven pad, or poking the cap down with a spoon

so you can open and close the spout without burning your finger

I usually bash my fingers in some way to get it off

No burnt fingers

and I like it a lot first and foremost it’s easy to clean I

but this is an e extremely poor design for a kettle.