A camping kettle for larger groups

[ratcatcher]

when working at our woods, the most important item is COFFEE/TEA and if were working around the camping area thats ok, we have either the camp fire or the log burner, but if were in other areas, tea breaks get a bit counter productive, as that "lets have a 10 minute tea break" turns into a lets all relax and sit around talking for an hour, so I started looking at kelly kettles, something we could brew up on in the work area,
now the biggest kelly was 1.5ltrs which is around 5 cups, not too great, I did find a larger 6 ltr type kettle via ronnie sunshines, but the only picture supplied did not show it off to well, its description was it was similar to a kelly kettle, I found a few online reviews of it, and a few stated that it rusted within a year and boiled water tasted funny, plus it cost £60 plus postage, I then stumbled upon another review of a kettle boiler made in Turkey and sold on evil bay by the makers, agin, very much like the kelly kettle design, only bigger, 4 ltrs and get this £50 included postage, so I ordered one, heres my video review, the handles do not get hot, so it can be lifted and moved around, although the bottom fire box is quite tinny, the water boiler is much thicker metal, and can be taken off to use the fire box like a bbq


http://youtu.be/YEheWs-g1jU

[Silverback]

Picked up a stainless steel 4L kettle off that auction site for a tenner...new

[saxonaxe]

Shiney kit!! :) If that boiler has a reasonable life span, that's a really good bargain. I've seen big plain kettles marked as 'Camp Kettles' and they're £45 or more and that's just for a kettle. Good find Ratcatcher. :)

http://images.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/22/1381240486_13.jpg

[ratcatcher]

Picked up a stainless steel 4L kettle off that auction site for a tenner...new

but that's still only a kettle:confused2:

[Silverback]

but that's still only a kettle:confused2:

Yes but it was all I wanted.......and at 50 quid less than some other 'only kettles'.

[Rasputin]

Yes but it was all I wanted.......and at 50 quid less than some other 'only kettles'.

I think some folk have toooooo much brass Sap

[ratcatcher]

I think some folk have toooooo much brass Sap

no, but as I was going to buy a kelly kettle at £40, it was only an extra £10

[Silverback]

I think some folk have toooooo much brass Sap

Each to their own fella each to their own

[headshot]

looks a cracker that ratcatcher,i was looking at getting a kelly,mainly to brew up at work when i'm in the woods working,havent allways got a fire on the go and i'm sick of my coffee out of a flask...atb kev

[jus_young]

Linky please!!!!

[Thumbcrusher]

That looks impressive! Certainly handy for larger groups or base camps etc. Nice findT^

[jus_young]

I think some folk have toooooo much brass Sap

'Folk' have the right to spend there brass how they see fit, and without such remarks from others on here. Please be a little more respectful.

[Silverback]

11053

;)

[jus_young]

:war-is-not-the-answ

[jus_young]

:p

[Silverback]

War is not the answer because........you'll lose

[ratcatcher]

toys back in pram now:ashamed:

[Silverback]

toys back in pram now:ashamed:

Excuse me ? No ones toys went out of anyones prams its called humour, a bit of ribbing. Particularly between Jus and I

[jus_young]

I was looking at the can of worms and wondering what I could do as a side dish.

[Silverback]

Rat le Mur.....its a large black rat thrown violently at the wall by the chef

[jus_young]

Rat le Mur.....its a large black rat thrown violently at the wall by the chef

Is that a Yorkshire specialty? Not one I have heard of down here, but then us West Country folk are slow to catch on sometimes.

[Silverback]

Its taken from a Monty Python sketch...escapes me at the moment exactly which....don't you know anyway the staple diet of Yorkshire folk is tripe, pontefract cakes, Yorkshire pud and dripping

[ratcatcher]

Excuse me ? No ones toys went out of anyones prams its called humour, a bit of ribbing. Particularly between Jus and I

I was referring to myself, seems Im not the only one to read stuff wrongly

[Silverback]

I wasn't aware you had thrown them out......hence my post....thanks for clearing it up