Kelly Kettle - worth it?

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Just back from a gorgeous first weekend of camping as a family. We were a little cold I'm the night (this will be rectified next time round) but other than that I was just extremely frustrated by the lenth of time it took to boil water on the gas cooker thingy. And how quickly the canister was used up.

The Kelly Kettle seems very pricey though.

Is it really worth it?

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They are good, but there is a knack to using and lighting them - you may find that the search for the right size of dry twigs, and the time taken to get the thing going is longer than the wait fr the gas stove!

Hmmm... Any other tips for faster boilage?

I was considering just buying a bag of kindling to take along

Kindling won't do it in a Kelly kettle. You need tinder and teensy sticks to get it going, so splitting that kindling down into stuff about half a pencil thickness especially at first is what you will need. Kindling may work later, but by then the kettle may well be boiling!

Thanks. Will just get a second gas cooker then. As a South African, I grew up with CADAC Skottle Braais and would really actually like one of these

Interested in these too. The amount sticks you need for say a weekends camping... would they take up a lot of room or could you take them with you?

We have one and dh takes a couple of small bundles of split kindling in case he can't find dry sticks. He uses firelighters to get it going (small piece broken off one, not much really) and it's loads quicker than the gas stove. Was expensive though, but he does so like to make fires

We're probably going to invest in a massive Thermos for the next trip, spark up the Ghillie kettle once and keep adding water until we have enough for a day's worth of brews.

Nonny, that sounds like a great idea! Id forgotten about firelighters!! too much Forest School

I love my Kelly Kettle.

But ignore all this Eco rubbish about little bits of moss and dry leaves. An chunk of fire lighter or a squirt of barbecue lighting fluid is what you need. Flames leaping up the chimney- and near instant boiling water!

"Interested in these too. The amount sticks you need for say a weekends camping... would they take up a lot of room or could you take them with you?"

You can buy the best sticks from Pedlars- only £35 a packet.....
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We have a kelly kettle and love it in theory but got fed up spending hours whittling pieces of wood. Now, for boiling a kettle we have found the quickest way by far is the gas extension thingy for our trangia - like this: www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/go-systems-adapt-stove-97420012?channel_code=110&product_code=73493476&referer=google-shopping&_$ja=tsid:45886&gclid=CPOXlpeS2bcCFY3HtAodwxEARA.

Or the whole set for not that much more than a kelly kettle: www.simplyhike.co.uk/products/Trangia/27-1GBULCookerwithGasBurner.aspx