Markkl's Review of Kelly Kettle
6th Mar 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
Wind resistant as the flame is sheltered
Bad Points
It takes ages for the water to boil
General Comments
I have bought a 2.5 pint Kelly kettle encouraged by all these reviews which say it takes just 5 minutes for the water to boil. I wonder these people use as it took me exactly 40 minutes, while it takes me just 4 minutes to boil 2 pints on my gas stove.
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Members' Comments onMarkkl's Review
penny25
on 25th Jun 2008Markkl
on 6th Jul 2008It's true that my longest time it took me to boil the full content of the kettle was 40 minutes. In the meantine, however, I gained some experience and improved the kettle's performance, and in view of that I would like to amend my review.
It turns out that the whole process is highly dependent on the way the fire is lighted-up. To have your tea before you freeze stiff you need to put in the base both the right amount and the right kind of material, in other words, the original kindling has to be dry, higly combustible and lots of it - and nothing beats the birch bark. Once the flames catch up vigorously, the kindling may be topped up through the "chimney" with inferior or even wet stuff.
My best time now is down to 6 minutes. It is still longer than using my gas stove or the love of my life - my kerosene burning Coleman stove but at a force 6 wind in the middle of Chesil Beach the Kelly Kettle worked very nicely thanks to the draught effect of the "chimney" while the other two packed up.
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I disagree with this review because... It does not take 40 minutes to boil water. How are they doing it if it takes this long?
I used it this morning for a cup of tea while gardening and it took me no more then 10 minutes including getting the fuel for it.
I'm not sure what the story is maybe more fuel needs to be added or something.