Kelly Kettle Alternatives!

[helixpteron]

I like the concept of a volcano kettle, but I don't like the weight and bulk.

I'd like something lighter and something stronger, and these two ideas on the Kelly Kettle concept address both, though in differing way's...

1: The Montgomery Kettle:

I loved this from the moment I first set eyes on the project of Devin Montgomery, which is to build an Ultralight Volcano Kettle!

Unsurprisingly, I have one of the first production ordered!

The Spec's:

Weight: approx. 6.0 oz.
Dimensions: approx. 4" wide by 7.5" tall when collapsed.
Boiling capacity: 20 oz.
Time to boil 20 oz (dry twigs): 6 min.
Time to boil 16 oz (dry twigs): 4.5 min.

A neoprene cozy will be available for handling when boiling as will a silicone plug making the Kettle a water storage bottle.

Original thread on BackPackingLight.com, here, follow up thread, here.

Credit: Devin Montgomery & BPL.Com.

2: Nalgene/Guyot MYOG Mini Kelly (Type) Kettle:

This 'Make Your Own Gear' Kettle is the creation of 'Maglite' of the Hoods Woods Forum, using the standard Nalgene/Guyot Stainless Steel Water Bottle and GSI Mug, both modified to suit.

I'd like to thank Pritch for posting the link for this on BackPackingLight.Com

Maglite designed a stainless steel cone with a welded 1" tube, the cone is welded onto the modified base of the Nalgene/Guyot bottle creating a volcano kettle, a brass handle completes the bottle. I love this!

The GSI Mug is drilled to provide ventilation holes, and holes for the bottle support pegs, the pictures express it better...

Credit: Maglite & HoodsWoods.Net

The 'Maglite Kettle' holds just under a litre, and the version I'm working on will also have a screw on top, enabling the kettle to act as a water storage bottle.

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[Rory McCanuck]

Those both look really nice!

 

[Nat]

They both look pretty good, cheers for the link.

 

[Alexlebrit]

I love the Nalgene bottle, that's very simple, and I like the fact you can pour from any direction. At it's simplest if you wanted to use it as a water bottle too you could just put a rubber bung inside the cap shaped to wedge tight in the "volcano" when the cap was done up tight?

I've been experimenting with an old stainless thermos to create a "reverse kelly" where the flames run up the outside of the inner bottle inside the outer jacket. I've just got to make up a hobbo stove the right size for it to sit on.

 

[Oblio13]

... a screw on top, enabling the kettle to act as a water storage bottle...

Sooner or later, someone will try to boil water with the top screwed on.

 

[Alexlebrit]

Sooner or later, someone will try to boil water with the top screwed on.

Actually that'd be damn near impossible to do, you'd never get the fire going if the lid's on, because the lid will block the top of the "stove pipe" too. And if you did put the thing on an established fire - like a hobbo stove - then the heat rising up the "stove pipe" would melt the plastic screw on lid out before the water got to boiling.

It's a great safety feature.

 

[Oblio13]

Actually that'd be damn near impossible to do, you'd never get the fire going if the lid's on, because the lid will block the top of the "stove pipe" too. And if you did put the thing on an established fire - like a hobbo stove - then the heat rising up the "stove pipe" would melt the plastic screw on lid out before the water got to boiling.

It's a great safety feature.

You've thought this out pretty thoroughly. Good ideas.

 

[helixpteron]

Actually, the original lid does not fit!

The version I'm working on has a lid with an aperture for the flue, but which also provides a seal, allowing for water storage and transportation.

If the lid is not removed prior to boiling, the plastic material will indeed expand/melt away from the flue, releasing pressure. Its a passive safety feature.

 

[Alexlebrit]

You've thought this out pretty thoroughly. Good ideas.

Oh if only I had the skills to make something like that. No, I can take no credit at all, I just spotted that a plastic lid over the top of the flue would either extinguish the fire, or melt out before anything started boiling.

 

[bikebum1975]

Very cool mod on the cup I like that lightweight stove idea

 

[machifu]

Wow, I envy your creativity. necessity is indeed the mother of invention

 

[Chainsaw]

I just love the stuff you dig up Helixp, always a good read!!

Cheers,

Alan

 

[scrogger]

They are really great I really like the nalgene one.

Thanks for posting this up.

Andy

 

[Chiseller]

Interesting thread, cheers

 

[swright81076]

nice tinkering there, right up my street. :thumbup:

 

[Gray]

Ace, you need to be able to weld stainless. Mmm I wonder if you can buy stainless welding wire for a no gas mig (which I have in the shed)