MKettle Review

[Tengu]

Yes, that is what I was thinking.

 

[EdS]

few of it in use:

 

[ex-member Raikey]

very good review, thank you,..

i like the ghille/kelly kettles ,...but i like this more,...

seems like all the niggles with the aforementioned have been adressed here...

 

[Shewie]

I think this is the twelfth time I've read this review now, I'm starting to get twitchy fingers again.

 

[Stuart69]

I keep coming back and reading it too.

You REALLY need one Rich, then I can have a play with yours first

 

[W0lf]

If I've got my dimensions right I think this should fit snugly inside a 12cm Zebra Billy?! (Minus the bowl which I don't use anyway.)

Does anyone know if this is true?? If do this becomes an immediate positive for me.

 

[EdS]

you need the bowl to air to the fire

 

[W0lf]

I meant the bowl that comes with the Billy!!

 

[Lurch]

I think this is the twelfth time I've read this review now, I'm starting to get twitchy fingers again.

Make sure you try mine at Middlewood before you do.

 

[W0lf]

If I've got my dimensions right I think this should fit snugly inside a 12cm Zebra Billy?! (Minus the bowl which I don't use anyway.)

Does anyone know if this is true?? If do this becomes an immediate positive for me.

Does anyone own a 12cm Zebra Billy and a MKettle?? I would really like to know if this true!

 

[helixpteron]

I think this is the twelfth time I've read this review now, I'm starting to get twitchy fingers again.

You're holding out well, all it took for me was one read...

 

[MagiKelly]

Does anyone own a 12cm Zebra Billy and a MKettle?? I would really like to know if this true!

I do. It fits easily inside the billy but sticks out the top by quite a bit.

 

[JDO330]

Great review! I really like the fact you can hold it and pour the hat water, I think a lip on the pourer would be a nice mod and the afore mentioned chain / wire / cord on the bung.

Whats it like for stability though, It looks like it could fall over fairly easily?

I wonder if the maker would consider a passaround?

ATB, Jon.

 

[gsfgaz]

Great review, i like the look of that , it seems awfy pricey tho..... so is there any kk's going

 

[MagiKelly]

Whats it like for stability though, It looks like it could fall over fairly easily?

It is as sable or instable as all these types of kettles. I have not found it to be a problem but you do need to find a level bit of ground.

 

[Col_M]

I got this email in my mailbox when I was away for the weekend (reproduced on the senders blog) - http://www.theboilerwerks.com/2010/10/the-boilerwerks-back-from-the-wilderness/

Whoever is making these has ripped the design off the chap in the link. On one hand I think it's a bit off but on the other if the chap didn't protect his design, put it on the internet and took an age to bring it to market then it's not surprising.

Just thought I'd throw it out there

 

[MagiKelly]

It does seem very similar. All these styles share similarities but these do look near identical.

 

[mayfly]

Whoa. I read this thread on that US linked site. I'm not drawing any conclusions and I'm certainly not casting any aspersions. Beyond simply not buying one from the UK source out of simple respect for the work that guy put into the (obviously very, very similar) design! Chris

 

[EdS]

to be honest - from what I've been told he came up with the design himself. All of these are very similar. Both of the small ones look like min versions of the Kiwi Thermette.

My first though when I saw it was -- oh a shrunken Thermette without the handles:

http://www.thermette.com/

This basic design has been around for generations in varying guises -- only the size and minor details differ. Very likely 2 or more poeple would come up wit ha similar idea.

 

[mayfly]

I take your point EdS, indeed...

Kelly Kettle, Storm Kettle, Thermette and Volcano Kettle are trade names for efficient portable devices for boiling water outdoors using twigs and other small combustible materials; these devices consist of a water jacket surrounding a fire chamber which creates an upward chimney draft ensuring efficient and rapid boiling even in windy or wet weather. Kelly Kettle and Volcano Kettle are registered trademarks of the Kelly Kettle company[1][2][3] which first produced the product in Ireland in the early 1900s. The Thermette was first manufactured in New Zealand in 1929 and was standard issue for the New Zealand Army during World War 2 where it was known as a Benghazi boiler. Other companies, including the Eydon Kettle Company started manufacture at later dates.

But the similarities of detail in this case are startling, from what I can read on the internet anyway. Hence my earlier comment. Caveat emptor.

Chris