Trangia 25 Kettle replacement

[Jack Bounder]

Here's the email I got on Monday last week....

Hello Jack, just want to tell you that the kettle has been posted today. normally it takes less than a week to the uk.

Best Regards
Primuskongen

I have sent them a email to let them know the kettle has yet to arrive.

 

[beachlover]

I've just emailed them to find out what is happening too.

 

[Tiley]

I ordered a 0.7 litre kettle from them, received a similarly worded email and got the kettle within the week. I'm sorry if this rubs salt into a wound but I does get me wondering what might have happened to your kettles. By the way, the next size up from the 0.7l, which I also have is superb; I bought the smaller one for those solo, day walks when I feel like a brew. I hope yours arrive soon - they are brilliant bits of kit!

 

[beachlover]

I had a reply by 0630 this morning to an email sent last night. It seems there had been a mistake at their end and its on its way today. I have to say I tend to have as much respect for businesses and people who put things right when they have gone wrong as I do for those who get it perfectly right, but leave you wondering how well they deal with glitches.

I may of course live to regret those words!

 

[Jack Bounder]

Mine arrived today. I'm not sure it will be suitable for my needs and am considering selling it.

 

[beachlover]

Mine arrived today. I'm not sure it will be suitable for my needs and am considering selling it.

Is it too big??

 

[Jack Bounder]

Erm. No. Not really.

 

[paulnb57]

So whats up with it, I might ask for first dibs if you sell it.......

1.5 litre? Please bear me in mind......

Paul

 

[Jack Bounder]

Am I allowed to sell stuff on the forum?

 

[Jack Bounder]

I am not allowed to sell on the forum unless I become a subscriber.

 

[millie-mail]

Mine arrived today. I'm not sure it will be suitable for my needs and am considering selling it.

Watching with interest as I am looking for a kettle that fits in the trangia 25 without falling through. does the 1.5l eagle fit securely?

 

[Jack Bounder]

Erm. Not actually tried it on the Trangia. Still deciding what I want to do with this kettle.

 

[Jack Bounder]

I am considering the GSI Stainless Steel Kettle, the GSI Halulite Kettle and (for the bigger size) the Primus Litech 1,5l.

Seeing as I'm using the Trangia Triangle more an more just lately, the kettle does not need to fit inside the Trangia 25 base/windshield.

 

[Jack Bounder]

Watching with interest as I am looking for a kettle that fits in the trangia 25 without falling through. does the 1.5l eagle fit securely?

OK, so I've unpacked the kettle to see how it fits with the Trangia 25 base.

For packing, it will fit inside the base/wind-shield but inside any of the pots....so if you pack the kettle into the base, you'll have to make other arrangements for the pots.

In use (i.e. set up for heating), the kettle doesn't sit nicely onto the fold down clips....it wobbles around and won't sit flat and secure. I suspect you'd need to bend the clips a bit to get it to fit.

So, not ideal for me but, as I said, I can use it with the Triangle. The reason I'm considering selling it is that I want something that will meet all my needs and one of these needs is that it works well with the standard Triangle 25 base.

 

[millie-mail]

Thanks for sharing that info Jack, much appreciated. The search for a stainless kettle for my trangia 25/ optimus nova goes on.

Dave

 

[Jack Bounder]

GSI Glacier SS?

 

[Jack Bounder]

I had a reply by 0630 this morning to an email sent last night. It seems there had been a mistake at their end and its on its way today. I have to say I tend to have as much respect for businesses and people who put things right when they have gone wrong as I do for those who get it perfectly right, but leave you wondering how well they deal with glitches.

I may of course live to regret those words!

Got it yet?

 

[Jack Bounder]

I've just bought the GSI Halulite Kettle 1.0L from Woodlore. Let's see if it's a bit better than the Eagle Products Kettle.

 

[beachlover]

Got it yet?

Nope. That said, it's going to take a few days I would guess. I'll be interested in what you think about the Haulite though.

 

[paulnb57]

Jack,
It seems the solution to your needs would be one of Trangia's own kettles, as they are designed to work and fit (?) with Trangia cooksets (I would hope they would work with the triangle too) or do you have an issue with Aluminium?
I currently have an Optimus Terra 0.7 litre Hard Anodised Aluminium kettle, it does just enough for two mugs, the Trangia just fits inside, with a freezer bag with fruit tea bags...and lives permanently in the backpack......I'm looking for (probably) 1.5 litre for the beach hut, stainless appeals as salt laden air corrodes everything.......

I still haven't ordered an Eagle yet!.......decisions, decisions.....

Paul