Maybe you heard it first here Kelly Kettle are working on a new version of the little 600ml kettle. It is intended to be as light as possible and as small as possible so it will be aluminium and shorter than the current version by about 40mm. It will fit on the fire base of the current Trekker ands so will take the small Hobo stove without adding any perceptible weight or taking up any space. It’s still in the prototype stage, for one thing Patrick Kelly is dissatisfied with the bulk of the handles when packed. Trial run here. I’ve asked Patrick to let me know as soon as I can buy one. If you are in FB you will probably know sooner than I do.
@Pattree Interesting, Pat. I bought an mKettle nine years ago which is made of aluminium, has a heat-insulating jacket instead of handles and has a similar water capacity. In respect of the jacket, the mKettle is slimmer than the Kelly Kettle prototype appears to be, so it can be confidently grasped without the need for handles. The prototype’s spout is potentially a solution to the mKettle’s pouring characteristic, which results in a film of ash from the chimney depositing itself on the surface of the water. John
That’s interesting John. I had the same thought about the spout in the new kettle. The Kelly Kettle demos show the stove prepped and fuelled before lighting. I always light small and feed through the flu. This too risks contaminating the water in this prototype. Never had a problem with the previous versions. Let’s see. It’s an interesting development and I wish I could get my hands on one and experiment.
@Pattree @presscall Pattree and John i don't own at present a Kelly kettle as of yet, but i really do like the concept of them, and have been thinking over the years of getting one, i am well impressed with new prototype and with your version John both nice and small and could well be on my bucket list
John, in the linked thread you show the mkettle next to a kettle with curved contours - is that a Eurotrek? That was my first introduction to this type of stove. If I’d known how to solder/weld aluminium I’d still have it. The accessories were rubbish but it has a higher capacity for its size than the more usual versions. I love them because: No moving parts. No consumables to carry. No waste packaging. But most of all - incredibly efficient. I can cook a complete dinner and set up morning coffee with just a quarter of an ordinary fuel log. I don’t (yet) know how efficient this short chimney version is going to be. Time isn’t important to me when I’m camping as there is always something to be doing but……. The conventional kettles are QUICK!
Backcountry boiler was another aluminium variant of this. I got mine several years ago. https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/backcountry-boiler.35638/
That new Kelly model looks nice and compact. If no insulation in handles they would not be so bulk anymore. Many SS & Titanium cups and pots have non insulated handles and they work fine.
Close, Pat, an Ecotrekker. Maybe that’s what you meant? Yes, the accessories were rubbish - that tiny pan and a trivet to go on the firebox for fry-ups. There was also a Tatonka stainless steel meths burner, whether included in the kit or added by its previous owner I don’t know. It didn’t perform as well as the Trangia it copied when I tried it. I concluded good thermal conductivity (brass over stainless steel) made the difference.
Some years ago I talked to a guy in the Trespass shop in Keswick. Previously he said, he had headed up an employment project in Kenya where they made these stoves. He said that they made a deeper frying pan after a lot of complaints. Mine started a small leak at the base rim. They were pressed together rather than soldered or welded. I was also concerned that you picked it up with a pot gripper. When it was full that needed quite a grip which dug into the aluminium chimney. It wasn’t going to last long in heavy use. I bought mine new and it didn’t have any sort of burner in the kit. I saved my pennies and bought a big Kelly Kettle ………. And the story began.
