I see flyonly has these for sale and was wondering what the advantages are over a couple of flasks? are they just some gimmick! as i was thinking you would need to carry water kindling if wet weather milk sugar etc
please enlighten me to the plus side of these kettles

Main plus over a flask is that they make tea which is drinkable.
Not convinced they're the best way to boil the water for that purpose though.
For performance a liquid (or multi) fuel mountain stove takes a bit of beating.

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Ian D

No MM,
If you want to make the real cup of tea when out angling, it has to be from a Kelly Ketle, and in the damp months just use the firelighters in the base to boil the water, and their most important when making the Irish Coffey to warm the bones up, as it boils the water like a home kettle as the flask's tend to be on the 'tepid water' side of thing's.

Love it - the implication that there exists some other kind of month.....

Seriously, the KK and its clones (Ghillie, Thermette, Sirram) are an amusing way of passing twenty minutes and getting a brew going - but it is a real one-trick-pony, boiling water is its one trick, you wanted a bacon sandwich sir....


Dont run it dry - they can be melted.

Also, with the accessory pack you can have freshly cooked food to go with your tea. Better a bap on hot bacon or lorne sausage on a cold day than sandwiches. They're very popular with Irish Lough boat anglers, who'll come ashore to brew up. In the past, I don't think water was carried to the fishing and what water was available on site would be used.

Not true. See above re the accessory pack.

And with the pot stand, you can take a larger cooking pan or pot than included in the accessory pack if you wish.

Very popular on the Irish Lough's, and as downstream said its a way of passing a few minute's off the boat and knocking about an Island getting into all sorts of mischeif...like after making the boiling hot very strong Irish Coffe's comes the discussion of what to do with the petrol used from the tank to light the KK in the very very damp month's:



And this is our accessory pack for the hot food:

Lovely fresh troot there Dave

I used my KK all last year it's brill!


Colin

this is getting worse i was thinking about getting one for my days out om melvin and gill but seems i now need the following
1, kettle and accessory pack
2, water, tea, coffee, sugar, milk
3, bacon, sausages, eggs, bread & fat for cooking from john gilligan in manorhamilton
4, kindling and fire lighters
5, tesco trolley to transport
im still thinking of getting one must be the cornish in me