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Can anyone recommend a decent kettle for the van. The on I bought last year leave a foul metallic taste in the brew. I dont mind paying a bit more if it means the kettle will last, Cheers

oh and I want it to have a decent whistle

we had an aluminium one and wife always complained about taste (I dont do tea/coffee coz the government put things in them to pacify the general population fact: only 0.01% of people identified as London rioters had drunk tea/coffee in the 30 days prior to them starting) and apparently stainless steel is the way to go

wee bugger wrote:we had an aluminium one and wife always complained about taste (I dont do tea/coffee coz the government put things in them to pacify the general population fact: only 0.01% of people identified as London rioters had drunk tea/coffee in the 30 days prior to them starting) and apparently stainless steel is the way to go

Wouldn't it be easier to add it to the water supply?

ninja.turtle007 wrote:

wee bugger wrote:we had an aluminium one and wife always complained about taste (I dont do tea/coffee coz the government put things in them to pacify the general population fact: only 0.01% of people identified as London rioters had drunk tea/coffee in the 30 days prior to them starting) and apparently stainless steel is the way to go

Wouldn't it be easier to add it to the water supply?

it causes a visual reaction with the other chemicals they already add to that. It was tried in the late 70's but people got suss when their water was green...and got even harder when all the smart alecs began to only drink bottled water in the 90's...it now has government sanctioned additives - i cant state what they are as it may trigger alarms at GCHQ and me and anyone else who has read this thread would be likely to get a rude awakening by men in black helicopters at 3am

My current metal tasting kettle is in fact stainless steel. Its deffo the kettle thats causing the taste as Ive tried varous other pans for boiling the water and various cups – they are all fine.

I use one of these.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 229289.htm

You need a hook up or an inverter to power it, but it works well in the van.


E D I T: I spotted these on ebay - they're both 12 volt.

item numbers : 390418185759 and 280652017010

You even get a couple of cups with them.

But does it whistle?

centro wrote:But does it whistle?

No, but it switches itself off once it boils the water, so it doesn't need to whistle as the kettle won't boil dry if it's off, unlike one that's heated by gas.

I wonder what percentage of the London rioters owned a T25? Hooligans, the lot of 'em.

Hi

centro wrote:Can anyone recommend a decent kettle for the van.

I am thinking about buying the stainless steel one that Halfords sell for £13-99p. Our present aluminium one takes ages to boil.
On our last trip when boiling water in the kettle and a copper bottomed stainless steel saucepan (lid on) at the same time the water boiled much quicker in the saucepan. The saucepan held 50% more water than the kettle.
Why??????? Copper bottom? Larger base area on saucepan? Stainless steel contains the heat more than aluminium?
Any ideas?
Don

Saw one in Aldi (hob type) yesterday, about a tenner I think, stainless steel and whistle.