Eco-billy

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Originally Posted by vnx205

Ron
How could you bring yourself to buy a product that offers the following feature?

• Available in 1.2 litre water capacity, 4 Good Mugs, 5 Coops of Tea

Or is a Coop of tea some sort of joke that has gone over my head?

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Only "4 Good Mugs" have bought one so far :eek::D:D:wasntme:

Hmm, about 10 minutes to boil..........


and it leaks! :(

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Hmm, about 10 minutes to boil..........


and it leaks! :(

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HAHA :p

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Originally Posted by p38arover

and it leaks! :(

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just about all of em do when new :P

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Hmm, about 10 minutes to boil..........


and it leaks! :(

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The instructions for the Kelly Kettle say that it may leak for a while when new, but that it would soon stop.
Mine didn't leak at all.

Since the materials are the same and some of the construction is similar, I expect yours will stop leaking after a while.

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Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Well I agree the fire collapses but considering its only about 7inches in diameter, and a piddling little fire at that, and a couple of stamps with your foot puts it out I can't see the problem in that. Any bigger and it goes to show you are stuffing too much fuel into the flue anyway.

We never light the thing up in grass or shrubbery always clear a spot with a couple of swipes of that same boot

Any water that may be left in the kettle then rinses the cups after use and then goes from cup to fire just to be sure

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Everything you say is quite right.

It wasn't the possibility of the fire getting away that I was worried about.

I just found it a minor inconvenience after making a couple of mugs of tea when I tried to put the Eco Billy back on the fire for washing up water. The scattered remains of the fire made it a little less stable than when first set up and any burning material outside the base put soot on the outside.

I know those are really pretty inconsequential issues, but without those little problems those type of kettles/billies are normally quite stable and remain very clean on the outside, so they are convenient to pack away

Ron's probably using non boilable water.

To work, the water has got to want to boil.;)

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Originally Posted by numpty

Ron's probably using non boilable water.

To work, the water has got to want to boil.;)

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That's right - Ron's kettle only works at 4000M and up :D :D

Hi a bit of info on the kettle. first invented buy the kiwis then the army brought them for solders 1st ww used them in the desert

Rons will leak MORE as its used,enough to extinguish the fire long before a boil temp is reached:p:p:p:p
Andrew