Kettle ????

[manxminx]

I wont to know if you think it would be better to get rid of my kettle and use the one we use when we go camping on our gas camping stove so is this better or not or the same

[Shirley]

Are you talking an electric kettle to get rid of and actually using the camping kettle on the camping stove in your house?

[manxminx]

lol yes sorry

[Shirley]

Hiya lol

Well.. first.. is it actually safe to use the gas camping stove in the house?

I'm not sure which is the most efficient in terms of energy usage but I'd be betting on the side of the electric kettle being best, provided that you only boil the required amount of water AND at the right time.. so many people flick the switch (my other half included) and then disappear off somewhere else, only to have to come back and boil the kettle again.

I'm sure someone clever will be along to answer your question properly

Meantime... would you like milk and sugar??

[Wombat]

G'Day Mate!

If you built a reflective solar cooker you could use that to heat up your kettle and not use gas or electricity.

Nev

[Shirley]

My kettle might be hot enough come.. say... 2007!!

[den_the_cat]

presumably its best to boil two or three cupfuls of water and make up a flask than boil the water fresh each time (element only needs to heat up once even if its for more water)

I'm amazed there's no such thing as a commercial solar kettle - I found one here http://www.freewebs.com/solarwyse/set.htm and I've seen others in the past but even in the winter on a sanny windowsill you would think it'd be possible to use solar water heating to get things hot enough for a cup of coffee.

<added - that'll teach me to wander off and make a coffee in the middle of a post >