Kettle required

[4680bob]

What kettle for a caravan.

 

[otherclive]

A standard domestic one but with lower wattage than you would buy for a house. The “ dedicated” leisure ones are over priced and not that reliable. Bear in mind the current rating of your electric hook up. Power = volts x amps. So if you divide power by volts (240) you can get an idea of amps. Cannot remember precisely what make we last used, but it came from Argos. Think it was around 1 kw as a travel kettle.

 

[IanB1485]

We have tiny kettle, don't know what kW it is as we inherited from the previous owners being on holiday speed of boiling isn't an issue and it does two cups/mugs . I have seen travel kettles advertised at 1kW

 

[Jcloughie]

We just purchased one of these and it looks good.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09SLQS7JM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

There is a cheaper Russell Hobbs option, but that has a fixed lead.

Also. Buckman is selling a newish one if you can get to Worcester.

John

 

[RogerL]

A standard domestic one but with lower wattage than you would buy for a house. The “ dedicated” leisure ones are over priced and not that reliable. Bear in mind the current rating of your electric hook up. Power = volts x amps. So if you divide power by volts (240) you can get an idea of amps. Cannot remember precisely what make we last used, but it came from Argos. Think it was around 1 kw as a travel kettle.

We use a travel kettle, bought at a big caravan dealer back in the early '80s, still working well - it's 700w so takes it's time to boil a litre of water - but not much different to a modern 1kw kettle.

 

[Mel]

As others have suggested, or get one that will go on a gas hob.
Mel

 

[toad a caravan]

We have a "generic" unbranded kettle that we got from our local supermarket, it's a smaller wattage than the branded models, inexpensive to buy, it's been well used believe me, as any excuse or reason is enough to warrant a brew from setting Off from home, motorway rests,arriving on site, leveling up,change of wind direction 😄etc

 

[Buckman]

We have this kettle for sale. Bought last year and only used a few times. We have since sold the caravan. We are in Worcester. £10

 

[Kevin M]

We have a smallish whistling kettle for the gas hob, that sound is all part of the caravan experience for us.

 

[otherclive]

I generally took the view that if the site was providing me EHU inclusive why use my gas? Same when making toast too 🙈

 

[Kevin M]

Fair comment OC, I just don’t want to carry extra equipment (prob a bit ocd about having extra stuff etc 😊)

 

[GaryB]

There's various low wattage models available, ours is made by Quest and is 800W.

 

[Dustydog]

Depends what sort of caravanning you do
Off grid. Gas / hob
Always with EHU. Electric

If you do both stick with a hob gas.
Why lug two kettles around

 

[RogerL]

Depends what sort of caravanning you do
Off grid. Gas / hob
Always with EHU. Electric

If you do both stick with a hob gas.
Why lug two kettles around

When you're already lugging a dual fuel cooker, a dual fuel fridge and a dual fuel heater, the extra weight of a kettle is insignificant.

 

[Andy Norfolk]

We've had a "boil it" kettle for the last five years.

 

[birdman101]

We have a small 750W holds just 2 cups of water. It must be at least 40 years old now and still working fine. I do an Electrical safety test on it the beginning of each year to see if it needs replacing for the season,but has not failed yet,

 

[Buckman]

We always had both kettles. We still have the gas one of the occasional use at home when we have no power.

 

[Beachball]

+1 Quest Kettle and is 800W, and there are plenty of low wattage models for you to choose

 

[Buckman]

+1 Quest Kettle and is 800W, and there are plenty of low wattage models for you to choose

We had a Quest kettle for about 18 months which is why we bought the Swiss Lux.