I jumped in my chair when Patrick Kelly mentioned collecting turf to use to burn in the Kelly Kettle. As a small boy, together with my grandfather and the family, I worked collecting turf and drying it. It was absolutely essential for getting heat and cooking in the house. This was way back in the 1960s on a small farm in Northern Norway. As an older man, many years later, together with my grandchildren, I make cocoa drinks, tea and coffee with my Kelly Kettle Scout. It fills me with great joy and happiness. I have used my Kelly Kettle for eight years now and it is still my companion walking up in to the mountains. Thanks for a great video, Sir! 😊
I like the Kelly Kettles very much, I own several. It would be nice to have a drip edge around the lower part of the pot to help deflect water (rain/spillage) from going into the fire box. Also, some straps on the bag to help secure the kit on the outside of a pack would be helpful. Maybe a few Molle straps? No reason to carry Kelly inside a pack. Great product I recommend all the time. Jameson - yum!
This indeed resembles a compact travel friendly version of Russian samovar we use to drink tea in our summer houses combined with Chinese hotpot stove. This is absolutely ingenious, love this invention!
I have been promoting the kelly kettle heavily since I got my first a base camp model and recently bought a trekker plus the full kit with hobo stove and cup and so on.. I am a wood turner who makes a lot of items for camping bowls plates fire starter kits and so on I call my journey gear or unexpected journey gear for the tolkien minded ;) and the kelly kettle gear fits well in the kits I make for that sort of thing
I love my Kelly Kettle. Don't used it much over the last 10 years but every time i'm amazed how quick the water boils. When SHTF i can provide my family clean water. Or tea when on a hike
Whoever told all us Americans that aluminum cookware is bad did a great job, whether it's truly necessary or not I gladly paid the extra for stainless and I'm glad you came out with the medium scout size, fits just how I wanted in my pack.
Hey Kevin: Happy Easter. About 12 years ago, before my brother feel down stairs & broke his neck he got me a Kelly Kettle for Xmas It has become a staple of my kit for all the trips since a great trick for instant heat. Great to see the actual Kelly's. Please make the effort to stay safe & maybe in the fall we can have a cup of tea together. Thanks Brian 79 (2 mos to 80)
Great video. Just bought my second Kelly Kettle (Scout). My first one (which was ancient) had a little accident and fell into the River Shannon... or was it the River Suck? Well, where the rivers meet, I was separated from mine. Delighted to have one again.
Thanks Kevin. Makes me want to buy a Kelly kettle from Tim, now. But, we'll wait and see how this new world turns out first, eh. Very efficient kettle and stick stove. Love the simple 'common sense' accessories. cheers.
I am very excited about using the Kelly kettle base and the scout. Yes I've ordered 2 . 1 will go into my camper and the other one will be going on the road with me.
I've already got two & they take turns going on canoe trips with me, but if they ever make a titanium (aka unobtainium) one I might have to make it triplets.
On their website they explain that for now there are no plans for a titanium kettle because due to the expense of manufacturing the end user price would be too expensive for the majority of users.
Thanks for this really interesting video. Yes, I have used these kettles on several occasions and with a little skill and the right fuel, will work under virtually most conditions. However, I have found that using the smallest model, the hobo stove does not work so well. For me, the larger fire base on the larger models is the way forward. The larger base can take a greater mass of fuel, which seems to burn a lot better.
Sand in the burner will also work with alcohol. The principal is simple and highly effective hyper combustion. When I was working in the Navy they had a special type of fire extinguisher hose that worked on the same basis. Basically this is the original rocket stove only no one knew it at the time. I saw one of these over 10 years ago in Ireland being used by A couple of fishermen in Donegal. It reminded me of a smaller version of the copper pot stills they made whiskey in... when saw it I recognized the excellent ingenuity of it immediately. My grandfather was an inventor and so I thought that was a great idea. I actually used tin cans of different sizes nested inside each other with vent holes punched at the bottom as my own hobo stove but of course stainless steel is longer lasting. I’ve been trying to get my hands on one for a while and finally I’ve got the money so I’m going to get the whole kit but of course I have a couple of items I’m going to add myself.
I can't wait to get my first Kelly Kettle. Here in Foley Alabama. PS does it come with a miniature of Jameson Irish whiskey LOL that would be cool. I enjoyed your video and I can't wait for mine to get here. Your friend from Foley Alabama USA.
Fantastic video. I’m just getting into a bit of wild camping and the Kelly Kettle is certainly on my shopping list having listened to you both. Amazing proven kit. Thanks
I have an older aluminum base camp with complete kit. It has the old style cork stopper. A year or so latter you came out with the stainless model. (wish I had known) Mine works great! 😀I also found that charcoal briquets work very well. I lit the water filled KK with 4 briquets while my friend timed it. Water was boiling in 2 minutes. A big thumb up for KK! Also wish I had known about the new stoppers. Can you buy them separately, and will they fit the older aluminum kettle?
Owned the aluminum trekker for many years. Great product. I fail to see why so many people wanted the expense and weight of steel, not to speak of another Chinese product. Nice vid.
I first heard of them around April/May, mulled it over and ordered the full Scout set in November, it arrived at the end and we have now had 2 late breakfasts on my allotment. Am currently collecting bits of willow to dry and deyhydrated and tinned toods for future events. A brilliant invention and such fun!
An application of the Kelly Kettle that few people discuss on RUclips is Emergency Management. With a large tarp and a Kelly Kettle, a family can recover quite nicely from the aftermath of a hurricane or earthquake. One key element is to have safe water. The KK is perfect for quickly boiling water a making it safe to drink. Also, cooking rice and canned meat, or soup is also quite easy. The tarp, of course, provides protection from the heat and rain and the KK provides safe drinking water and hot food. The Kelly Kettle should be part of the basic kit of all preppers and First Responders. And, it should be marketed as such too.
Hey, those fruit cakes last as long as SOS rations and taste worse. I think only a certain number were ever made, back in the 1890's, and they keep getting re-gifted. Perfect survival food. Like hardtack with candied cherries.
I just found your RUclips channel tonight and what a great interview that was I thoroughly enjoyed that I will be buying me one of these and I will be doing it soon do you sell them yourself or should I not buy them from you I'm down here in Maine
Theoretically, this kettle/stove could be set up and used virtually anywhere. Even inside a tent with some minor considerations that are easily addressed if you have the knowledge and/or imagination. Love the newly designed grill grate/stand and lip protector. Ingenious. They have thought of everything. This little stove does it all.
Enhancement idea (just food for thought). Going for size matters and your product’s likely not thought of other uses. Is there a way to store tea bags, bouillon, gel packs or even cram in a freeze-dried meal to the empty space where the water goes when you Kettle’ is not in use? Your kettle - that I admire - is basically a chimney stove. Back when the earth was new someones (plural) figured out heat lost, like a fireplace, is massively inefficient and here we are. Just look at it as a thought but, seems to me, there’ are not of people who are used to being outside that’re going to buy these because they have the gear. Our group’s going to buy them en masse because they’re safety equipment. This is why (as a suggestion) you get the space down. Cut the collar off with a twist tight seal replacement to reattach aka any water bottle with a silicone seal that’s heat resistant and the user who, in this scenario, is a shtf type or a casual but likely ACTUAL user who wants it for backup. To refresh : The “just in case” market want the smallest footprint possible so if they can stow tea, instant coffee, cup-a-soupish or a Freez-dried dinner [16-20oz of hot water] in the body of the otherwise wasted space: Voila! Sale! This product to my group of folk in the PNW of the US are interested because it’s wet a lot - like Ireland - and we’re outside powder skiing through the trees, backcountry, hiking to backcountry lakes and the like. So the Kelly Kettle is the “just in the case” if its efficient to the pack job. Bonus round! This overland thing has gone crazy. And out here we have the survivalists and all kinds. Seriously - look at the marketing. “Survivalist fire starter.”. Seriously? “Survivalist” 15 years of “survival food” that’s noodles and powdered salty flavoring. Yours is a simple product repackaged in a usable fashion (good move on stainless steel, btw. I hear that was expensive). Make the top separable so the user has access to the innerspace to store stuff “just in case.”. That’s my suggestion.
Dang! I was just looking at getting a Kelly Kettle for out and about. Hearing that they're made in China, though, is a killer for me. Isn't it sad that in all the British Isles the Kelly Kettle simply couldn't be produced? Says a lot about how hostile the West is to businesses. Somehow, as if by magic, it's possible to have the kettles made halfway around the world, shipped to the stores, and still be cheaper than they could be made right there where they were invented. Cryin' shame.
I jumped in my chair when Patrick Kelly mentioned collecting turf to use to burn in the Kelly Kettle. As a small boy, together with my grandfather and the family, I worked collecting turf and drying it. It was absolutely essential for getting heat and cooking in the house. This was way back in the 1960s on a small farm in Northern Norway. As an older man, many years later, together with my grandchildren, I make cocoa drinks, tea and coffee with my Kelly Kettle Scout. It fills me with great joy and happiness. I have used my Kelly Kettle for eight years now and it is still my companion walking up in to the mountains. Thanks for a great video, Sir! 😊
Still waiting for the Kelly Home Distillery. Love the Kelly Kettle.
👍🏼
If that make that I’m buying ASAP. Distilled water would be great. Especially with freshwater disappearing. Saltwater conversion would be good
I saw that video as well.A few tweaks in design to make the Kelly the recipient of the desalinated water and it’s perfect.
“If it doesn’t make sense we don’t do it”
What a way to do business
I like the Kelly Kettles very much, I own several. It would be nice to have a drip edge around the lower part of the pot to help deflect water (rain/spillage) from going into the fire box. Also, some straps on the bag to help secure the kit on the outside of a pack would be helpful. Maybe a few Molle straps? No reason to carry Kelly inside a pack. Great product I recommend all the time.
Jameson - yum!
Excellent interview, really good - interesting to see the owner talking about his product.
This indeed resembles a compact travel friendly version of Russian samovar we use to drink tea in our summer houses combined with Chinese hotpot stove. This is absolutely ingenious, love this invention!
Love my Kelly kettle used it while in the Army and now it lives in the back of my Land Rover ready for adventures and fishing
great interview
That was a great video. I loved the history and the R&D background development method of directly listening to the end customer. So refreshing.
I have been promoting the kelly kettle heavily since I got my first a base camp model and recently bought a trekker plus the full kit with hobo stove and cup and so on.. I am a wood turner who makes a lot of items for camping bowls plates fire starter kits and so on I call my journey gear or unexpected journey gear for the tolkien minded ;) and the kelly kettle gear fits well in the kits I make for that sort of thing
“Tolkien minded”
I love it.
I love my Kelly Kettle. Don't used it much over the last 10 years but every time i'm amazed how quick the water boils. When SHTF i can provide my family clean water. Or tea when on a hike
Whoever told all us Americans that aluminum cookware is bad did a great job, whether it's truly necessary or not I gladly paid the extra for stainless and I'm glad you came out with the medium scout size, fits just how I wanted in my pack.
Love Ireland. I worked in Cong and Killarney.
Cong & Killarney.... both beautiful places!!
Think the whistle lid would help keep stix out as you feed the chimney as well.enjoyed this chat
Just got my basecamp kit. I cannot wait to use this. What fun!
New Kelly kettle owner here and I found this talk about history and features very interesting. Thank you.
Enjoy your new Kettle. They're amazing.
Absolutely brilliant - one of the best 'fireside chats' on RUclips.
Really Enjoyed this Fireside Chat Kevin and Patrick
It was great to actually chat with Kevin....it's normally just emails so it was lovely to chat - over a whiskey!! :-)
@@KellykettleOfficial, great video! I ordered my first kk base camp kit yesterday. Can't wait to try it out 😁 Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Great interview 😊👍
Hey Kevin: Happy Easter. About 12 years ago, before my brother feel down stairs & broke his neck he got me a Kelly Kettle for Xmas It has become a staple of my kit for all the trips since a great trick for instant heat. Great to see the actual Kelly's. Please make the effort to stay safe & maybe in the fall we can have a cup of tea together. Thanks Brian 79 (2 mos to 80)
Got my Kelly Scout Kit 2 weeks ago. It’s fantastic!
Wonderful, thank you
Great video. Just bought my second Kelly Kettle (Scout). My first one (which was ancient) had a little accident and fell into the River Shannon... or was it the River Suck? Well, where the rivers meet, I was separated from mine. Delighted to have one again.
Thanks Kevin. Makes me want to buy a Kelly kettle from Tim, now. But, we'll wait and see how this new world turns out first, eh. Very efficient kettle and stick stove. Love the simple 'common sense' accessories. cheers.
Cheers. You'll enjoy the simplicity of it all.
Really enjoyed this chat Kevin! I've been interested in getting a Kelly Kettle hobo stove so it's nice to learn more about it.
Had thought of buying one in the past. Will be fun to try. Found their website a purchased a Scout kit. Hoping to use in BWCA in June.
Great interview, thanks Kev. 🌲 🥃 ✌🏼
Just make the smallest model in Titanium... those would be for the guys on the road lightweight.
very interesting and it was easy to see that the Kelly's love what they are doing.
Cheers guys!
Cheers.
What a wonderful interview. Thanks!
Thanks. It was one of my favourite as well.
These are awesome Kev
Thanks. I'm really enjoying connecting to all my outdoor friends.
I have been thinking about getting one of these for a long time. This sold the set and I will make my order.
Looking forward to an all Titanium Trekker, Kelly kettle, with a hobo stove and mug, that would be absolute perfection.
Great interview Kevin and Patrick I own a small kelly kettle
And it works awesome in s/s
Too all be safe thank you
The Vermonter
Very enjoyable video
I am very excited about using the Kelly kettle base and the scout. Yes I've ordered 2 . 1 will go into my camper and the other one will be going on the road with me.
I've already got two & they take turns going on canoe trips with me, but if they ever make a titanium (aka unobtainium) one I might have to make it triplets.
On their website they explain that for now there are no plans for a titanium kettle because due to the expense of manufacturing the end user price would be too expensive for the majority of users.
amayn Titanium would be interesting and less weight.
Thanks for this really interesting video. Yes, I have used these kettles on several occasions and with a little skill and the right fuel, will work under virtually most conditions. However, I have found that using the smallest model, the hobo stove does not work so well. For me, the larger fire base on the larger models is the way forward. The larger base can take a greater mass of fuel, which seems to burn a lot better.
This was delightful
Sand in the burner will also work with alcohol. The principal is simple and highly effective hyper combustion. When I was working in the Navy they had a special type of fire extinguisher hose that worked on the same basis. Basically this is the original rocket stove only no one knew it at the time. I saw one of these over 10 years ago in Ireland being used by A couple of fishermen in Donegal. It reminded me of a smaller version of the copper pot stills they made whiskey in... when saw it I recognized the excellent ingenuity of it immediately. My grandfather was an inventor and so I thought that was a great idea. I actually used tin cans of different sizes nested inside each other with vent holes punched at the bottom as my own hobo stove but of course stainless steel is longer lasting. I’ve been trying to get my hands on one for a while and finally I’ve got the money so I’m going to get the whole kit but of course I have a couple of items I’m going to add myself.
great video
Lough Conn is a magical game fishery. 🎣
great one thanks for sharing this Dude
I've got one coming with the hobo stove tomorrow and I can't wait.
Really enjoying these vids Kevin, cheers mate.
I can't wait to get my first Kelly Kettle. Here in Foley Alabama. PS does it come with a miniature of Jameson Irish whiskey LOL that would be cool. I enjoyed your video and I can't wait for mine to get here. Your friend from Foley Alabama USA.
Jameson would be awesome LOL.
Fantastic video.
I’m just getting into a bit of wild camping and the Kelly Kettle is certainly on my shopping list having listened to you both.
Amazing proven kit.
Thanks
Thanks Duncan. You'll love using one.
Speaking of birds coming back, we have seen several yellow-rumped warblers already in southern Wisconsin.
I have an older aluminum base camp with complete kit. It has the old style cork stopper. A year or so latter you came out with the stainless model. (wish I had known) Mine works great! 😀I also found that charcoal briquets work very well. I lit the water filled KK with 4 briquets while my friend timed it. Water was boiling in 2 minutes. A big thumb up for KK!
Also wish I had known about the new stoppers. Can you buy them separately, and will they fit the older aluminum kettle?
I think I saw on their website that you can, for about £10.00, maybe?
Owned the aluminum trekker for many years. Great product. I fail to see why so many people wanted the expense and weight of steel, not to speak of another Chinese product. Nice vid.
Because aluminium is terrible for health.
I first heard of them around April/May, mulled it over and ordered the full Scout set in November, it arrived at the end and we have now had 2 late breakfasts on my allotment. Am currently collecting bits of willow to dry and deyhydrated and tinned toods for future events. A brilliant invention and such fun!
Glad you picked one up. You'll really enjoy it. And Patrick is such a nice guy.
@@TheHappyCamper He is indeed! Good interview. I have been watching loads of cooking on outdoor equipment since December
I love my Kelly Kettle base camp. I would love to get extra lip guards but you don’t have any on your website. I’m in Washington State, USA.
I'm going to buy the small steel one, but am also looking forward to one in titanium. Fun video; I think we all wish we had a little Irish in us.
Their FAQ page explains that a titanium model would be too expensive for the majority of users. So no current plans for one.
@@victorialove9104 Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the steel one, but is a bit heavy. I don't really like aluminum.
Thought the chat with Hap Wilson was very good. Really got to know the guy though of course many of us had heard of him
Hey Kevin, whatever you do, don't let that man sing "Danny Boy" again. Great fireside chat. I applaud your choice in Whiskey with an "e".
I hoped someone had brought it up 🤣
it just has to be said: the Kelly Kettle is a great device. and kevin is a real ambassador on youtube who makes sure you want one too.
An application of the Kelly Kettle that few people discuss on RUclips is Emergency Management. With a large tarp and a Kelly Kettle, a family can recover quite nicely from the aftermath of a hurricane or earthquake. One key element is to have safe water. The KK is perfect for quickly boiling water a making it safe to drink. Also, cooking rice and canned meat, or soup is also quite easy. The tarp, of course, provides protection from the heat and rain and the KK provides safe drinking water and hot food. The Kelly Kettle should be part of the basic kit of all preppers and First Responders. And, it should be marketed as such too.
When will Kelley Kettle add folding butterfly handles, add an insulated sleeve/ grip and lose the cumbersome stock handle ?
Mmmm...lake trout....😋
Hey, those fruit cakes last as long as SOS rations and taste worse. I think only a certain number were ever made, back in the 1890's, and they keep getting re-gifted. Perfect survival food. Like hardtack with candied cherries.
I just found your RUclips channel tonight and what a great interview that was I thoroughly enjoyed that I will be buying me one of these and I will be doing it soon do you sell them yourself or should I not buy them from you I'm down here in Maine
Thanks. It's a great stove. There should be an outdoor store in Maine that sells them. I don't sell them mysel.
It should be The Law. If you're camping or bushcraft or van life you need a Kelly Kettle
18:45. Just need to add aliens LOL.
I THINK IM GOING TO ORDER THE KELLY NOW (LARGE)
Theoretically, this kettle/stove could be set up and used virtually anywhere. Even inside a tent with some minor considerations that are easily addressed if you have the knowledge and/or imagination. Love the newly designed grill grate/stand and lip protector. Ingenious. They have thought of everything. This little stove does it all.
Enhancement idea (just food for thought). Going for size matters and your product’s likely not thought of other uses.
Is there a way to store tea bags, bouillon, gel packs or even cram in a freeze-dried meal to the empty space where the water goes when you Kettle’ is not in use?
Your kettle - that I admire - is basically a chimney stove. Back when the earth was new someones (plural) figured out heat lost, like a fireplace, is massively inefficient and here we are.
Just look at it as a thought but, seems to me, there’ are not of people who are used to being outside that’re going to buy these because they have the gear. Our group’s going to buy them en masse because they’re safety equipment.
This is why (as a suggestion) you get the space down. Cut the collar off with a twist tight seal replacement to reattach aka any water bottle with a silicone seal that’s heat resistant and the user who, in this scenario, is a shtf type or a casual but likely ACTUAL user who wants it for backup.
To refresh : The “just in case” market want the smallest footprint possible so if they can stow tea, instant coffee, cup-a-soupish or a Freez-dried dinner [16-20oz of hot water] in the body of the otherwise wasted space: Voila! Sale!
This product to my group of folk in the PNW of the US are interested because it’s wet a lot - like Ireland - and we’re outside powder skiing through the trees, backcountry, hiking to backcountry lakes and the like. So the Kelly Kettle is the “just in the case” if its efficient to the pack job.
Bonus round! This overland thing has gone crazy. And out here we have the survivalists and all kinds. Seriously - look at the marketing. “Survivalist fire starter.”. Seriously? “Survivalist” 15 years of “survival food” that’s noodles and powdered salty flavoring. Yours is a simple product repackaged in a usable fashion (good move on stainless steel, btw. I hear that was expensive).
Make the top separable so the user has access to the innerspace to store stuff “just in case.”. That’s my suggestion.
Titanium....
You should try the New Zealand type of Kelley katill
Add another "Very" for me!..
Dang! I was just looking at getting a Kelly Kettle for out and about. Hearing that they're made in China, though, is a killer for me. Isn't it sad that in all the British Isles the Kelly Kettle simply couldn't be produced? Says a lot about how hostile the West is to businesses. Somehow, as if by magic, it's possible to have the kettles made halfway around the world, shipped to the stores, and still be cheaper than they could be made right there where they were invented. Cryin' shame.
I believe the aluminium ones are still made in Ireland.
Perfume?! Naaaaaah. Cologne, sure. Sheesh! Lol!
The new Zealand one is made out of Cooper
Way, way, way to meny adverts.
made in china
Ireland was occupied?? Lol
Yes.
Made in china😹