Wednesday, Jul 20, 2005 at 09:22
....agree when you do not have a supply of water close at hand.
However, when camped close to a
water supply it is great to have hotwater on tap. A group of us were camped in the one spot for a week over Xmas, the hotwater was used for washing up and showers for about a dozen people. Was a lot more convenient than having to boil the billy. The advantage of the "Put and Take" as we called it, was exactly that, you had to put in as much water as you wanted to take out, thus the pot was always full.
We have also used when on a weekend trip with a large group. The
http://www.campingwithhillbilly.com/proddetail.asp?ID=20 unit is very simple, an outlet spout fitted just below the rim of the tin, and the inlet tube reaches almost to the bottom of the tin. The theory is cold watergoes in via the funnel at the top down the inlet tube to the bottom of the tin thus displacing the hot water through the spout at the ttop rim of the tin (...clear as mud??), very simple and they work a treat.
My advice would be if you are camping near a
water supply with a group of people find somewhere in you kit to take one with you.
Cheers
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