12v Car Kettle

Had one a few years ago. I wouldn't recommend you buy one.

Was extremely slow to "boil" (never actually reached boiling point), chews a fair amount of power and ended up being another piece of clutter in the kitchen kit that didn't earn its keep.

We now use either the single burner stove which boils up the billy pretty quickly or fill the thermos in the morning.

My parents got given one. They said they gave up after an hour of trying to boil the water.

I use a waeco 12v kettle in my truck all the time when doing long trips.
yes they are slow to boil if you plug into a normal outlet.
even so... My normal routine in the mornings is to get up do my engine check start the engine and plug the kettle in. then i do the rest of my vehicle checks make breakfast and then the kettle is usually boiling its little head off.
i usually use about twice the amount of water i need for a cuppa and use the excess to rinse my plate and cup.i will keep a bottle of water and the kettle handy when driving and if i know im pulling up for a wee break i plug it in and its ready to go.
I would suggest putting in a heavy duty socket wired directly to the battery as the kettle can and will blow fuses on a normal cig lighter type outlet.
Just to qualify the fuse thing. They dont blow all the time and sometimes it would boil 15 times then blow the fuse which is why i now have a lead directly to the battery.
Hope this helps,
Brendan

Truely not worth the effort. Stick with gas, much faster. The small gas canister single burner units are ideal for this.
Capt.

hi true blue
now theres an aussie title if ever there was one lol

yes i have a waeco and it is heavy on power draw and as slow as as wet camp fire
takes at least 20-25 minutes to boil and it also blew fuses even on a 20 amp wired socket system i have in my car for heavy duty use/12v air compressor /12v drill use etc
i bought one of those small single burner gas stoves that take the gas cartridge and it craps all over the waeco electric jug and can be used for all modes of heating /cooking and very economical to run and doesnt zap your battery power in the car where there is only one battery for everything
imho
dont waste your money
cheers

Don't bother

We are others into effective touring all work thru a thermos.

I.E. We leave camp with 1.8lt of hot water - and also last chore before
going to bed is to make sure your thermos is full of hot water.

Saves just so much time.

Note - there are few good thermos flasks, we have fought that fight - but thats another issue.

We use the enviro kettle, boils pretty quick with just a handfull of sticks

This has been covered on here before. The consensus was don't bother. It'll take the best part of an hour to end up with 2 cups of luke warm water.

I bought a Kelly Kettle/Bush Kettle and we get enough BOILING water out of one of these for 5 serves of instant noodles. Takes about 5 minutes to boil off a handful of leaves/twigs and a sheet of newspaper.

It cools down extremely quick too, so no waiting around before packing it away.

Fab.

One word, Jetboil

The issue is that even on mains power electricity is an inefficient method of heating.
And at home we have very large amounts of electricity available.

Consider the the jug at home uses similar amounts of energy to your stater motor.

If you want to heat someting and fast, there is no substitute for burning something.

cheers

Consider a few numbers:

The typical household electric kettle is 2400 watts.

If a 12 volt electric kettle were 2400w then it would be drawing 200 Amps from your battery!

Waeco do not disclose the wattage or current draw of their electric kettle, but lets make the reasonable assumption that it is no more than 20 Amps. This represents 240 watts on 12 volt, one tenth of the heating capacity of the household 240v kettle. So it sure is not going to boil your water very quickly, yet at the same time is dragging 20 Amps out of the battery. Not a good scenario I think.

Hey True Blue...Get yourself a Jetboil...Will boil a ltr in around 2mins and they are suppose to be the fastest personal cooker in the world ...very fast and very compact...Just a little expensive at around $200...I use mine for hiking and also keep it in the 4by...and the smallest gas canister's will boil around 12 ltrs before they run out...

Happy Motoring

Mate i take what i call a day box...

One is the Coleman Duel Fuel Stove:

Coleman Sportster 2

and the Trangia .9 litre Kettle:

Trangia .9l Kettle

Bring a bit of water and tea and coffee...It always lights in all weather and quick and its always hot...