Is This The BEST Travel Kettle For Car Camping?

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Been looking at 12v camping kettles for a while now, so as I have the Jackery, seems like a perfect piece of equipment for my car camping box.
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[@SaadonAksah]

33 min and 28% of jackaty? Well thats a no go 😱

[@zafiracamper]

Interestingly when I filmed this I hadn’t actually used this on a car camp, fast forward a year + and actually I’ve used it loads 😃 I mastered two things with this kettle, firstly only fill what you need - in this test max filled it 700ml with cold water, but also I always take a thermos with me, so putting thermos Water in, cuts the time by over half 🙏 The big thing is tho, it depends on how much power you need in your Jackery - for me even if I used 30% wouldn’t be a problem as would still have loads of juice left for charging stuff :)

[@Free__Speech]

​@@zafiracamperu not have solar panel to top up the battery

[@zafiracamper]

@@Free__Speech hi there, well….up until recently sadly no…..but, I was just given a bigger power station to review, so now I do have one 😃 and totally understand the whole less power on higher wattage 😀

[@sheireland3737]

I’ve boiled water in a washed out beans tin positioned over a candle quicker (my electrics were shut off years ago and we improvised). It worked really well too.

[@zafiracamper]

As much as I loved this super slow 12v - I have a much better power station and proper kettle now 🚗❤️ If I ever do a wid camp, I love your idea 🙏

[@camslumlord]

Great Video! Have same set up , same jackery 240. I have experienced many hotels that no longer have in room coffee makers ; so I carry the kettle with AC adapter and jar of instant coffee for first cup of coffee in morning. Also while camping in our RV , I make first cup of the morning since wife stays in bed a little longer and no need to brew large pot when it will get cold waiting for her to wake. Anyway great to see confirmation on video!

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers James. It is defo a great pairing of kit :) Since making this vid, the kettles become a proper essential item for my car camping trips 🚗🙏

[@TheTanman412]

Get a Spardar 12V kettle, there’s a switch to use it at 80 W or 120 W. It will either take 15 minutes or 22 minutes to boil a few cups of water and only uses about 16% of my 320wh portable LFP battery. I’ve been using it for years, and the most useful part is that you can make instant coffee/tea while driving.

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers tanman. My setups changed a bit since I made this vid - basically allpowers gave me some new power stations…now I have a proper travel kettle 😁 Although I will look this item up, as am About to review and giveaway an allpowers 300 and wanted to mention kettles 🙏

[@simonandthelyricalpoets]

I was intrigued to see how long this would take, as well as how much power it would use from your Jackery, and it's not bad at all really. A very enjoyable film, subscribed.

[@zafiracamper]

Many thanks Simon 🙏 I loved this lil kettle although after I made this vid, I then found it’s even better if you use a 24 hr thermos water with the kettle and only boil what you need - cuts time and power down significantly :)

[@FieldviewAdventures]

I’ve a 12v kettle for my work van .. great video Matt top job 👍

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers dude :) I am defo converted to them, a sound purchase 👍🏻

[@maksympt1]

thank you, great video

[@zafiracamper]

Many thanks Maks 🙏

[@TatyanaValdaBelindaHill]

This is helpful, thanks. :)

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers Tatyana :) Pleased it helped 🙏

[@rachellane2836]

Wow! Teasmades! Blast from my past right there! Thanks, great vid! Can't believe I just watched a whole video watching a kettle boil!?! 😂🤣😂

[@zafiracamper]

At last, I’ve been waiting for someone to remember them 🥳 And many thanks for the comment / hope you stay seated for the car camping toilet one 😂

[@rachellane2836]

@@zafiracamper can't wait for that one! I think that's probably THE most important bit of kit...after the kettle! 😉

[@zafiracamper]

@@rachellane2836 your absolutely spot on there 😆🙏

[@patriciaribaric3409]

In a small tent that could be useful if it is cold outside and spewing gas fumes is not a great idea. I actually thought it would deplete the battery much more than it did. A regular Keuig coffee maker is way to powerful for my 1,000 watt Jackery. Thanks for the demo, very useful info..

[@zafiracamper]

Thanks Patricia, i defo recommend them :) What I’ve started doing now too is using hot water from my 24hr thermos - boils significantly faster and uses even less power 🥳

[@angelinefuentez9592]

thank you. I have been looking for an option for cooking while in stealth mode with the Jackery 240. It does take a while, but when i'm secure in my vehicle for an evening that's probably not a real issue

[@zafiracamper]

Hi Angeline - this is it, it’s great for the stealth cooking :) I also have a 12v lunchbox that works well with the Jackery. It’s on my most recent car camp vid and I also have a stealth cooking how to vid as well where you can see it :)

[@happilyamused3829]

Love your videos

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there and many thanks for the comment 😄 really appreciate it 🙏

[@dukeonthewater]

Keep up the great work, your effort is appreciated 👍

[@zafiracamper]

Many thanks Duke - appreciate the comment 🙏

[@amyd1549]

Love the vid! Love the music! Too slow for that "boil"....no way

[@zafiracamper]

Thanks Amy. Tis funny, I made this vid before I’d actually used it on a car camp. What I did wrong in this vid is that I filled it to the top…. What I also learnt over time….. take a 24 hr thermos with you and use this in the kettle….boils a lot faster then 😀

[@thegrumpyvaper1183]

Been watching you and learning a lot. Yes this takes time but less water or warmer water wouldn’t be as long. I’m also thinking about getting the lunch box you use. I haven’t got a power source yet but I think the jackery will suit me fine for my needs

[@zafiracamper]

This is exactly what I eventually learnt with this kettle - this vid was made before I used it - and having a thermos with me on every car camp, made this lil kettle work perfectly ❤️ What are you planning on using the lunchbox for? Tbh I don’t really rate it myself - although I tried to make meals from raw, which were never successful 😭

[@thegrumpyvaper1183]

@@zafiracamper was going to use the lunch box for keeping food hot not heating so hopefully it works well for that. Also have you heard of a power station called all powers. It’s cheaper than jackery 700watt on Amazon for £210

[@zafiracamper]

@@thegrumpyvaper1183 ah - you know i have the allpowers 700 (gifted review on here already) and then the allpowers r1500 (gifted review coming soon). Now if you have a 700watter, have you seen my new electric cooker?

[@thegrumpyvaper1183]

@@zafiracamper will take a look at your review on the all powers sorry for all my comments

[@zafiracamper]

@@thegrumpyvaper1183 dude never apologise for comments - I like getting comments and helping where I can 🙏

[@FordTransitConnectCamper]

Here is a comment to feed that algorithm mate. Cracking video and where is the vest??? 😁

[@zafiracamper]

😂 defo wear it next time dude 😎

[@fluggaenkoecchicebolsen]

I have the same one in my truck and it’s so much better running off 24v, it takes about 15 min to go green. I just wish it would actually fit in a cup holder

[@zafiracamper]

Oh cool 15 mins is alot better 🙏 What I do now which massively cuts down time is use water from my thermos - significantly reduces times 👌🏻

[@LITTLEMANADVENTURSES]

That is pretty awesome

[@zafiracamper]

Would defo work with your power supply too :) This one is basically a flask too / although haven’t tested how long stays hot hot for yet :)

[@LITTLEMANADVENTURSES]

@@zafiracamper yeah I will definitely have to get one

[@zafiracamper]

@@LITTLEMANADVENTURSES sweet, I’d call that a review success 🥳😎👍🏻

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

Stryker insulated stove uses the green Coleman propane tank. They can be refilled to reduce cost. 6 min 1 liter boil. That's pretty quick may be a few seconds+ or - compared to electric kettle 1100W 120V~. Using a jacket you are better off getting some 20oz vacuum tubes. Those boil water scary fast 6 min or less.

[@zafiracamper]

Oh wow, that’s insanely fast 😄 Tbh the main reason why I use this kettle (as slow as it is) is that it means I can be completely stealth when car camping, as don’t need to open windows as no gas on type thing 👌🏻

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

@@zafiracamper Stryker is just like jet boil but don't use the expensive little fuel canister. A green Coleman can be refilled reducing cost.

[@zafiracamper]

Yeah someone else mentioned that brand to me, defo a lot cheaper than a jet boil 👌🏻

[@Trendlespin]

I love seeing what I can do with my power station while out in the van so thank you for sharing.

[@zafiracamper]

Many thanks Trendle 😉 I’m totally the same, there will be another “thing” coming up soon…a 12v hot lunch box 🙏

[@crazycrab8578]

still got my one from 83, 140w, it took 30mins to boil, I all ways, turned it on 30mins before I was going to stop, for a cupper, no waiting around,

[@zafiracamper]

This is so it - as long as plan your boil, then all is good 🙏

[@Highdonicx]

Thanks for the answer my old comment. I would like to ask only 1. How long time it will take to boil once? Can u share link about kettle? I can see I can get the jackery in my country Sweden?

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there, there’s a link to the kettle in the video description :) Time was this depends how much water you put it - if you fill to the top was about 30 mins - so not fast- but still works well, if you only fill half, then defo will be a lot faster. You can also use this in your car lighter tooo- with engine on :) Are you asking if you can buy a Jackery on Sweden?

[@yvs6663]

the real questions are does the lid seal(aka is it safe to use while driving) and how much faster does it go with about 1/2 the amount of water. leaving the ignition on doesn't do too much harm to my Leaf(not sure it its a good idea to run it off a normal car wo the engine running) and there are situations where getting out and lighting a gas stove would get me some curious looks.

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there - having now actually used it on a car camp since filming this I can answer :) Seal is 100% no leaks at all and yes much faster when half filled - even faster when I used my thermos water in it - took minutes (check my London car camp vid - the one with the bargain hotel room thumbnail :)

[@BigJace001]

Very enjoyable video , just got a jackery and was thinking about a kettle , but now I know the draw is too much and long time to boil ha ha ha, will use my jet boil and jackery for lightning and drone

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers Jace 🙏 Does this mean you van camp too?

[@BigJace001]

@@zafiracamper no my friend , I go on the stealth camps with Steve the transit camper, However, I am picking up a roof tent next week and although you cannot stealth camp with this, I will be parking up at a few places and poping the tent up.

[@BigJace001]

so just looking at what gear to get etc... just been watching a bunch of your videos , loving the reviews

[@zafiracamper]

Cheers dude 😃

[@zafiracamper]

No plans for a solo ( your clearly more than confident behind the camera and have all the gear 🙏)

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

I'm partial to the speed of a jetboil. Little faster than electric kettle athome. When home I use electric , on the road use the jetboil type cooker. The engine can easily boil water why don't we have steam generator run just off the heat of exhaust? It could contribute to the battery bank on my hybrid.

[@zafiracamper]

Yeah did look at the jet boil at first, as seen on a fair few vids.

[@andrewvickers4487]

Sold - thanks! If you're off-grid and don't have a big battery for a fast electric boil then why not plug this in and wait 30 mins? Pair it with a thermos like you have and you won't need to wait long for most of your brews. And as a coffee snob I've just learned that re-boiling water only affects the taste when its left to cool first 🤯

[@zafiracamper]

Many Thanks Andrew - your totes spot on ❤️ I love this kettle - it continues to serve me super well 🙏

[@andrewvickers4487]

@@zafiracamper There are pages of reviews on Amazon - thanks for saving me the trouble.

[@zafiracamper]

❤️ I like to think of this as an old school Teasmade 🙏

[@holly3891]

I have an EB 70s Bluetti. Should be lots of power for my electric kettle. I plan to skip the gas stove and stick with electrical only cooking things. Afraid of fire accidents in my car.

[@zafiracamper]

Hi Holly, just googled it and you’ve got plenty of power there for electric cooking 😃 You could look at one of those electric saucepan thingies from Amazon :) My 240s not enough to power those types of things, but I’d much prefer that way of cooking tbh 🙏

[@holly3891]

@@zafiracamper Planning on using a Dash mini grill, Itaki pot and a small kettle/pot for all my cooking needs.

[@zafiracamper]

Just googled that too - nice :) The other good thing is no risk from the old C02 alarm either when cooking 🙏

[@jupitereleccion]

can it run on 24 volts?thanks btw ur vid is awesome....👏👏

[@zafiracamper]

Ah many thanks Jupiter - I can’t believe how popular my little video of a kettle has been 🙏 I’ve checked on the listing and it only says 12v, so I’m gonna have to say no :(

[@Highdonicx]

And how do you charge the jackery? It is connected to the car?

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there, the Jackery comes with a 12v car charger, so you could charge it up as you drive :) I’ve never needed to charge it on my overnight car camps - always plenty of charge left :)

[@Free__Speech]

U will be amazed as higher watt kettles use less power

[@zafiracamper]

As much as I loved this 12v - I now have a 600w kettle and a 700w power station 🥰

[@goingwildagain]

A Goblin teasmade was always good as you wake. 33 minutes isn't any use I can boil a litre gas in minutes . We'll your video helped me not spend more money .

[@zafiracamper]

I loved my mum and dads old teasmaid 🥳 Yeah gas is defo faster, but I do like this kettle as have used it a few times since I made this video. I always have a thermos of hot water on my car camps and what I’ve found is using this water in the kettle; gives you boiling water in minutes :) Still slower than gas, but this is defo a good option if you don’t want to use gas :)

[@BigJace001]

lol , I had a teasmade at one point ha ha ha

[@zafiracamper]

Teasmades are so my childhood memories 😂

[@runrep1313]

Youve used the word 'boil' but (unless Ive missed it when skipping past the blather sections :) you dont say whether it actually hit 100 degrees. So does it?

[@zafiracamper]

Skipping the blather 😱 omg how could you 😂 Well I don’t have a thermometer, but I can quite happily call this boiling water, amount of times the steam has scolded me when I take off the lid are testament to that 👌🏻

[@InkDropFalls]

use normal kettle with kettle lead see if it faster ...and dont fill the kettle up full ...just pour one and half cup full of water in ....quicker just to boil less water more often

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there, I just presumed normal wouldn’t work due to the wattage? The Jackery 240 isn’t powerful enough for a normal kettle :( Funnilly enough the whole filling less to boil faster occurred to me on my last car camp, kinda obvious when you think about it 😂 - was going to do a mini update to this video with just that piece of info 🙏

[@InkDropFalls]

@@zafiracamper At home i always fill kettle with cup and half of water if making tea for just me .....save you energy and boils way faster and less on electric bill better for environment ....i guess less waste in sense that many empty the kettle and then refill it anyways ... ohh and how rude of me ..i forgot like and sub after all that .......your comment reminded me ...here you go like and sub ...kudos good video

[@zafiracamper]

Oh defo we’re the same at home 🙏

[@vahagnmelikyan2906]

I wonder if there is any 12v dc plastic free kettle? I don't like these plastics on them.

[@zafiracamper]

I’ll be honest, i used this for 2 years and even with the plastic top had no complaints ❤️ actually thinking about it my home kettle is the same contruction too 🙂

[@vahagnmelikyan2906]

@@zafiracamper hot water and plastic don't want to mix them. This will be ideal for my solar panel on my pickup.

[@zafiracamper]

Gotcha - the new one I have for car camping has a metal top, but it’s a 600 w kettle so very different this one

[@mabelhernandez4997]

I don’t think work well in the car. I purchased same one 2 years ago and never work. Last week I get my first battery power. I’m going to try there.

[@zafiracamper]

Ah that’s a shame Mabel. I had been using this one trouble free since I made this review. I’ve only stopped using it this month as have a better power station now :)

[@spacenord8618]

Can just boil water at home and put in a thermos flask and then can add water to the 12v kettle to re heat it to boiling wont take as long then

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there - yes your absolutely spot on 🥳 This vid was made before I ever used it, but since then am still using it now :) the other good trick is learnt like the thermos one, was to only put in the water you need - so don’t necessarily fill it to the top :) ⁠Car Camping Hack ❤️🚗 with @FordTransitConnectCamper #carcamping #stealthcarcamping #vanlife kzbin.info62iyoE3KsRg?feature=share

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

Seems that a Jackory is only good for lighting, maybe a fan, or charging cell phones. I would use a 1000 watt inverter ( about $50 _ with a 120 volt kettle. I think those kettles at 120 volts are about 500 watts.

[@zafiracamper]

I’d say your spot on for this particular Jackery - also laptops tho, but yeah basically small devices 😀 Things defo get better the larger you buy tho :) I now have an allpowers 700 and 1500 😁

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

115 watts is ~1/10th the power of most Ekettle.

[@RealJohnnyDingo]

it's slow, but it doesn't blow your 12v cig lighter fuse. pretty good compromise!

[@zafiracamper]

Defo Johnny, I think these are great, I use this one all the time on car camps now :)

[@donnieparrish3312]

Really that's to long to much draw on the battery but I guess if that's all your gonna use it for ok. I think fire would be more efficient. Good to know these things

[@zafiracamper]

Hi Donnie- yeah your spot on, since have made this have realised it’s much more efficient to boil water from a thermos (I always have one of those too) takes less than half the time and battery 😀

[@Becauseimme]

I expected you to sound like my father in law, old school cholo.

[@zafiracamper]

I had to Google what Cholo was 😃

[@stephenshop4946]

Is this lead free?

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there, not sure if you mean lead as in a cable or lead as in the chemical?

[@stephenshop4946]

@@zafiracamper Hi. I mean lead as toxic chemical.

[@zafiracamper]

@@stephenshop4946 just checked the listing and is stated as stainless steel and food grade material - so I’m going to think a no to lead 😅

[@stephenshop4946]

@@zafiracamper it's easy to post that way, just like water heater online and yet it has lead in it.

[@zafiracamper]

@@stephenshop4946 tbh that would be the same with anything isn’t it. Internally this looks like any ordinary kettle :)

[@2345bcde]

Its a shame car manufacturers can't design a water heating system working off the engine ! After all we pay for it !

[@zafiracamper]

Ah man how cool would that be 🙏

[@nimakhaleghy4508]

It's a shame they don't boil it for us and send it via post lol. You funny 😃, I like you lol.

[@zafiracamper]

Now that would be even better 😝😉🙏

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

Half an hour is right they just can't perform at a practical speed.

[@zafiracamper]

Hi Geaux, what does work well I’ve found since is either Half filling or even better using water from a thermos 😄 But they are defo more like an old school teasmaid 😄

[@TRYLIKTO]

Have you ever thought of washing chemicals first

[@zafiracamper]

Hi there, do you mean washing the kettle before it’s first use? If so, defo yeah did that before I filmed this :)

[@Mo-gm5zm]

That’s a hard pass. 120 ac gets it done in minutes

[@zafiracamper]

It all depends on what power station you have though :) At the time this worked perfectly for me and my J240 and had no complaints for the over year that I used it … but now I have bigger and more powerful power stations, I too have a normal kettle in the car 🚗❤️

[@RevGunn-jq3cq]

That sucks!

[@zafiracamper]

I mean it ain’t the fastest (by a mile) but it does the job - slowly 😉

[@RevGunn-jq3cq]

@@zafiracamper well, you do make a point

[@jeremycanning8934]

Well that was a waste of my time on this planet

[@zafiracamper]

You didn’t like the kettle then 😂

[@FRERABRETZ1]

That’s a fail

[@zafiracamper]

For me it’s perfect 🙏 I mean yeah it ain’t no 1000w beast that boils fast…but it works and does it’s job 👌🏻