travel kettle
I am a flight attendant for UAL... I love the electric kettles in rooms at international layovers... I hate the coffee makers in US hotel rooms. I question how clean they are,( all of those rumors about housekeepers cleaning them with bathroom cloths and toilet brushes!!!) and water does not get quite hot enough to make noodles and oatmeal, etc... (i call it astronaut food)...
I have searched online to try and buy mini travel kettles... they all seem to be from the UK, so would not be the right plug in for North America. Does anyone know where I could get a good, small, travel kettle?? thanks! |
not just the wrong plug , but the wrong voltage too !
Rally |
Before I picked up my Zujiroshi hot water pot (great for the kitchen, much too big for travel), I used a Bodum mini-electric kettle. Very light weight and holds .8 litres. I picked mine up a long time ago at the Crate & Barrel outlet store for $10, but you should be able to find it for under $20 ...
link: Bodum mini kettle |
Originally Posted by goose77
I am a flight attendant for UAL... I love the electric kettles in rooms at international layovers... I hate the coffee makers in US hotel rooms. I question how clean they are,( all of those rumors about housekeepers cleaning them with bathroom cloths and toilet brushes!!!) and water does not get quite hot enough to make noodles and oatmeal, etc... (i call it astronaut food)...
I have searched online to try and buy mini travel kettles... they all seem to be from the UK, so would not be the right plug in for North America. Does anyone know where I could get a good, small, travel kettle?? thanks! I don't have a Kettle tip for you but I do second your opinion about the cleaniness of the coffee pots. I woke up one morning and made coffee (I'm a coffee nut so I bring my own coffee). Instead of enjoying my brew, it tasted like someone had put soap in my coffee pot. UGH. I had to toss out the coffee. I haven't seen anyone use a toilet brush to clean a coffee pot, but I have seen how some housekeepers clean the glasses that they leave near your ice bucket. I walked in a guestroom and the housekeeper was in the bathroom and had those glasses in the sink with the hot water turned on. I suspect that the same rag they were wiping down the shower with was going to be the same one they wiped used to wipe down those glasses. If they aren't wrapped in plastic, I don't use them. :) |
Hey thanks... I will search for that brand of kettle... and I think I will def. start paking a cup and a mug of my own too. God only knows what germs I have consumed in my hotel room in the last 6 years of flying! Hopefully all the vodka I have consumed "unwinding" has killed them!
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You can also find really basic heating elements that are designed to be plugged in and submerged into a container of water. That would certainly save space. Of course, you'd have to be sure that wherever you stay has at minimum a ceramic coffee mug, or some other container that would not melt if the heating element happened to touch the side of the container.
I found an example of one here: http://www.goinginstyle.com/gis/body...id=7&pf_id=108 |
Originally Posted by goose77
I have searched online to try and buy mini travel kettles... they all seem to be from the UK, so would not be the right plug in for North America. Does anyone know where I could get a good, small, travel kettle?? thanks!
Last trip through LHR I bought a replacement kettle because I can't believe that the one I'm using was bought circa 1993-1994 in London and still going strong on 15-20 trips a year. Cheers, Leo |
I use the wonderful Zujiroshi at home!
Originally Posted by Rampo
Before I picked up my Zujiroshi hot water pot (great for the kitchen, much too big for travel), I used a Bodum mini-electric kettle. Very light weight and holds .8 litres. I picked mine up a long time ago at the Crate & Barrel outlet store for $10, but you should be able to find it for under $20 ...
link: Bodum mini kettle |
what kind of store would you find the metal "coil" heaters in ?
I remember them but have no idea where to look for them here in California , or if I was in Europe thanks Rally |
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travel kettle
Hi, I know what you mean. You could try the Cookworks Travel Kettle from Argos in the UK. I believe it's dual voltage and is switchable underneath the kettle. Good luck! Here's a link http://answers.argos.co.uk/answers/1.../questions.htm
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HI goose77
i did a search on e-bay for travel coffee maker found 129. you might go there and find what you. |
A great travel 'pot' from a previous thread. Sanyo Travel Cooker
Honestly for $100 you can't beat it IMHO.. Plug adapters are less then $3. |
Look underneath the kettle
Originally Posted by cefntilla
(Post 18049716)
Hi, I know what you mean. You could try the Cookworks Travel Kettle from Argos in the UK. I believe it's dual voltage and is switchable underneath the kettle. Good luck! Here's a link http://answers.argos.co.uk/answers/1.../questions.htm
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Originally Posted by Flahusky
(Post 18062099)
A great travel 'pot' from a previous thread. Sanyo Travel Cooker
Honestly for $100 you can't beat it IMHO.. Plug adapters are less then $3. With one of these you can get a real meal as opposed to instant noodles. |
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