Sun Kettle: Portable Solar Water Heater For Hunting & Emergencies - 16.9 oz Capacity

I bought this product about 2 years ago in the base always falls off if that tip is broke the whole thing shatters do not recommend this

Excellent well constructed product. Used this to make sun tea and it got up to temp very quickly in the afternoon sun. Second use was for heating water for some of the patriots dehydrated food and again this fit the bill perfectly to have a nice hot meal at camp with little to no fuss.

I only bought one of these so I could try it out as there were quite a few reviews that stated that it did not heat the water as expected. I placed mine in the sun around 9:00 am. I left it there for about 2.5 hours. Note that it was about 75 degrees when I put it out there. When I went to check on it, it had steam coming out of the vent at the top. I will warn you to be careful when picking the unit up at this point. I touched the palm of my hand to the vent and it was very hot. I did not check the temperature of the water, but when I poured it out in the sink it was steaming. I would recommend this product. If you have more than one person that you intend to use this for, I would get another one. This unit does not hold enough water for more than one or two servings for many freeze dried foods, but its plenty for two or three cups of coffee or tea. I plan to buy one more.

Excellent and durable product. However, in full mid-day sunlight in Hawaii, it took an hour to bring the water to a full boil. If it was faster, it would have been a five star rating. Not sure how long it would take in colder climates, but it is a great way to heat water or soup while camping without consuming gas for your camp stove. I purchased two for that purpose, one for making coffee and the other for heating food. If you vacuum seal your meals in a manner that it can be slid into the thermos, it acts like a Souvee.

good buy

6month update: shiny reflector paint rubbed off when I was wiping off water spots and fly/bee poop on One side of panel so I am now using aluminum foil taped in the concave panel as a makeshift reflector. Still works, I think as long as the sun hits directly on the tube part it will still heat up. The rubber stoppers still keep falling off and I noticed the white rubber is slightly coating the inner tube with white streaks when in falls to bottom Sometimes and gets boiled… may interfere with the inner coating that helps increase/absorb/trap in heat maybe…Update still using it, 4 month+ of use even with the flaws…. seems like after you boil to 212 degrees the rubber plug valve and inside rubber seal cap loosen/deform or shrink and keep falling off or falling into the tube. It is annoying to keep putting back on and try not to loose the rubber pieces…also if a bird, fly or bee poops on the shiny mirror and dries in the sun, when you wipe or scrape it off it will peel off the mirror paint/coating and leave a black spot…better to have a shiny mirror that is full metal polished steel instead…old review: .it works but lot of problems with quality control. I compared the first and second one I bought. First one worked fine but after I took off the inside rubber stopper to wash and put back on then used to boil water to 212 degree F., the rubber stopper deformed widen and fell off and will not stay on the cap anymore. I also noticed my fist one the stand is a bit wider so does not fold back in to the reflector panel notches so I have to squeeze together the wire stand to fold into the locking notches compared to my second one the stand is narrower so folds back smoothly into the locking notches without a fuss. The second one I bought the bottom plastic stand section fell off and I had to stick it back on and pushing in the silicone seal took some effort ( I think the vibration moving around wiggles the bottom stand off during shipping). In addition, my second one seems to not seem to close and stick with magnets like my first one I bought. You can tell from first one it attracts and closes the panels together to close, but my second one seems like just has metal pins that are not magnetized. Will not stay shut like my first one. I did not remove the rubber stopper from my second one to clean because I don’t want to risk it falling off like the first, but I will try boiling to 212 F again and see if the rubber deforms and falls off or maybe there is some kind of adhesive that bonds it to the lid??? Not sure but this time I will not remove the rubber stopper to clean it. Wish I could buy extra rubber stopper that goes in the screw on cap I might lose it if it keeps falling off on my first one. Still works I just stuff the rubber stopper inside the tube rather the inside of cap because it will otherwise fall off into the tube.

I was kinda skeptical about this device. However I was soon taken in by this simple technological marvel. I put it out on a cool day about 65 degrees with a low angle winter sun. I walked off and forgot about it. About 3.5 hours later I remembered I left it outside after the sunset. I retrieved it and took a temperature reading on the glass on the outside of the water reservoir it read about 55 degrees. I opened it up and took a reading of the water and it read 155 degrees. I closed it back up and then took another reading an hour later and was reading 110 degrees. So you ask does it work? Yes it does. My only con is the personal version of this water heater only holds about a small water bottle full. There is a larger version as well you can purchase if you want more water. In my personal opinion it was worth every penny. It’s one of those things I would rather have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

I love mine. When I first tried it I was not impressed. I thought it wasn't working, but when I went to open it the top was very hot. The water in it was not boiling hot but it was very hot . I only had it out for a few hours,

Great product, but after buying it I saw a large spike in spam from nutter conspiracy theorists, right-wing loonies and get rich quick schemes. I guess the name of the company is a give away given the state of American politics these days. Nevertheless, I recommend the product.

When i received the product everything’s look fine. I wanted to use it, I opened it and the glass inside was broken. The return window is closed now.

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The design of the carrying handle is neat, and the kit is lightweight enough to be genuinely portable. Getting the top on and off is tricky until one has acquired the knack. Capacity is c 400 ml, if you heed the instructions to leave 2" space at the top for steam. My experience, however, is that even in a couple of hours in early-afternoon sunshine the water temperature rises by not much more than 30 degrees Celsius - has certainly got nowhere near boiling point.

purchased this product a few months ago and had to rebuild the hinge pins ( Plastic} several times. Unit materials of a very poor quality and it takes quite a while to heat water and can't really cook food. I also have 3 Gosun Go Solar cookers And 1 Gosun Sports which are fantastic I've rated them 5 stars. the 4 Patriots Sun Kettle is not worth the money. Better off spending a little more for a much more superior product