Ultrathin Upgraded Food Grade Silicone Travel Foldable Electric Kettle Boil Dry Protection Portable with Dual Voltage and Separable Power Cord,555ML 110-220V US Plug

I did not see in any of the reviews as to how hot the outside gets. The bottom seemed cool, but the side of the base will burn you. The silicone itself gets real hot. Handle stayed cool. I bought it for the rv due to folding down and uses little space. Unlike the bigger ones. Heats up in about 4 min. Bigger ones heat up faster for some reason. Will order another one and see if the outside gets hot like this one. If so will still keep. Need one for house too.

It boils water so fast it’s ridiculous! We use it camping with our 1000w Jackery battery and it boiled the water in less than 2min. It packs down as described and works like a charm, so far.

This thing is very handy. Collapses down pretty small and heats enough water for more than 2 big cups of coffee or tea. Perfect for travel if hot water is hot readily available.

Great kettle but I missed that it offered Dual Voltage 110 V/220 V and used it to warm milk while in Europe. Instantly burnt the bottom of it because it was on the wrong setting. I couldn't get the burnt milk washed out, so ended up eventually throwing out the kettle. However it burnt at the beginning of the trip, and since I had no other way to get hot water for my morning coffee and nightly tea I kept using it with the burnt area and it worked well. I only deducted a star because you have to stand over the kettle to ensure it doesn't boil over. Pretty much as soon as the water starts boiling it bubbles up to the top. But I'll be buying another to replace the burnt one.

This is really quite impressive. Most important: it boils its max capacity water in about 4 minutes. If it lasts me a few years through multiple trips, I will be very very happy. The dual voltage is invaluable, especially for anything that generates heat like this (higher wattage than electronics, for example). I haven't tried it abroad yet, but I've ordered a simple plug adapter and remain hopeful.My most significant complaint, and it is not trivial: The little instruction book is really inadequate. Most notably, getting the handle into position is perplexing. Getting it off and folded "away" is even more mysterious. However, I'll note that the mechanism depends on pulling on a really tiny piece of plastic. I would really worry about that breaking when everything else is fine, and using this without the handle would be close to impossible. So I will actually avoid messing with that handle most of the time. That is, I'll avoid folding the pot down unless I must pack it for travel and I won't even try to attach the handle in its folded position. I'll leave it loose -- in this really really nice, hard-sided case the kettle came in.That traveling case is called a "bag" in the description, but it is a hard-sided case. That was a total surprise and very welcome. THANK YOU!I've also taken to using this kettle without the lid. This is not a defect, and I need to be a little careful about the steam rising as I pour the water. But with the lid, you can't see or hear when the water boils. There is every chance that the water will start splattering when you are not watching the kettle. This is true even if you do not fill it past the "max" marking, as I did at first because the marking is not all that visible *AND* the instruction booklet did not mention it. A second problem with the lid (for me): I had a slight tendency to depress the kettle unconsciously as I tried to remove the lid, and that strikes me as even more dangerous. Again, this is not a defect, just a fact of life with a foldable kettle. So there is a learning curve here, with such an astonishing invention. And for these two reasons, I'll continue using this without the lid.The "permanent" reusable filter sounds like a nice idea. Virtuous even. But the bottom line is that such filters are a real nuisance to clean with no garbage disposal in the sink. I don't have one at home and I really don't expect one in any hotel room (where I *DO* expect that I won't want to spend another few minutes cleaning my filter and managing the trash). So I've already bought and am already using a foldable silicone holder for paper filters. Problem solved.

I'll start with the caveat that I haven't taken this camping and I've only had it a short time (hours), enough to run some tests and decide that it's worth pursuing further. First I'll answer a few questions and doubts I had about the product before purchase.I bought the blue one in May 2023 and it did come with the case as shown in the pictures even though the listing states "zipper foldable storage bag".I saw concerns about removing and reinstalling the lid given the flexible body, these seem unfounded. If I'm not careful, yes, I could smash the body and cause a splash of hot liquid, but I don't think this is a serious concern. It's potentially holding hot liquid, handle it with an appropriate degree of caution. It's not difficult to remove or replace the lid without flexing the body. Also note that the lid leaves an opening for pouring with it on, it's not required to remove the lid to pour the liquid. I don't have concerns regarding the stability of the body attaching to the handle while pouring and I can easily put my thumb on the nub should I have doubts there.I see no evidence of oily film and especially no indication of transfer of such to the liquid inside with my kettle.I saw a video suggesting it would be difficult to clean given the accordion-like interior. Guess what, it's flexible! I can get a couple soapy fingers everywhere inside it.I saw concern over removing the power cord from the kettle with hot liquid inside. Again, handle it with the appropriate degree of caution. Wiggle the plug and it comes out. I imagine this will only get easier with use.At 5000ft elevation, the auto-off at boil feature does not seem to work. I let water boil continuously for several minutes and it never cycled itself off. Use only under supervision.Performance is pretty close to advertised. On the 110V setting, my Kill-a-watt shows it draw 780W and heats 12oz of water from 75F to 200F in 2m45s.For camping, unfortunately I don't have an 800W power station, but I do have a Bluetti EB3A with a 600W inverter (this is by no means an endorsement of the EB3A - it was on sale). This kettle will immediately trip the overload on the inverter with default settings. However the EB3A does have a "Power Lifting" feature which can be enabled in the app and claims to be able to run restive loads rated at up to 1200W at reduced voltage and current. In this mode is will run this kettle and the Kill-a-watt reports that it draws 540W at ~100V. It heats 12oz of water from 73F to 200F in 5m00s and in the course of doing so drops the battery from 100% to 83%.Another option, if you're power constrained, is running the kettle on the 220V setting from a 110V source (please don't do the opposite). In this mode the kettle draws only 200W and requires 11m00s to heat 12oz of water from 73F to 200F. Certainly a better result than even the advertised heating time from some of the 12V kettles on the market. Obligatory use at non-recommended settings at your own risk warning.