Chris Hutchinson from United States, CO Public Profile

The brilliant retracting cable on this light makes it more portable and useful than any headlamp I have. Runs for a lonnng time on 3 AAA cells, or you can get a rechargeable battery pack.

Here are just some of the place I keep the Zipka and how I've used it:
- In the glove compartment of my car - hands-free loading, unloading, filling tires, checking oil
- In my briefcase - going through the storage room at work, finding something I dropped on the floor of a hotel room, just in case for a power outage
- In my pannier - my bike light died, and I used it just under my helmet to get home
- In the house - taking garbage and recycling to the bins out back, working on projects after dark, finding a chicken who didn't make it into the coop (try carrying a chicken and a flashlight!)
- In my backpack - good for seeing early morning or late evening trails, answering the call of nature, wrapping it around a tentpole for a tent light

I have one of these for each of my family and each car, and a couple others just in case.

You won't regret the investment.

This kettle is great - nestles down inside the stove when packed and holds your stove and handle. I recommend using a ziploc-type freezer bag to protect the inside of your kettle from scratches and fuel.
Because the kettle sits down close to the burner and inside the windscreen, the heat surrounds the kettle and heats water quickly. I usually can get 2-3 good kettlefulls boiling off one fueling of the burner.
If you manage to melt the knob on the top of the kettle by heating it over an open fire, head down to your local hardware store and find a small metal drawer pull to replace it. Check the package before you go home - unless the included bolt has break-away sections, it will be too long to work. Get a shorter bolt, use a dab of thread-locker or glue on the threads, and you'll all set!