Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Huh? Do you mean a lower voltage? I expect the reason electric kettles are less common here is that most homes have gas cooktops, which work very nicely to boil water for tea.
Yes, the lower voltage means they take twice as long to boil water as UK ones. We in the UK also have gas cooktops, but an electric kettle is quicker for boiling water. (Seriously: I sometimes boil water in a kettle before pouring it into a pan to use on the gas hob.)

Anyway, the point is, there are many ways to boil water, and if in a survival situation you can't manage it, then you have bigger problems. Where-as an electric blanket depends on solely on electricity. (Which is fine if you have a generator with some spare watts, but that's not my situation.)
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