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I've heard stories of people boiling weird things like underwear in hotel kettles so I don't trust them anymore because I'm paranoid...
That said I use https://a.co/d/3SzUQ4Z
It's slightly larger and doesn't have temp control but boils a decent amount of water and supports both 120/240v so I just stuff it full of things when I pack it.
I know people piss in them thats for sure, and at the very least water is allowed to stand in them far longer than I would allow with my own kettle, I cannot stand stale tasting water residue.
Well there's a story I would have been better off not hearing, but at least they are boiled I guess! That's really not good for your undies BTW. I usually run a batch of tap water through the kettle and then wipe it down to descale it a bit. I don't care about temp controls too much. Most of these kettles start dropping temp pretty quickly and you lose 7F with the mellow drip so I just go about 30s off boil. I also like light roasts so this higher temp works out.