Another question please

[Steve]

That's a difficult question NR, the Berkefeld is a great purchase, but of little use if you have no water to put into it, so perhaps an IBC trumps it.

Realistically, the two tons of coal I bought in Autumn is probably my best purchase this year. It's mundane, but it will allow me to heat the home, boil water, cook food. I prefer to burn wood, but when the chips are down coal is guaranteed to work, it doesn't rot or get waterlogged, and it produces a hell of a lot of heat.