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Title: another stove question
Post by: Scribble on March 27, 2010
anyone tried or heard of anyone who has had one of these. i know its from hongkong but the feed back is good and its cheaper than any onther multi fuel i can find. i am only getting into all this and i have read lots of reviews on gas or meths etc and i still dont have a clue so i think its try first and make up my own mind. any suggestions welcome
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: Scribble on March 27, 2010
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Camping-Stove-Gasoline-Gas-Multi-Stove-S-9-x1set_W0QQitemZ120462339948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_Camping_CookingSupplies_ET?hash=item1c0c1d6f6c

would help if i put link in sorry
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: MG1 on March 27, 2010
alot of the guys on here use the trangia and swear by it.
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: chris on March 27, 2010
I havn't used one myself but I have heard fairly good reports on them given what they are. The only question is do you need a multi fuel. I.e will you camping in countries where gas or meths will be to hard to aquire if so then go for it, if not then I think you could probably do better with a cheaper gas stove the vango one j tetsed for eg.
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: Scribble on March 27, 2010
yea been reading into the trangia one and i dont think i will be any further than donegal so wont need multi fuel :( so i will go reread the gas vs meth post and try and make my mind up it will give me something to think about as i pretend to work tonight..cheeers guys
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: chris on March 27, 2010
I just realised I'm prob being a bit hypocritical after what I said about the cameras! You might buy that stove and find its the best thing since sliced bread.
If you take the pro's -Multi Fuel, low to the ground therefore stable, high power output fast boil times (3.5mins is pretty much pocket rocket times), burner seperate from fuel source you can use an all encompassing windshield (problem with gas)
compared to the cons- heavy (not a problem if you can split it between two or don't mind the weight), maybe be a bit clumsy and OTT for getting a brew on.

 
                                                     
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: MG1 on March 27, 2010
The only problem i've had with gas is in the cold. It doesn't like cold. But it'll work eventually.
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: Scribble on March 27, 2010
Was thinking of more than a brew :) hoping to do some freshly caught fish served with some wild musscles . I thought choosing a stove would be the easy part but suppose it's better to have good choices instead of bad ones . Thanks again for the replys  :-X
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: Scribble on March 28, 2010
sorted  ;D and cheapest i could find which is even better
http://www.outdooraction.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000002.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eoutdooraction%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2findex%2ehtml&WD=trangia&SHOP=%20&PN=Trangia_27_No_2_Stove%2ehtml%23a1358#a1358
Title: Re: another stove question
Post by: chris on March 28, 2010
Awesome. I have a trangia 27 aswell and I love it. It'll be prefect for what your lookin. Two pots and a frying pan. Just one recomendation get yourself a little trangia kettle, makes life so much easier for making a brew! plus if you get the smallish one you can fit it inside one of the pots and keep your burner nice and snug in there, stops any rattling when its packed away in your ruck.