Multifuel Stoves - Anyone Got One?

[Scribble]

The supplier (PlusCity) is getting a reasonable reputation on other forums (isnt that forai) and I have bought several bits from them - a pocket rocket clone for £5 delivered, the multi-fuel stove (I actually bought 30 of them for a DoE group, hence the price - they were used as gas/multifuel conversions for Trangias).

Their stuff seems to be made by FireMaple which seems to supply many of the "names"

bump , I am thinking of getting one of these of fleabay but not sure if I really need one as all I will be doing is walking in mournes and coast , should I just go for a gas stove or are the benifits of the multifuel worth the few extra ££

Cheers 

[chris]

The supplier (PlusCity) is getting a reasonable reputation on other forums (isnt that forai) and I have bought several bits from them - a pocket rocket clone for £5 delivered, the multi-fuel stove (I actually bought 30 of them for a DoE group, hence the price - they were used as gas/multifuel conversions for Trangias).

Their stuff seems to be made by FireMaple which seems to supply many of the "names"

bump , I am thinking of getting one of these of fleabay but not sure if I really need one as all I will be doing is walking in mournes and coast , should I just go for a gas stove or are the benifits of the multifuel worth the few extra ££

Cheers 

For what you'll be using it for multi fuel is (imho) not worth it. Don't get me wrong multi fuels have their place but its not in the mournes!

[Scribble]

Cheers will get another off there knock offs and it also weighs less

[Simon Barry]

Tend to agree.  Multifuel sounds great...but in practice you'll hardly ever use anything except gas.  If you are thinking of winter camping, you may wish to consider a remote cylinder gas stove with a pre-heat facility - allows for liquid feeding the gas and much improved performance when frosty.  Its really only if you are winter camping a lot (or in very cold conditions) that the multifuel option comes to its own.

[Dowser]

Tend to agree.  Multifuel sounds great...but in practice you'll hardly ever use anything except gas.  If you are thinking of winter camping, you may wish to consider a remote cylinder gas stove with a pre-heat facility - allows for liquid feeding the gas and much improved performance when frosty.

I decided to go for the Primus MultiFuel and having experimented with all the different fuels I have settled on the Primus Power Fuel (White Gas).  I don't think I will ever use a gas cylinder on it.  There's just no need unless I get caught out sometime with no Power Fuel, which is very inexpensive I must add.  I plan to camp all year round and I now have the peace of mind that if there is a bit of a fall in temperature I'm not gonna be struggling to get a gas stove to boil some water.  The MultiFuel is fairly immune to windy conditions and I don't know a single stove that can boil water as fast as it.  The heat produced is also very consistant and adjustable making more complex meals, other than super noodles, extremely easy to produce.

The Burner itself fits neatly inside my trangia pots and weighs very little.  Okay, you have to carry a fuel bottle too, but for short trips you really don't need that much (0.5lt).  With the fuel being in a bottle that you can open it's also very easy to see how much you have got left and can ration it so much easier if needs be.  I don't know how many time a gas bottle has run out on me unexpectedly and I usually found myself carrying two just in case (adding extra weight to my kit).

I know a lot of people hate the idea of the MultiFuel and I'm not exactly sure why that is.  Yes, it's a bit more expensive than gas stoves but they are not hundreds of pounds.

I think the Primus Multifuel is awsome for so many reasons and have yet to discover a negative, but each to thier own.  I've said it before in other posts... go with whatever equipment you feel comfortable with.  It's you that has to carry it after all!