What stove do you have?

[Jenna]

I used to have an MOD issue meths burner (same thing as the trangia) as a backup and found it slow compared to forced fuel like gas/petrol.

the trangia website quotes:
..5 cl of fuel will boil 1 liter of water in 10-15 minutes....

is there a listing of the different stove boil times anywhere? somebody must have done a back to back test recently (I remember Trail doing one many years ago).

[gary and loo]

Primus petrol stove, travelling on a bike you never run out of fuel, fast but a little noisy, it cost over a hundred quid but I love it!

[Mabels Old Man]

I'm intrigued. What one did you buy and how long to boil enough water for a mug of tea?
As for the multi fuel burner. What additional fuels does it let you use.

Trangia 27 UL


Sorry it's not a multi fuel it's a gas burner. Took 5/6 mins to boil a large mugful of water

[shonasdad]

I use a old swedish army trangia stove, used it for many years its a great stove. nothing to go wrong no moving parts. its been dropped, left outside all night in the rain and wind and when it looks a bit tired i just ive it a coat of black exhaust pant and its good as new.

[largewayround]

For big camping trips, with truck , we use a double burner gas stove.
As my wife loves cooking, especially camp cooking..

The smells from our tent must annoy other campers.


This is a good stove, but be careful opening up as the metal edges are sharp..


For the bike , I purchased a swedish army stove, meths burner thingie..£12 off fleabay

I must say for what it is , I was quite impressed. but very slow at boiling, but its compact size and very rugged and will burn with a gale force wild blowing.

[Jacqueslemac]

In the past 30 years I've been all round the houses with stoves.

I now have a Coleman dual fuel (can't remember the number) with the burner above the reservoir, another one where the reservoir is in a separate bottle (like the Primus one pictured), plus a twin burner for when I'm in the car*.

(*The car is diesel, which defeats the point a bit!)

[Austin]

I have a small (27) and a larger (25) trangias plus a multi fuel adapter. This is a rebadged and adapted Optimus Nova stove. It runs on petrol, paraffin, diesel, av-gas and whatever. It is easy to light, fast and noisy, and sitting inside the trangia windshield means the heat is consistent. It is a brilliant addition to an already excellent cooking system. Best bit is how you turn it off - just flip the fuel bottle over and after about 20 secs its is blowing air rather than fuel, the stove goes out, fuel line is clear and your fuel bottle is depressurised.

The only drawbacks are that it isn't fully integrated into the trangia system insomuch as it doesn't pack away inside the kettle or the pots, and that it doesn't do heating the frying pan well as it is too far away from the flame.

Trangias on Meths are good as well but very slow and in very cold weather the meths can be a bitch to light.

[miss P]

Colman featherlight petrol stove.
Very economical & fast. Use it on the bike as we always have fuel.

[Jenna]

has anyone got or tried the Optimus Nova+... size against performance these look fantastic.

nova+

burner is 4.9" x 3.4" x 2.6" and makes 9725 BTU (a coleman 442 is just 7,500 BTU)

[Boris]

has anyone got or tried the Optimus Nova+... size against performance these look fantastic.

nova+

burner is 4.9" x 3.4" x 2.6" and makes 9725 BTU (a coleman 442 is just 7,500 BTU)

It does look good and it's a true multifuel as well. Price is a bit too rich for my tastes though.