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[James]

Me? I only have a small selection at my disposal...

 

Coleman Sportster - Fuel: White Gas; Unleaded.

Trangia 27-7 - Fuel: Meths; Biogel; Butane 

Small Camping Gaz (not sure of the model) - Fuel: Butane

 

Somewhere I have an MSR Whisperlite but I only used it a couple of times. Didn’t like it. Noisy and impossible to get a reliable simmer. 
 

Now I obviously NEED a flat pack wood burning stove to try out too 

[dapleb]

I detest carrying loads of crapola on the boike...also not bothered by hot meals too mush when on treader or boike....so this set up is perfect for me...a brew to go with a cakey or a pasta concoction.

Box says Gelert PZ Micro.

Well tried and tested and makes me smile.

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Matches for size ref only..it has built in igniter.
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Yes I am cool enough to wear socks with Crocs!
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[chrisbee]

Trangia with gas conversion for me 👍👍👍

[Favs]

Been at this a long time

Meths burners - Trangia 27 and also in its stainless steel variant.

Coke can "penny type" with welding elecrode pan stand (WEPS).

No-spill boot polish can stove normal size and 40mm dia +WEPS. 

High pressure looks like, but isn't, a Coleman Sportster - jets change for meths (way better than petrol as a heat source)/petrol/diesel. Simmer er not really, slow boil needs a steady hand to achieve with meths or petrol, (I've not tried diesel surprise surprise).

Gas burners - Coleman something with 3 folding rests and a pre-heater tube - V hot but gas hungry I think.

Coleman something else with 4 rests, built-in windshield and no pre-heater tube - pretty good but bulky compared to the other Coleman. 

Camping Gaz folding clip-on - better than they used to be but not great.

Trangia gas conversion convenient and fast - V V gas hungry IMO.

Paraffin - Huge wick type from a paraffin hob and oven range. Not M/C

Candle/tealight stove for boiling or heating a cupful 500ml at a time or for heating mozzy tablet through the night (8hr tealight reqd).

Briefcase type BBQ - kinda says it. Not M/C

 

Oh and of course my dog food can hobo stove for authentic smell n smoke in ya eyez.

 

Errr I think that's the lot.

 

They all have +ve & -ve points.

Edited by Favs, 13 April 2020 - 01:32 pm.

[leehenty]

Where do I start ? Here's the full list

Trangia 27 and 25 meths with gas conversion
Optimus Vega gas.
Alpkit Brukit copy of jetboil lives in van

Optimus Nova multifuel early type also fits Trangias above with adapter.

Svea 123R Petrol
British Army No7 petrol (Nato) best motorcycle stove
Optimus 80 petrol

Optimus 8R x 2 one unfired (1960) petrol
Optimus 111 paraffin
Optimus 111B petrol
Manaslu 96 1/3 pint paraffin ( Japanese)
Manaslu 121 1 pint paraffin
Monitor C15 2 pint military roarer 1956 paraffin
RM 31 2 pint paraffin silent burner
Coleman feather 400 petrol.

Coleman 424 suitcase stove petrol
Petromax CP500 brass lantern, paraffin.

Think that's all, oh and an Optimus 0O under restoration. Photo is the RM 31 and Petromax.

Edited by leehenty, 13 April 2020 - 09:01 pm.

[ChrisG]

MSR Whisperlite.  Agree with Jim that it's not great for simmering stuff as it runs a bit hot, but it packs down really small (separate burner and fuel bottle), and runs on unleaded, which I can siphon from my tank with a length of windscreen washer hose kept under the seat.

 

My wife's got a Jetboil which is fantastic for quick hot water for drinks but not so great for cooking. 

[TKH]

My selection is a coleman sportster using unleaded and I have a small alcohol burner. The later is very space efficient but the fuel needs to be quite warm to start it up.

[leehenty]

Don't get onto old stove restoration, it's a slippery slope, a bit like old motorbikes 🤪

[PICARD]

Don't get onto old stove restoration, it's a slippery slope, a bit like old motorbikes

Off topic a bit Lee, but have you ever worked on or fired up an army No1 burner? Most dangerous thing in the hands of a squadie....and there are a few dangerous things!!

[leehenty]

Yes, Army No1 are dangerous, No3 isn't much better, what I would like is the stainless Army No 12, but they command £200 + prices.

[madmopedracer]

like the look of the No7 but too dear for me will keep using camping gas stove till iv used all the cartridges 

[Pedro]

I bought a Trangia 27 copy from Fleabay to take to the the Valencia Motogp last year. It would cooked porridge for two  (Easy ten minutes+) on one fill up of stove alcohol. Beans, bacon, etc on another fill-up. I also had a Russian alcohol burner i bought from a boot sale. I even came with a small cup where everything packed into. Real handy piece of kit especially on a bike as it would fit in your jacket pocket if you had to for lay-by cups of tea. One surprising trick that someone told me regarding camping was a tent heater made from a terracota pot and base, heated by tea lights. Certainly made a difference inside the tent. It even warmed up socks for that toasty wardrobe malfuncions in the morning.

[SeizedBalt]

I've used a number:

 

I used the original MSR Whisperlite during an overland trip in SA. 

 

On other trips I've used the Primus Omnifuel (runs on anything flammable more or less) and on other still a simple MSR Pocket Rocket with butane cannister.

 

In terms of hassle and size the Pocket Rocket wins hands down.  But only if you can get fuel for it.

 

After than the other two can run on butane too, or petrol.  The Omnifuel has jets for diesel and paraffin too.

 

An interesting one that I liked when I went touring with my dogs and sidecar was a FireSpout 100.  It's a steel plate, one-piece, wood burning stove and that is great fun for either cooking or staying warm. As you can imagine the trouble only arises when there is no wood or at least dry wood to burn. Another point in favour of packing the pocket rocket alongside it:

 

Lazy meal on the beach at the edge of the forest as the sun sets: Fire Spout 100.

Desperate attempt and first coffee of the day the next morning: Pocket Rocket.

[ChrisG]

That firespout is a neat little design, but what's it like for soot?  I always hated Hexamine stoves for coating the bottom of your pans with soot, I'd guess wood would be similar?

[SeizedBalt]

It is, but the times I used it was either camping out of my sidecar in winter or on a deserted beach in summer so soot was soon history by rubbing the pot/pan base in sand or snow.

Baby wipes would help too.

Otherwise they are messy.

Edited by SeizedBalt, 01 May 2020 - 03:33 pm.

[madmopedracer]

if anyone has a British Army No7 or similar at a reasonable price id be intrested

[leehenty]

Svea 123R is very nearly the same stove in brass. Same burner. Army No7's getting rare now. Collectors pay silly money for them.

[madmopedracer]

the petrol burners seem to get good prices i think ill have to stick to gas at the moment as i cant justify the cost unless someone is selling one cheap

[James]

Our power is going off today. Electric Co are doing some work on the transformer (?) apparently. Time to break out a stove for brews  ... or perhaps even a ‘camp fire’ - who knows 

[madmopedracer]

anyone use the cheap chinese gas stoves