Hi Mounty,

watch out for the incoming...boy will you get advice!

My thoughts are...remote cylinder stove (as the profile therefore centre of gravity will be lower) with a wide burner (to prevent hot spots)....not the lightest option but best for large pots.

Or...keep the trangia and make your mates carry more other stuff..like the tent/food etc?

I'd suggest the Caldera Cone, which uses a meths burner like the Trangia, but is much lighter.

Get one Cone each, then you can do more interesting cooking with multiple burners going at once, and you each get a lightweight cooking system.

The WBS is a sturdy thing, and kicks out a lot of heat, but works best with wide pans (Trangia 25 pans probably okay).  It will need a foil (or other) windshield.  Again, your mates could get one each. Priming side-burning, pan-supporting burners is a little more of a faff than a fire-and-forget Trangia.

A low-profile gas burner, such as the Coleman Alpine or MSR WindPro is also a good suggestion, again with a simple foil windshield.

If you want gas the Gelert Inferno might be worth a look, looks stable and should support a fairly big pot. About £20-25.

Gelert Inferno

Using Captain Paranoia's Cone with your existing trangia burner and pot sounds like a good idea.

Lightweight Trangia replacement?

Caldera cone. 

Job done

Simon Barry wrote (see)

I bought 25 for a DoE group...

 trusting type then

Did you buy the type linked to above, if so whats your verdict?

Actually, I bought the multi-fuel version after watching various positive reviews. The gas one (I have linked to) comes from the same place and sems to have a pre-heat loop, if you have a look at the photo.

The multi-fuel version is absolutly fine - burns gas and T4 (coleman alternative) fine and my one is a Nova knock off.

Not the lightest thing in the world.......but roars away nicely.With the bulk purchase discount negotiated, got them for £20 each delivered......

I also bought one cylinder top Gelert knock of from them...for the money fine and dandy.