I have an old trangia 25 which is heavy. I will keep the trangia in the car, but I want something lighter to carry around in a backpack, with the intention of camping out...
Having spent a considerable amount of time looking, can anyone help with some advice...
I have never used a gas stove, but I would like something that would support large pots/pans etc as there will be 3 of us on a trip in a couple of weeks...
I have looked at the white box stove which looks good, light to use etc, so can anyone shed some more light on suggestions for a stove ?
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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.
Or make yourself a Caldera Clone to suit one of your Trangia pots (which are about as light as you'll get). PM me with an email address and I'll send you the template.
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.
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.
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