One more news story from the Go Outdoors show: Stockport-based gas
stove manufacturers Go Gas are getting something of an overhaul and
re-emerging under a new name, 'Rekri8' for 2003.
The outdoor stoves we're most familiar with are now going to be
marketed in conjunction with Karrimor - the same man is involved in
both companies - and are to be branded as 'Karrimor GoSystem' stoves
complete with the familiar Karrimor blue and white colours on the
packaging.
There have also been some neat range tweaks and one totally new
development, the first UK-made multi-fuel stove we're aware of, the
Flexi Fuel. Aimed at the MSR / Primus market, it has two jet options
and is claimed to burn pretty much everything right down to diesel,
though as anyone who's ever tried burning that particularly oily
fluid will know, it's an act of last resort.
Like the Primus multifuel it has an aluminium pump and there's a
priming pad to make pre-heating and lighting easier. It's also
designed to be field-strippable for simple maintenance on the hill.
Looks interesting, though we're not sure of the price.
The Rest
Most of the GoGas range continues but with subtle tweaks. The
hot-burning and stable, but heavy alpine-stype stoves are reborn as
the Thermo Tech and the Thermo Tech Pro - the Pro has the windshield
- but with a lighter, glass-fibre body section to save precious
grammes.
There are several neat canister-top stoves with piezo electric
ignition as well. Nicest of all is that the whole range gets serrated
pan supports, which are designed to interlock securely with the
ridged bottoms of a new range of matching cooking pots. A very nice
idea, and one that might save your sleeping bag from the odd soup or
custard bath.
Dan Grey
