 |  Average Rating: 4 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 11 RRP: £20 Description: Minimalist Trangia technology for lightweight camping.
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|  | | Posted: 20/05/04
Updated: 23/04/08 | | 'EMERGENCY / ULTRA-LIGHT STOVE, HATES DRAFTS' | | Strengths:
Lightweight, 380grammes, very simple, has non-stick lid for a small (very small) fry-up. Compact, doesn't rattle like the larger models. The 0.8litre pan can boil 1 pint (=565ml) with room for boil/bubble without putting out the flame. Boils a pint of water in about 5 minutes if you only part-fill the meths stove so the flame has that bit more to get going before it hits the pan. Cheap.[Update 23/04/08] small self-contained, rugged, low-cost | | Weaknesses:
Limited cuisine in the one-pan design. EXTREMELY vulnerable to any slight wind. Needs wind-less conditions or a makeshift windscreen. The flame easily comes up the side and you could get burned. The base is small so needs a very good flat surface.[Update 23/04/08] Close to useless. The base is small so wobbly on other than v.flat ground, the "windshield" is useless, in any kind of breeze must add an external windshield (e.g. from MSR) and then that risks knocking over the small-base top-heavy design.
Hard to remove, via supplied handle, the the lid when it's covering the supplied pan.
Got little in common with the v.good Trangia | | Overall:
Only recommend where size/weight dominate, and you can shield from wind, otherwise I recommend the next model up in size, the storm-proof Model 27 Trangia which is about 600grammes heavier.[Update 23/04/08] You really need to be placing weight+size v.high in priorities, and willing to suffer increased fuel-consumption, one-pan cooking, wobbly awkward.
I gave up on this mini-Trangia soon after i got, then tried again adding a MSR windshield, that improved it's capabilities against side-wind, but I still struggled with it's wobbly awkwardness. I hadn't packed a flat surface, and all these added items add weight to the point "why bother" conclusion. |
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| | | Posted: 07/05/03 | | 'THE LITTLE BROTHER YOU NEVER HAD OF CAMPING STOVES' | | Strengths:
Very lightweight, extremely reliable, virtually unbreakable, reassuringly old-tech, clean burning; slow boiling speed means you get plenty of time to admire scenery, chill, search for wildlife, find inner-self. When I first hiked in the USA my Mini-Trangia was almost laughed out of the Grand Canyon, now almost every hiker on the AT has an alcohol stove or gone even further and made their own from a coke can. Think what a great anaesthetic a bottle of meths would be if, like the guy in Utah, you have have to hack off your own arm with a Victorinox. | | Weaknesses:
Does not function well in strong wind when it can become heavy on fuel. The simmer function usually leaks flame round the side. It's quite easy to burn the rubber ring in the lid if you use it as an extinguisher rather than the ring provided (muppet). They say it's not great at high altitudes, but you have to go a long way up - try hiking in Holland. | | Overall:
One of these babies will never let you down unless you lose it or believe it'll work in a gale. There are no moving parts to seize up and when on a multi-day hike in the middle of nowhere you need that reassurance. Trust me, I once got through 3 Primus stoves lost to sand on my first ever backpacking trip. Wind can be a problem, so find a couple of logs and make a simple shelter, cook in the tent's awning or buy an MSR windshield. As you get richer and buy more and more expensive kit this is one old faithfull you'll always come back to. |
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