Stoves

I agree with Capt. Rightfoot. If you have to pump them that frequently there is something quite wrong. We pump ours before cooking asnd don't have to again. I bought the stove in 1977.

I'm joining the chorus here - I have had to repump mine but only if doing multiple batches, and it's a portable one a little larger than Ron's. I wonder if Richard's is overfilled if it has to be repressurised that often? I bought the Coleman funnel with mine - prevents overfilling. They need air space so should not be filled to the brim with fuel.

Re tainted food. Never said it tainted all food. Only toast cooked over the burner, and as said, not tried with shellite.

As for walking with butane or gas cartridges, they don't work properly in extra cold conditions where as the MSR is not affected.

Bit like the old "which is better, Jap 4wd or our choice of vehicle":p

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Originally Posted by numpty

Re tainted food. Never said it tainted all food. Only toast cooked over the burner, and as said, not tried with shellite.

As for walking with butane or gas cartridges, they don't work properly in extra cold conditions where as the MSR is not affected.

Bit like the old "which is better, Jap 4wd or our choice of vehicle":p

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Numpty I find Shellite taints the toast too .... prbly not as much as unleaded but it does.
My real concern is what sort of chemicals are going down with the toast an vegemite !

I can't answer your question directly but heres my thoughts.

As a single young bloke doing alot of minimalistic travel I found the Trangia briliant. Small and you have bowl and plate in one. Did not ever feel the need for a MSR unless in alpine areas.

Once I started car camping more I geared up for open fire cooking and fould a cast iron oven, billy and colaspable bbq plate/grill was all I needed with trangia for back-up.

For car camping I have a coleman dual fuel lamp, so good. Love it, and alternate between shellite and ULP. Does have it's quirks but great on economy and light output.

Recently I needed a gas back-up and got a simp bottle, reg, hose with a single cast iron gas ring. Quite good but I am going to go the Coleman dual fuel stove.

In a long way what I am trying to say is get something that suits your needs and your set-up. Coordination of camping gear is so important. No piont in blowing off a gas stove if you still have to carry gas for a light.

I know that is stating the obviuos but i have always focused on buying the smallest and lightest I could. I would rather have the option to hike with my gear, and can still use for car camping.

Have been there done that, now lpg, colman fuel one, meths burner are gathering dust in the back of the shed, I use a old pump up kero stove, it takes a little longer to start but works well, kero can be purchased all over the place, and if you run out it wil work on diesel:eek: but takes even longer to start and is not quiet as hot. Both kero and disel are much safer to carry than lpg, ulp, and coleman fuel,

Thats my six penith worth,

Rob

If I have the capacity, I'll cook using gas (lpg) stoves or BBQs.

When my partner & I are walking together, we tend to use my Coleman stove (using ulp). When she walks without me she now has a Kovea gas stove (with igniter). (It's the ignition phase that discomforts her with my stove.)

We have both used Trangias but find that when we are at high altitude or on the snow, the metho doesn't vaporise very well.