Fossicker
Having recently ditched gas lights in favour of fluro or led I am now considering doing the same with the stove and getting rid of the gas bottles altogether. Does anyone own or have experience, good or bad with the Coleman ULP pressure stoves.
Swaggie
Yes, have had one for thirty years. Simple, effective, and nothing to go wrong. A brilliant design, the fuel tank packs away inside the stove and it all folds up into a small suitcase size. Only problem we ever had was before unleaded petrol buying Shellite in South Australia. At that time for whatever reason, Shellite was not sold in hardware stores in Sth. Aust. We had to go to a fuel agent and buy in one gallon cans.
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Fossicker
Brian, do the burners provide a good spread of flame with good adjustment. I have found some gas stoves to be hard to finely adjust for a low simmer and not enough grunt for a high boil or to fry with.
Swaggie
Yes, can be adjusted to near invisibility. We have done everything from coffee percolator through slow simmered stews to a 6.5 litre pot I use for making home brew. So simple even SWMBOWQ can use it after brief instruction and without supervision.
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ChatterBox
The Coleman dual fuel stoves put out a good hot blue flame - it actually roars ! and can be turned down low for a stew or rice.
The only maintenance is sometimes the pumpy thing needs lubricating so it seals the pressure in - but you can buy replacement pump inserts about $12. I use Shellite whenever I can get it - about $16 for 4 litres - and I use unleaded petrol only if there is no Shellite.
Master
We had a coleman 'pocket rocket' which was great, we used shellite as we found with petrol the pots etc got really black.
The main thing I can suggest (I know it was the case with ours) was that you should really use the pots that are designed to go with those units. They have a more suitable metal base that can deal better with the high heat.
ChatterBox
We've used good quality stainless steel billies with the "pocket rockets" ( good name !) for years with no problems. Actually the stove fits right inside the billy for transport making it a very compact cooking set.Originally Posted by Nat130
Master
Think you hit the nail on the head with the term 'good quality'....
Our pocket rocket was stored (except the fuel bottle) in our small saucepan and it was fantastic.
Was a bit of a drama using the wind shield that came with it at timesbut that isn't hard to work around.
Swaggie
Mine is a three burner and packs up to about 30" x 15" x 8" in the form of a steel suitcase with carry handle. I also have the companion folding stove stand. Would recommend this to anyone.
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Wizard
SubscriberI've got the one-burner integrated design - I think it costs about $80. I've had mine for 10 years, goes like a champ. You can't leave it on simmer for really long periods (it messes with the fuel evaporation) but otherwise does everything a gas stove does. At full heat this puts out more than the average home stove. On mine the heat control is a little fiddly but with practice and persistence you can get any heat required.
With the 3-burner versions like Brian's the simmer ring has its evaporator over the adjacent ring, so simmering is fine provided you have the middle ring up a little higher.
I've also got the equivalent lantern, which puts out a great light - good for an area light.
Like others, I run on shellite where possible for the cleaner flame. Coleman say unleaded gives slightly better economy but shellite gives a cleaner flame and less maintenance, esp in the lantern.
Steve
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