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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Dente View Post
    Love the Coleman oven idea!! Not seen it in England so had to buy a Cobb bbq for oven duties. Have used my Coleman double on unleaded car fuel only for about 10yrs, sometimes have a problem where the flame wont go from fiery yellow to controlled blue but it eventually seems to settle down. Was a bit erratic in 6k ft mountains in Morocco, took gas the second time, will be taking the Coleman next year.................

    The Coleman lantern is also ripper, hardly seems to use any fuel.

    The place where you got spare generators and ovens - any chance you could find me a website? This kit is well worth spending money on shipping

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    I got my spare generator from Rays Outdoors Rays Outdoors, but not on their website and didn't even have much in the way of spares in the store.
    The camp ovens I found were another camping store - Anaconda.

    Haven't been there myself - but T W Sands in Melbourne are supposedly THE place around here to get Coleman spares.
    T W Sands & Co: citysearch

    Coleman originates from USA, so you might be able to pick up spares from there easier/cheaper.

    Steve

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    Thks Steve, will check it out

    Another question/thought. Was thinking about putting a few drops of red Redex into the tank next time I use it, just to clean out the tube/burner.
    Anyone done this?
    (Ah, do you have Redex in Oz?)

    thks


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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Dente View Post
    Thks Steve, will check it out

    Another question/thought. Was thinking about putting a few drops of red Redex into the tank next time I use it, just to clean out the tube/burner.
    Anyone done this?
    (Ah, do you have Redex in Oz?)

    thks


    Certainly do, although maybe not quite as popular as it once was.

    REDeX Round Australia Car Trials


    Martyn

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    tried my new oven out on the weekend...

    worked a treat!

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    [QUOTE=incisor;1115112]tried my new oven out on the weekend...

    worked a treat!

    QUOTE]

    How did you find it Inc?
    Does it take a large flame to hold temperature?
    What sort of temps can it reach?
    Been thinking of getting one for a while, but have not known of anyone with any experience with one.

    Cheers,
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    [quote=fraser130;1115437]
    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    tried my new oven out on the weekend...

    worked a treat!

    QUOTE]

    How did you find it Inc?
    Does it take a large flame to hold temperature?
    What sort of temps can it reach?
    Been thinking of getting one for a while, but have not known of anyone with any experience with one.

    Cheers,
    Fraser
    mate all i can say is i was impressed..

    wife was very dubious as i unpacked it as it had so many holes in it :P

    had no trouble holding 180deg and it was more economical than i expected i have to say.

    it boiled the billy and did the cwa scones in a 15 knot breeze no worries... you can see the heat stain on the bottom of it.

    they were bloody nice scones to boot ...
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    I own a Coleman dual fuel stove and am very impressed by the thermal output of the unit. It seems way more powerful than gas cooking.

    They are known as dual fuel as they will run on both unleaded petrol and solvent. Petrol is the cheaper alternative to run these on but can clog up the jet over time. I've been told to alternate one tank of solvent and then one tank of petrol to solve any jet clogging issues.

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    Hi

    8<---------------------------------------------
    Never use genuine petrol in a stove. The refinery adds a number of quite nasty things to it to make cars run better: these are not good for your health. Things like lead (brain damage), benzene (serious carcinogen) and other more esoteric things. The term 'petrol' is used here solely as a generic. Use fuels such as Shellite, Coleman Fuel and other similar fuels sold by stove manufacturers. Most gear shops can provide this cheaply. I have tried using Heptane, which lies in the middle of the 'petrol range', but the lack of the more volatile components meant it wasn't all that good a fuel.

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    I used mine for the first time on the weekend, very impressed. We used it to cook for 6 people everything from risotto to pizza's to scones and most importantly the steaks.

    I will never go back to gas and now I'm keen on one of the dual fuel lanterns for my next trip.

    Cheers

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    No problems with how they work and their efficiency, but... they should not be stored inside a vehicle for transport. I was halfway through a long NW trip, and ours started to leak. Not pleasant. Venting as you are supposed to did not stop it. Coleman customer service later advised the petrol/solvent models, should not be transported inside a vehicle. From that point on, no one at Coleman would repeat that. I eventually organised a swap for the gas only model.
    The only other issue was carrying petrol when I was running a diesel vehicle.

    So ok, but carry it on the roof. ( yes, not the best place for a tank of petrol, no matter how small )
    D4 2.7litre

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