Thread: Stove and gas supply for expedition camping

DO NOT BUY A COLEMAN! THEY ARE RUBBISH!



Nah - kidding.

Originally Posted by spudboy

To be completely predictable I am going to say I like the Coleman's too, but having used the small single burner stoves I'd say they can be pretty unstable with any largish pot or frying pan on them. You have to be careful how you stir them.

We still have the single burners (got 2 of them) but the green stove style is a lot more stable and has better wind protection.

Just my $0.02.
David

Yes, agree, you do need to watch out with a large frypan or tall billy on the single burners. Probably not good if you have kids around. But for the two of us, we find them OK, with a bit of care. We spent 12 weeks on tour with only those 2 single burners for cooking- no spills.

I guess I should check out the two burners again. Last time I had a look I thought the burners were a bit close together.

We got the three burner. Lots of pan space, but takes up more space to pack away (and weighs more) too. Decisions, decisions.....

Decision made easy: Get a traditional Coleman 2-burner dual-fuel stove and a single for back-up (in case the primary stove parts get gummed up, can't keep pressure, etc.) and/or for instances where your pot is too large to fit inside the windscreen panels!

But you can use heavy-duty flashing (Al foil) as a wind-break on the single burners (but not the flashing with the bitumen coating ).

Originally Posted by Binford

Decision made easy: Get a traditional Coleman 2-burner dual-fuel stove and a single for back-up (in case the primary stove parts get gummed up, can't keep pressure, etc.) and/or for instances where your pot is too large to fit inside the windscreen panels!

You can also use the little one for when you do hikes as a side trip...

I've got an MSR whisperlite internationale for just such scenarios

I have a Coleman three burner stove bought in 1977. Never had a problem with it. A very well designed and well made piece of equipment. I have always used Shellite but unleaded petrol is OK. I bought the folding stove stand as well.