AndyCook
Well-Known Member
Well...a rambling about stoves,
for our Spain trip we took
A meths Trangia
A MSR Whisperlite multi-fuel stove
An old Epi-gas stove
Pros and cons of all.
The Epi-gas stove was quick to setup for a brew, but we only had 2-partially used gas canisters, and could we find replacements in spain/france, tried lots of shops, and only saw one shop supplying them - on display on window, but shop was closed....
Coleman took over Epigas i believe, so coleman cylinders compatible. but rare in france/spain
MSR whisperlite, bit of faff to setup for quick brew, but compact and super-fast boiling time, faster than a jetboil i think. We even ran it off BBQ lighter fluid, and coleman fuel, also works on unleaded petrol
very hard to set it on a low burn though for simmering....
MSR great for hiking and sea kayaking though - our primary role for it
Trangia, slow on meths to boil a big pan, but reliable and easier to simmer things,
Thinking of getting one of these "kitchen" type stoves, either single or dual-burner,
like the Campingaz kitchen/chef range or the smaller Bistro single burner
dual burner more likely, as handy to have two rings when cooking up dinner
we used trangia and MSR in spain, bit of hassle
Advantage of campinggaz - is we saw the cylinders everywhere in France/Spain - the larger refillable cylinders and smaller screw on ones. However, i dont recall seeing "aerosol" style cylinders that the Bistro Stove uses?
mayble less common in Europe than UK
I also like coleman stoves, have a petrol lamp, and used petrol stove in passed. but not so keen on their gas cookers due to lack of outlets in Europe selling the refills! -
for our Spain trip we took
A meths Trangia
A MSR Whisperlite multi-fuel stove
An old Epi-gas stove
Pros and cons of all.
The Epi-gas stove was quick to setup for a brew, but we only had 2-partially used gas canisters, and could we find replacements in spain/france, tried lots of shops, and only saw one shop supplying them - on display on window, but shop was closed....
Coleman took over Epigas i believe, so coleman cylinders compatible. but rare in france/spain
MSR whisperlite, bit of faff to setup for quick brew, but compact and super-fast boiling time, faster than a jetboil i think. We even ran it off BBQ lighter fluid, and coleman fuel, also works on unleaded petrol
very hard to set it on a low burn though for simmering....
MSR great for hiking and sea kayaking though - our primary role for it
Trangia, slow on meths to boil a big pan, but reliable and easier to simmer things,
Thinking of getting one of these "kitchen" type stoves, either single or dual-burner,
like the Campingaz kitchen/chef range or the smaller Bistro single burner
dual burner more likely, as handy to have two rings when cooking up dinner
we used trangia and MSR in spain, bit of hassle
Advantage of campinggaz - is we saw the cylinders everywhere in France/Spain - the larger refillable cylinders and smaller screw on ones. However, i dont recall seeing "aerosol" style cylinders that the Bistro Stove uses?
mayble less common in Europe than UK
I also like coleman stoves, have a petrol lamp, and used petrol stove in passed. but not so keen on their gas cookers due to lack of outlets in Europe selling the refills! -