For many years I have been a devotee of Trangia cookers - I have a fear of other liquid fuels - and have also tended to ignore gas as being either too heavy or to prone to wind. Today I have used for the first time a Trangia gas converter in my old '27'. The results were awesome. 1 pint of cold water boiled in 3min 40sec, using a 30/70 propane/butane 'Coleman' gas cartridge. I'm converted. Incidentally I did look at an MSR Windpro Gas unit but wasn't impressed with the quality of the engineering nor when I weighed it and a couple of cookpots and a windshield, pot-grab etc. Excluding the gas cartridge, which would have been common to both the above, there was little significant defference in weight. Also there was not a great deal of difference between the standard meths burner in the Trangia and the gas converter. I'm now looking forward to tryng the assemblage on a quick one week river walk - next week.
Anyone else experience of this Trangia converter? If so any advice? Thanx. John S-M
For many years I have been a devotee of Trangia cookers - I have a fear of other liquid fuels - and have also tended to ignore gas as being either too heavy or to prone to wind. Today I have used for the first time a Trangia gas converter in my old '27'. The results were awesome. 1 pint of cold water boiled in 3min 40sec, using a 30/70 propane/butane 'Coleman' gas cartridge. I'm converted.
He He He. Welcome the wonderful world of gas! -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" 95/284 5/219 c.100/300 (>900m with drop>100m )
Today I have used for the first time a Trangia gas converter in my old '27'. The results were awesome. 1 pint of cold water boiled in 3min 40sec
Boil times are frankly pretty irrelevant for the most part in real use, but they get trotted out a lot because it gives something quantifiable. But unless you're snow melting, frankly who cares?
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Anyone else experience of this Trangia converter? If so any advice?
I generally use in preference to the spirit burner these days, as it's more controllable, cleaner and more convenient.
Advice for anyone looking at it is buy the Markill one which is half the price of the "official" one from Primus!
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] dundee.ac.uk~pjclinchOpen ↗
For many years I have been a devotee of Trangia cookers - I have a fear of other liquid fuels - and have also tended to ignore gas as being either too heavy or to prone to wind. Today I have used for the first time a Trangia gas converter in my old '27'. The results were awesome. 1 pint of cold water boiled in 3min 40sec, using a 30/70 propane/butane 'Coleman' gas cartridge. I'm converted. Incidentally I did look at an MSR Windpro Gas unit but wasn't impressed with the quality of the engineering nor when I weighed it and a couple of cookpots and a windshield, pot-grab etc. Excluding the gas cartridge, which would have been common to both the above, there was little significant defference in weight. Also there was not a great deal of difference between the standard meths burner in the Trangia and the gas converter. I'm now looking forward to tryng the assemblage on a quick one week river walk - next week.
Anyone else experience of this Trangia converter? If so any advice? Thanx. John S-M
In message <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> writes
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I generally use in preference to the spirit burner these days, as it's more controllable, cleaner and more convenient.
I have the Trangia 27 but supplemented this with a larger Eurohike copycat for when the whole family goes camping. In actual usage it works just as well as the Trangia BUT: I simply cannot get it to slot together properly, I was never good at puzzles and this is a real mind job. On the way back from Durness we stopped for a brew up and discovered that the lid on the burner hadn't sealed right and the wife refused to take a brew from a kettle smelling of meths. -- Muzz Reply to [email hidden] Replies to slash will not be read.
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For many years I have been a devotee of Trangia cookers - I have a fear of other liquid fuels - and have also tended to ignore gas as being either too heavy or to prone to wind. Today I have used for the first time a Trangia gas converter in my old '27'. The results were awesome. 1 pint of cold water boiled in 3min 40sec, using a 30/70 propane/butane 'Coleman' gas cartridge. I'm converted. Incidentally I did look at an MSR Windpro Gas unit but wasn't impressed with the quality of the engineering nor when I weighed it and a couple of cookpots and a windshield, pot-grab etc. Excluding the gas cartridge, which would have been common to both the above, there was little significant defference in weight. Also there was not a great deal of difference between the standard meths burner in the Trangia and the gas converter. I'm now looking forward to tryng the assemblage on a quick one week river walk - next week.
Anyone else experience of this Trangia converter? If so any advice? Thanx. John S-M
To be honest I'm not that impressed with the boiling time you quoted (sorry!). Running my meths-powered Trangia in the tent awning on Saturday night I brought a pint of water and two Wayfarer meal pouches to a good rolling boil in just under 5 minutes. Probably about minute longer than the gas conversion took. I'll grant you the gas version is probably much more controllable (Simmer ring-what a joke) but how much of a hurry can you be in? You already have a stove that can produce a 2 course meal and pint of tea in under 15 minutes. Some folk are never happy :-)
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