MSR Pocket Rocket V Trangia

Richard Baker said:

As for weight, by the time you have packed a pan or two for the MSR, there
is not a lot of difference between the two.

A pan OR TWO? By heck ..... how many are you catering for?

This newsgroup is getting like Trail magazine .... you know what
threads are coming round again each month!

MSR Pocket Rocket. I love it. I take one pan. I shelter the stove
from the wind and stay with it while my dinner cooks. It is light; it
is simple; it makes hot dinners; I like it.

Trangia. I was not involved in the mass trespasses of Kinder Scout
and other places. I wasn't born then. However, I did have a meths
burner in my chemistry set, back in the 70s, so I do understand that
liquid fuel can be used to cook dinner. Perhaps you had little choice
back then, before Butane/Propane cannisters were widely available.
However, we've moved on from then!

Yes, yes, I know. Get a Trangia and a gas converter. Carry twice the
kit!

Horses for courses. Gas is good. (But anyone who dumps empty
cannisters should have their legs slapped.)

Judith

Judith said:

Yes, yes, I know. Get a Trangia and a gas converter. Carry twice the
kit!

The gas burner replaces the spirit burner: you don't have to carry them
both, and then the Trangia is a more stable, better shielded unit than
any other gas camping stove.

But it's still heavy and bulky. Horses for courses, like you say. I
have a T /and/ a micro gas stove. And a liquid fuel multi-fuel pressure
stove too. I take the right one for the job, they all have their moments.

Pete.
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"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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This newsgroup is getting like Trail magazine .... you know what
threads are coming round again each month!

Yup. It always was the case. Still, if we had a FAQ for all these
threads and everyone looked at it, the only thing left would be
photography <cheesy grin>.

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MSR Pocket Rocket. I love it. I take one pan. I shelter the stove
from the wind and stay with it while my dinner cooks. It is light;

it

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is simple; it makes hot dinners; I like it.

On my own, I do the same. You can't travel much lighter.

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Trangia. I was not involved in the mass trespasses of Kinder Scout
and other places. I wasn't born then. However, I did have a meths
burner in my chemistry set, back in the 70s, so I do understand that
liquid fuel can be used to cook dinner. Perhaps you had little

choice

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back then, before Butane/Propane cannisters were widely available.
However, we've moved on from then!

Yes, yes, I know. Get a Trangia and a gas converter. Carry twice

the

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kit!

The Trangia is a damn good bit of kit for young kids learning
expeditioning. They can share the weight
between them if there's three or four going, and its stability makes
it the first choice stove.

Graham

Judith said:

Horses for courses. Gas is good. (But anyone who dumps empty
cannisters should have their legs slapped.)

You misspelled snapped,

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"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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This newsgroup is getting like Trail magazine .... you know what
threads are coming round again each month!

Yup. It always was the case. Still, if we had a FAQ for all these
threads and everyone looked at it, the only thing left would be
photography <cheesy grin>.

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If you had an FAQ for each popular subject, you would have no newsgroup.
What's the harm in asking questions (particularly those of us who haven't
been here long enough to know all the answers anyway) and having discussion
with other like-minded people whose greater experience can be shared? None
at all as far as I can see.

Woollyzone said:

What's the harm in asking questions (particularly those of us who haven't
been here long enough to know all the answers anyway) and having discussion
with other like-minded people whose greater experience can be shared? None
at all as far as I can see.

I agree. Even questions which look the same are often subtly
different because of the personal experience or requirements of the
asker.

Judith

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"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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This newsgroup is getting like Trail magazine .... you know what
threads are coming round again each month!

Yup. It always was the case. Still, if we had a FAQ for all these
threads and everyone looked at it, the only thing left would be
photography <cheesy grin>.

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If you had an FAQ for each popular subject, you would have no newsgroup.
What's the harm in asking questions (particularly those of us who haven't
been here long enough to know all the answers anyway) and having discussion
with other like-minded people whose greater experience can be shared? None
at all as far as I can see.

Quite right. Although the same general subjects come up time and time
again there is usually a different twist each time. I am happy reading
much of the same opinion / comment as it often contains a newly
discovered (for me) sparkling gem of information.

--

Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

"Woollyzone" <[email hidden]> wrote

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If you had an FAQ for each popular subject, you would have no

newsgroup.

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What's the harm in asking questions (particularly those of us who

haven't

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been here long enough to know all the answers anyway) and having

discussion

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with other like-minded people whose greater experience can be

shared? None

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at all as far as I can see.

I only pointed out that people have been ignoring the FAQ ever since
I've been on the ng. I have no problem with people repeating
questions, but additionally you COULD look at the FAQ, or try Google.
I suppose I should have added a ;-)....It wasn't a critisism.

Graham