Posted: 4/27/2025 6:23:41 AM EDT
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These are really an overlooked but time tested way to cook. Most think just the burner when you mention Trangia , but systems, 25 or 27, are amazingly efficient and silent. Got a 25 a few weeks ago and it has been fun cooking with it. Anyone else use one regularly? |
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Concur, a great device. "TRANGIA Preheater Spirit Burner" accessory clips onto bottom of stove, keeps stove off of cold ground, allows pre-heating of very cold stove, and reduces stove sinking into snow. Trangia "Simmering Ring" allows adjustment of flame and "snuffing" the burner without risking damage to heat-vulnerable "O-ring" in cap. Have spare "O-rings", just in case. Except in dead-calm, (good luck on that!) these little stoves greatly benefit from an effective windscreen--pretty much mandatory. Another thing to consider: If using some aftermarket "legs" atop the stove itself for a cooking vessel support, there is a critical distance between the top of the stove and the bottom of the cooking vessel. Usually this varies from 1" to 1-1/4", depending on the diameter of the cooking vessel; this called the "Sweet Spot". This distance makes a big difference in time/fuel used. Be prepared to return too-short "legs" and to cut-down legs that are too high. See this VID These little stoves are fine items, but they need everything going for them to work properly. The Trangia "kits" usually take care of most of these potential issues. |
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Trangia's are simple to use and basically bombproof. However, I prefer the Caldera Cone Ti-Tri stove with Kojin burner. Alcohol, twigs, or hexamine for fuel. Solid wind screen. Costs way more than an $18 Trangia. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ROCK6: I've done a ton of backpacking with alcohol stoves. Once you understand their limitations, you find they're pretty solid little stoves. The Trangia brass stoves are heavy as hell, but I love their on-board fuel storage. While solid fuel (hexamine type or "Dragon" gel fuel) stoves are a little more compact for a patrol cooking kit, the alcohol variants are better value for the price of fuel. Both are a little finicky, so it takes some time to get comfortable with how to maximize their use, fuel consumption, etc. Both need a windscreen or placed inside a windbreak. Of course, enclosed places aren’t advised, they do offer some “tactical” value as in low light and low noise operation. I’ve found a simple square of aluminum under an alcohol stove is enough to reflect the heat off the cold ground when in colder temps. Both are on the slow end of heating up a couple cups of water, but that’s just another limitation you learn to adjust to. When backpacking, I could normally get my stove started and then setup my hammock/camp and when finished I had hot water ready for a dehydrated meal (and as the dehydrated meal “cooked”, I could go collect and get the water filter system setup). These are not BTU-output-gods like with white gas or isobutane, but they work well for simple hot-water instant meals and hot brews. Simple, quiet, low-light, and pretty durable. I did a little testing with various stoves. I like pairing an alcohol or fuel-tablet stove with a twig burner. I also tested out the Trangia butane stove, which is pretty interesting… type Status report message description Access to the specified resource has been forbidden. Apache Tomcat/7.0.68 (Ubuntu) |