Toby,
I have an old goretex bivi but superseded it with a double hooped one which I have used regularly. I have just had a seam tear repaired and slept in it at the weekend. My sleeping bag was damp at the bottom from a tent the night before but it came out dry after a night in the bivi...
Priming with meths was much better but the real answer was to bend the fuel pipe so it is properly in the flame both for priming and when cooking (according to some pictures from Primus). The omnifuel is better at priming but with care paraffin primes this stove reasonably well. The main...
I'm using paraffin on the fibreglass wad to prime it as I do with the ominfuel. Primus have suggested trying ethanol so I'll give that a go tonight. They have also suggested using different fuel so I may need to blend the paraffin with some petrol.
Any other suggestions are welcome, I don't...
I have a Primus Etapower MF and tried using Paraffin with it but can't get it to work properly yet. The heating coil doesn't seem to be vapourising the paraffin properly so the flame turns yellow and the burner floods. I have contacted Primus for some advice because the reviews I have found had...
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