alco gel

[spiritwalker]

anyone tried using stuff like this instead of green heat sachets (with the aim of decanting into smaller bottles for brews with the crusader cooker) as it works out very cheap

http://www.amazon.co.uk/liters-high-performance-fuel-gel/dp/B0044LZ0RY/ref=pd_cp_kh_1

 

[Toddy]

Oh, I hadn't seen that stuff
I have used the gel that comes in tins meant to heat chaffing dishes.......the ones the restaurants use to keep food hot, sort of thing. Getting it out of the tins and into something easily carried was a pain though.
That stuff you've found looks a much better bet

If you get some, and try it out, will you let us know how you get on with it please ?
The Swiss Volcano stoves are supposed to run on wee tins of heat gel; this might make that a viable option

cheers,
Toddy

 

[spiritwalker]

ill probably order some when i get paid for some trials since it works out cheaper than meths at this price ill be also looking at making something to fit my trangia for family camping as well...

by the time i get it will be post christmas / new year so ill update and report back once i have given it a go.

 

[Toddy]

Excellent
Tempted myself tbh. Meths now works out at £8 a litre bought from B&Q and himself uses it daily in his coffee brew thing.
This knocks that kind of price, even with delivery :yikes: into a cocked hat
I'm wondering if the Chinese supermarket in Glasgow might have it; they do have the chaffing gel. It wouldn't cost me£13.90 in petrol to buy it there either.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[spiritwalker]

rightway sell 500ml of meths for about £3 a little cheaper than BBQ i found a tin of greenheat gel in my gear hoard that i was given ages ago unopened i might do some tests with that i am guessing its the same stuff if i get success then ill be on amazon to order the big bottles...i came accross a website whilst looking for bulk orders of that gel that sell kitchen gear that run off it e.g burners etc which was interesting to know that some people out there actually cook with the stuff even hinted towards restaurants using it...

 

[rik_uk3]

Buy some Methanol, dam sight cheaper.

 

[Toddy]

Yeah, but finding it's proving to be a pain

cheers,
M

 

[bilmo-p5]

Yeah, but finding it's proving to be a pain

cheers,
M

Look here.

 

[Jimmy Bojangles]

I get my Meths from my local pound type shop, £1.50 for a half litre.

Cheers

Mat

 

[monkey spanner]

anyone tried using stuff like this instead of green heat sachets

Yep.. I've been using the exact same stuff for well over a year in my hobo stove, I pour it into a small tin lid, from something or other, that happen's to be just the right size for a good boil.
A small 100ml bottle gets me 4 boil's of water, about 500ml of water at a time.
It is better than meths IMHO, because it doesn't spill, if you kick it over (numpty moment)
It smell's a bit weird, so I keep upwind of it, just in case.

Hope this help's

 

[ged]

Including postage, twenty-eight pounds seventy for five litres! :yikes:

I pay about seven Euros for five litres of meths ("alcool à brûler") at any supermarket France. If anybody wants me to bring some back next time I'm over there on four wheels, just shout -- group buy?

Couldn't post it anywhere of course, we'd need to meet up or arrange some sort of pass-the-parcel.

 

[Toddy]

It's still cheaper than £40 for 5 litres in B&Q

M

 

[Toddy]

Ian, I've just managed to open that link Thank you :you_rock:

cheers,
M

 

[andybysea]

Ive got loads of those chafing gel tins, i find it awful,cant get a good heat out of it, ive been mixing it with some old hexi's as you can light the former with a spark from a ferro rod,but the hexi's burn alot better for heating up my crusader mug.

 

[gsfgaz]

That's a handy link, cheers Ian

 

[Miyagi]

Ive got loads of those chafing gel tins, i find it awful,cant get a good heat out of it, ive been mixing it with some old hexi's as you can light the former with a spark from a ferro rod,but the hexi's burn alot better for heating up my crusader mug.

Cough **puts Chef head on ** ahem...

Chafing gel was designed to keep food warm once its cooked. As this is from 63 deg C and above, most chafing gel doesn't have much of an oomph.

Having said that, you can burn the arrse out of food in a chafing dish that runs off two gel burners as the food is used up.

Hope this helps.

**Chef head off, back to normality**

Liam

 

[Opal]

Sounds very dear, Toddy, try here.

 

[Mastino]

I use this stuff a lot. Specially with the crusader cooker it works fine, doesn't stink and the residue is easily washed off. I carry the stuff in contact lens fluid bottles or in the SAT plastic alcohol container.

 

[Toddy]

Thank you Opal

I would never have considered buying meths and the like on ebay, but that's half the price

And on that note..........anyone got any good, safe, ideas for storing fuel ? Our lock-up is a five minute walk from the house so that's out really.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Andy T]

gooutdoors £15.30 for 5 litres......instore only with discount card