Brunton Vapor AF

[EdS]

one for our American friends really.

I'm after replacing a box full of stoves with 1 that does it all - liquid and gas.

I was about to get (well save for) a Primus Omnifuel and found as cheap source of these:

http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=428

Has anyone used them? How do they compare with the Primus? Guess quality should be OK as they are part of the Primus/Optimus group.

I was wondering if they main working heart of it was the same as the Primus with differnent stand etc.

 

[rik_uk3]

Don't own one, and after talking to a couple of fellow stove collectors, don't want one. Problems in general were build quality and overall performance, plus a worry about spares in the future

If you shop around, you can pick up an Omnifuel cheap from the states around < £60 plus shipping, even if you get zapped with tax its still cheaper than UK prices

http://cgi.ebay.com/PRIMUS-OMNI-MUL...ryZ87136QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
is about £70 delivered

 

[EdS]

seams the pump on the Primus is metal as opposed to plastic on the Brunton.

Primus it will be (eventually). Although I'm torn between the multifuel and the omnifuel. The Omnifuel seems a better stove but the multi is cheaper.

 

[rik_uk3]

Ed, remember, you can mount the Omnifuel in a Trangia 25 or 27, the perfect winter cooker setup if you are away from an open fire

 

[EdS]

Got rid of the Trangia years ago.

I do how ever have a large chocolate tin that it could sit in - easy enough to put a few air holes and bars as pan supports. Should make it possible to "simmer" 2 pans at once as well. Although the flow control on the bottle rathe than the stove (as the mulitfuel has ) might be better for this.

 

[rik_uk3]

Ed, reconsider the Trangia, even the Lidl clones have holes pre-cut to take a Nova/Omni setup. I'll take either an Omni or a Nova with me on the 30th, but comes the February camp it will be a Nova/Trangia. As much as I love cooking on an open fire, when the weather is cold its nice to sit in the doorway of the Hex and boil water fast for a brew and some oats