campingaz stove intterailling trip advice

[ceryni]

On another thread I've been recommended looking at campingaz stoves because the gas can be found in most of Europe. Now I know there are different kinds of canisters and stoves and what not, I have NO idea what I'm looking for.

Can someone point me in the right direction/link me to a stove which I can find gas for easily? (Got to be lightweight!!!)


Thanks people!


It's either this, (if it turns out to be suitable) or a spirit burner/trangia.

 

[tom.moran]

there was a campinggaz stove on offer in go outdoors today down from £30 to £4 was on the large size though

 

[decorum]

I've no experience of them but you can get adapters which allow stoves designed for use on self-sealing cannisters to work with the pierce type.

Like:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edelrid-Puncture-Style-Cartridge-Adaptor/dp/B0037X9YOK



I've grabbed the first link (and pic from it) that I found ~ no connections etc.

 

[nitrambur]

link here I think http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117774&p=1461358#post1461358

 

[Mandos]

just gone to a swedish army trangia and now never looking back ! ive used camping gaz lantern and stoves and while they are good they are not that great or reliable. i had alot of problems lighting mine in the winter and they are quite bulky aswell .

 

[ceryni]

link here I think http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117774&p=1461358#post1461358

haha that was my thread. Thanks I lost that link

jobs a good un.

It's between that and a trangia.

Trangia is winning at the moment.

 

[petrochemicals]

you should take a camping gas tristar as it has a regulator, as is floor standing if you must take a campingaz.

Or take any gas stove with a pre heat tube and an adapter to take aerosol type canniseters. Best thing sinse parraffin stoves.

That is if you want to do something other than boil water.

 

[ozzy1977]

In that thread of yours you were given a link to the stove that you need weren't you ?

 

[ceryni]

In that thread of yours you were given a link to the stove that you need weren't you ?

Yes and I found it yesterday! Sorry about that! My fault.
I think I'm leaving the hexi burner at home for the odd outing in the local woods. I've decided I don't like that awful brown residue or the fumes from is. Irritates my lungs a bit.

you should take a camping gas tristar as it has a regulator, as is floor standing if you must take a campingaz.

Or take any gas stove with a pre heat tube and an adapter to take aerosol type canniseters. Best thing sinse parraffin stoves.

That is if you want to do something other than boil water.

Thank you! Yes I will be looking into that, would be a good lightweight extra I can take and get gas there where I can, in the meantime, I might not be buying my own trangia, it turns out my dad is willing to lend me his old swedish army trangia that he's had lying around for ages, that we used camping round France years ago. That thing was great.

 

[petrochemicals]

www.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?...ype-Gas-Burner-Convert-Transfer-/170802713416


this is a good adapter, and the cannisters are far more widely avaliable in uk and europe.

This is a trangia gas burner from a recent thread

www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117577

there are freestanding stoves with the preheater too.

Thing to remember with the a4 cartridge is the notch in the rim lines up with a pick up tube for liquid feed .

 

[Mandos]

i personally cant see why everybody is telling you to hassle over the camping gaz stoves when a trangia will do and the spirits for it are readily available world wide !

 

[garethw]

Hi there
I've got one of these, as I live in France often can only get Campingaz... Primus Easy Fuel Duo...
http://www.englandangling.co.uk/displayProduct.asp?prodCode=327793

Very nice little stove... works fine with all the gas canisters available... In my experience Campingaz stoves aren't anywhere near as good as Primus.

cheers
Gareth

 

[sandbender]

i personally cant see why everybody is telling you to hassle over the camping gaz stoves when a trangia will do and the spirits for it are readily available world wide !

In my experience, the most ubiquitous camping fuel to be found in Europe is Camping Gaz, from the Baltic states down to the Greek islands and east into Turkey, you can buy them anywhere, from train and bus station kiosks and supermarkets to the open windows of remote farm houses.

They may not be the best stoves to cook on but they will do the job, cheaply and without hassle.

 

[garethw]

In my experience, the most ubiquitous camping fuel to be found in Europe is Camping Gaz, from the Baltic states down to the Greek islands and east into Turkey, you can buy them anywhere, from train and bus station kiosks and supermarkets to the open windows of remote farm houses.

They may not be the best stoves to cook on but they will do the job, cheaply and without hassle.

That's why I recommend this small, but very good quality Primus. A bit dearer than the Campingaz stove but compatible with all fuel canisters.... inc the "ubiquitous campingaz"... It is way better.... Best small stove I've owned..
For car camping trips I use a Coleman Double burner...

cheers
Gareth

 

[rik_uk3]

That's why I recommend this small, but very good quality Primus. A bit dearer than the Campingaz stove but compatible with all fuel canisters.... inc the "ubiquitous campingaz"... It is way better.... Best small stove I've owned..
For car camping trips I use a Coleman Double burner...

cheers
Gareth

Its also £50 more than the CG stove and the OP is on a budget.

I've no experience of the Easyfuel, does it come with an adaptor for the CG CV range of gas canisters or do you need the standard Lindal thread gas canisters?

For half the Price of the Primus OP could buy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-...385?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item485524e431

 

[garethw]

Its also £50 more than the CG stove and the OP is on a budget.

I've no experience of the Easyfuel, does it come with an adaptor for the CG CV range of gas canisters or do you need the standard Lindal thread gas canisters?

For half the Price of the Primus OP could buy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-...385?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item485524e431

Having had campingaz stoves for years... at £60 odd the Primus is way better... You'll only get a really cheapo stove from them for £18.
None of my Campingaz stoves have really lasted that well .. Primus are just better quality...
The Easy fuel has an outside collar that fits over and slots under the larger circular lug of the canisters.. they are the same on all brands. So you don't actually screw it to the canister. The screw thread just serves to tighten it down to the canister.. Very neat!!!

But they will all cook and make a cup of tea so you pays your money!!!

cheers
Gareth

 

[ceryni]

www.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?...ype-Gas-Burner-Convert-Transfer-/170802713416


this is a good adapter, and the cannisters are far more widely avaliable in uk and europe.
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cant find this link, it's broken, also starting to sound complicated? the gas/liquid whatever?

i personally cant see why everybody is telling you to hassle over the camping gaz stoves when a trangia will do and the spirits for it are readily available world wide !

I have used trangias since I was little, I was just wondering if it might be as cheap/easy to find fuel in slovenia/hungary/poland really. The seems to be a division of gas vs spirit burner people.

In my experience, the most ubiquitous camping fuel to be found in Europe is Camping Gaz, from the Baltic states down to the Greek islands and east into Turkey, you can buy them anywhere, from train and bus station kiosks and supermarkets to the open windows of remote farm houses.

They may not be the best stoves to cook on but they will do the job, cheaply and without hassle.

even more common that alcohol? That sounds unlikely! I'll take your word for it but...I always ALWAYS see confused campers walking around confused irritated and disappointed that they can't find the gas they need from stores even in the UK. When I can just go anywhere and grab a bottle of meth. (or use some of my little stockpile of hexy)

Its also £50 more than the CG stove and the OP is on a budget.

I've no experience of the Easyfuel, does it come with an adaptor for the CG CV range of gas canisters or do you need the standard Lindal thread gas canisters?

For half the Price of the Primus OP could buy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-...385?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item485524e431

yeah I appreciate the advice getting a top notch stove and everything guys but really, considering I'm looking at the possibilty of either spend £15 on a cheapo camping gaz stove to last the trip, or borrowing a swedish army trangia from my dad....I just wanted to know definitively about availability of fuel Thats what I meant by the OP, let me clarify "What has the by far MOST fuel availability east of Austria"
of course taking camping gaz means an extra cookset. Taking trangia does not.

thanks everyone.

 

[sandbender]

"...cheap/easy to find fuel in slovenia/hungary/poland really...even more common that alcohol? That sounds unlikely!..."

People drink it, so its sale is controlled, you cannot buy it in large quantities and it is usually diluted and so doesn't burn in the the stove so well. Thats Hungary and I think you will find the same in Poland and the Ukraine, not so sure about Slovenia though.

People from around these parts go camping too, wait until you get here and ask at our camping shops for a recommendation.

 

[petrochemicals]

www.aliexpress.com/item/New-style-k...-fuel-tank-Adaptor-gas-burner/1030757968.html

adapter

or a cheepish meths burner.

store.karrimor.com/karrimor-cook-set-and-burner-787083

remote stove with a preheater

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00B24ES6U/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1390975640&sr=8-7&pi=SL75

avaliable everywhere,cannisters that fit the adapter

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002AAZCQK/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

has a notch indicating an internal pick up tube. lay it one way your on gas, the other your on liquid.

But that is only if your going to do some cooking. For a waterheater, try a campingaz twister, or the meths burners.

 

[Trojan]

I been interailing 3 times and to be honest food is so cheap etc you do not really need a stove- get into the cafe culture Take a metal mug just incase you do build a fire etc.