Chinese omnifuel stove *Pic heavy*

[1972]

I picked up one of these (TK800A) omnifuel stoves after seeing them mentioned by rik uk3 in this thread a little while ago. I paid £32 but they've gone up to £38 now daylight robbery! It took about a week to arrive from hong kong along with a few other bits (where as the optimus trangia adaptor took over 3 weeks from a British company but thats another story...)

Anyway I just thought I'd give you a rather quick rundown on the stove.


The box it came in is very sturdy but would take up a lot of room in a pack so not much use unless you're car camping.

Here it is opened up, the black bag contains adaptors for different types of gas bottle these don't come with the stove but they were about £1 for two adaptors so I thought I'd pick some up anyway.

Build quality is good and its of sturdy construction but if you do decide to go for one of these check over all the fitting etc before use as with the one I had the fuel line was loose where it attached to the burner, just a case of tightening with the tool though.

On the Liquid Fuel:

On the Gas:

Here's a close up of the pump, I went for the metal pump version which cost an extra £8 (£32 as opposed to £24 for the plastic version). You can simmer with the stove using the orange anodised knob I cant really comment on how effective this is compared to other stoves but it seemed to work well for me.

The fuel bottle is the same sort of quality as the usual cheap sigg type bottles (ok) and the writing came off as soon as a drop of petrol hit it, not really a problem though.

It comes with a tool, two different size jets (3 in total) and a number of spare seals.

Here it is in use:

Fitted to my trangia 27, Its a bit of a tight fit but no modifications are needed to the windshield. When you pack it up it nests in the trangia in place of the spirit burner so still makes or a very compact unit.

Going full pelt:

I'm very impressed with it and think it’s a cracking little stove. It'll mostly be used in the trangia but I would be equally as happy to use it in its standard form.

I would recommend the stove but as I mentioned before if you get one check all of the connections before you use it.

One thing I will say is if you've not used this type of stove before (like me) they are pretty scary the first time you start them up . If I'm honest I'm still slightly scared of it .

 

[FGYT]

I like that might be the ultimate upgrade for my Hobo stove

what gas bottle typoes does it fit with the adaptors i did look but couldt work it out does it fir the one you show as std ??

ATB

Duncan

 

[rik_uk3]

They take the standard screw type cans of gas. I've used paraffin and coleman fuel in mine, but mine did not come with a nice box like that

Worth picking up a spare fuel line for a tenner, always handy to have.

Good stove, good value for money.

 

[1972]

@duncan
There are two extra adaptors one is for use on the aerosol type gas bottles, and the other one is pretty much useless as it appears to be for the screw top gas bottles which the stove already accepts

They were only about a quid for two so I'm not too bothered.

 

[tytek]

What liquid fuels can and more to the point CAN'T you use with this stove???

 

[1972]

Well I've only ever put petrol through mine as I had some to hand but as far as I'm aware it will burn the majority of liquid fuels including diesel, it all just depends on the jet that you fit.

 

[m.durston]

i take it that was the optimus nova adapter kit you used to fit the burner to the trangia set?

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Flip sake. I paid a Ton for my Primus Omnifuel. It does burn practically anything though. I've used Petrol, cannister gas, Coleman fuel, kerosene, and diesel in it.

 

[1972]

I wouldn't worry too much Celt_Ginger the primus stoves are great and will always be worth decent money if you ever want to pass them on, I doubt that will be the same with this stove. Parts availability would probably be abit easier in 10-15 years time with a primus too!


m.durston, yeah its just the standard optimus trangia adaptor costs about 7-8 quid.

 

[mitch66]

hi, i think it's a nice stove. if you do have a problem you can always buy 1 more and some spares and still be cheaper than one Primus Omnifuel.

 

[rik_uk3]

Diesel fuel should be used as a last resort (Optimus and Primus say so ), it really does clog up the jets of the stove(s).

This stove will burn paraffin and Coleman type fuel (again, car petrol additives are not good for you or the stove). My only concerns with these stoves is the quality of the fuel line, nowhere near as good as the Omnifuel line or the Nova line (hence why I said take a spare) and I'm not sure what jets are compatible with it; I'll strip mine down and have a play to see what fits.

Still great value for money.

 

[tytek]

Well I've only ever put petrol through mine.

Pump petrol?
Like your car runs on?

 

[1972]

Yep just normal car petrol from the pump, its not ideal but all I had when I pulled the stove out of the box.

I think I'll pick up a spare fuel line for it soon then...and maybe some other bits

 

[rik_uk3]

Yep just normal car petrol from the pump, its not ideal but all I had when I pulled the stove out of the box.

I think I'll pick up a spare fuel line for it soon then...and maybe some other bits

Good idea on the spares, car fuel will clog your stove.

 

[Bootstrap Bob]

I may have missed this but how do you keep the jet clean on this stove?

It's obviously a clone of the Optimus Nova+ and that comes with a magnetic needle that ****** the jet but I'm guessing this doesn't use the same method.

 

[m.durston]

I may have missed this but how do you keep the jet clean on this stove?

It's obviously a clone of the Optimus Nova+ and that comes with a magnetic needle that ****** the jet but I'm guessing this doesn't use the same method.

thats a good question as i've ordered one of these a few days ago. Also something else has popped up in regards to these stoves, the website that i ordered it from is offline. I'm praying that they havent taken my £45 and run off with it! only time will tell i suppose

 

[rik_uk3]

I may have missed this but how do you keep the jet clean on this stove?

It's obviously a clone of the Optimus Nova+ and that comes with a magnetic needle that ****** the jet but I'm guessing this doesn't use the same method.

Its not a Nova clone.

There is a cleaning needle on the stoves tool that you ***** the jet out with.

 

[Ozzyt109]

with the three jets is it identical to the omnifuel in that its different jets for different fuels or can you (at a push) use one jet for multiple fuels ie same jet for white-gas and gas(canister)

 

[1972]

Yep you use different jets depending on the fuel, I've used white gas and canister gas through the same jet without problems if that's what you were planning on doing.

ATB

 

[FGYT]

please stop bringin this threead back .................................. or i will have to order one