Claus Öhlsen spirit stove

[wolflore]

After another day of eating cold leftovers in my van it suddenly struck me that I should get myself a Trangia to heat up my lunch. After a bit of a natter with Rik on the Trangia thread I opted for the CO clone spirit stove. What can I say, it heated my lunch up! Quite quickly too. Thanks folks.

 

[Mesquite]

For £9.99 they're a great bit of kit.

 

[bivouac]

I was in Manchester last summer & found myself outside the Clas Ohlsen store. I couldn't resist the temptation to pop in and buy one of the legendary clones - only to find the shelves empty! Finally i managed to locate the last one in the store at the back of the bottom shelf & grabbed it. Hopefully, they've restocked since then. Great little cooker.

 

[Hetzen]

I went into CO in Kingston today to try and pick one up, apparently they won't get any more in until March!

 

[wolflore]

I went into CO in Kingston today to try and pick one up, apparently they won't get any more in until March!

I think I had the last one off the shelf! The box was in a sorry state, though it's contents were fine. No sign of instructions mind. Have you tried online?

Has anyone tried the CO fire strikers?

 

[Gotte]

It's a great stove. I rate it better than my trangia 25. I know boiling water in the quickest time isn;t the be all and end all, but it was quicker than my 25, and the design to me is better than the 27.

 

[Andy BB]

If you're desperate for one, you can normally find some bright spark selling them on ebay for 15.99 plus postage!

 

[rik_uk3]

I should be on sales commision for these stoves lol.

They are a good design copied from the Optimus Purple Flame / army ranger stove (all much the same models IIRC). Much better performer than the Swedish Army alcohol setup and would be very easy to mount a gas or paraffin burner in the CO stove for deep winter use. I do the same with real Trangia and the Lidl clone (stopped selling them but were really well made).

 

[Hetzen]

I have a battered Meta-50 stove, which this looks very similiar to. For a tenner, I wanted to take a punt on whether I can swap parts out with it.

The Meta-50 (and this stove) have a linear sloped surface to catch exhaust heat, and to my mind more surface area to exploit that heat, so I'm not surprised with the better boil times really.

Aldi did a non-stick pot range with frying pan that fit the Meta-50 (and hoepfully this stove) like a glove. Just a heads up when they stock them again...

 

[bivouac]

I have a battered Meta-50 stove, which this looks very similiar to. For a tenner, I wanted to take a punt on whether I can swap parts out with it.

The Meta-50 (and this stove) have a linear sloped surface to catch exhaust heat, and to my mind more surface area to exploit that heat, so I'm not surprised with the better boil times really.

Aldi did a non-stick pot range with frying pan that fit the Meta-50 (and hoepfully this stove) like a glove. Just a heads up when they stock them again...

I picked up the lid to one of these -
http://www.outdoorkit.co.uk/product...opzilla&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=shopzilla
- in a sale a long time ago for 50p. To my delight it fits the Clas Ohlsen perfectly, so my CO now has a stainless steel frypan/lid.

 

[rik_uk3]

Lads, pop down to Wilkinsons or similar and get a non stick, round, baking tray/flan pan, that way you have a non stick frying pan for under £3.

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

i only use my trusty hexi stoves, but do get in trouble for useing in on the beach -_-