Coleman 2 burner duel fuel stove

[marshall4771]

BRAND NEW but no BOX


This was bought for a trip to Africa that didnt come off.

Specs below

COLEMAN 2 BURNER DUEL FUEL STOVE

The perfect perfect partner on family or group camp whatever the weather.

The UNLEADED 2-BURNER features 2 burners, large pan support area and effective windshields. For convenience and protection, the stove packs away into a self-contained carry case.

• 21,000 BTUs total cooking power (11,500 BTUs on main burner and 9,500 on auxiliary burner)
• Boils one quart of water in 4 minutes
• Operates on clean-burning Coleman fuel or unleaded petrol
• One tank operates up to 2 hours on high
• 17.75" x 11.5" x 4.875" (closed)
Folds up into brief case size

£ 60 posted to mainland UK.

Thanks for looking

Shaun

 

[rik_uk3]

Great stove, good price but DON'T use car fuel or it will clog.

 

[Large Sack]

Great stove, good price but DON'T use car fuel or it will clog.

Hi Rik,

I understand your post, after all, petrol will create soot regardless of whether it's unlleaded or not....however...
We have a three ring version for family camping, had it three years so I suppose it has been used for a total of about 10 weeks constant use; ie brekky lunch dinner plus numerous brew ups x 70 ...not horrendous use agreed, but it has only ever been run on unleaded and I have yet to have to clean the nozzles (although I check them prior to each trip).

Same for my old Coleman Northstar and the two lanterns we still use. Frankly, being able to syphon fuel out of the car to use is a great benefit. That said, we have just got a new family wagon and it has the tamper proof fuel inlet...I may need to strat travelling with fuel cans

Cheers

Sack

 

[marshall4771]

The ability to use vehicle fuel was one of the reasons I chose it for the trip that never happened.

Shaun

 

[rik_uk3]

Car fuel is full of additives and you really don't want to breath any of the fumes off the stuff and as you burn it a residual gunk builds up in the generators. You will bugger up your stoves and lanterns quicker using this fuel than a clean fuel like naptha (panel wipe or Aspen 4T).

If you don't believe me go ask at the classic camp stove forum or the bebacklater lantern forum, thousands of stove and lantern enthusiasts world wide can't all be wrong. I've got maybe half a dozen Coleman stoves (including an older 413 twin burner) and four lanterns and to be honest I'd put pins in my eyes before I put car fuel through any of them. I've one 1962 lantern that is on its original generator because in 50 years its only ever had pure fuel used in it.

 

[ged]

This comes up so often I think there should be a sticky someplace.

Richard is right, road fuels contains additives like lubricants, stabilizers and corrosion inhibitors designed to improve the performance of the fuels when they're burned in engines. These same additives can do bad things to stoves.

Stoves and lanterns which run on petrol and similar liquid hydrocarbon fuels (i.e. not alcohol fuels) usually contain a 'generator'. The generator is more or less a tube which is heated by the flame. The generator only works when it's hot. That's why you have to 'prime' (preheat) a petrol or paraffin stove, you have to get the generator hot before you get a clean, blue flame. As the fuel passes through the hot generator it is turned into a gas by the generator and it is this gas which burns with a nice blue flame.

When road fuel passes through a generator, the additives tend to build up inside the generator (not the jet) because they either aren't so volatile or they are decomposed (turned into horrible gunk) on contact with the hot surface of the generator.

Coleman sell replacement generators for their stoves.

Now you know why.

 

[salan]

Whilst I have to agree with Rik,
I would also say that i have used unleaded in some stoves and yes it does clog the generator but over quite a while.
I don't use unleaded anymore unless I have to but They will work with unleaded.
The thing that stops me using unleaded more then cloging the generator (on a vintage stove pure fuel only!!!) is the toxic fumes you get with unleaded. If I do use unleaded then the stove id def outside witha good breeze!
so the stoves that are 'users' sometimes get unleaded but if I can its panel wipe.
Alan

 

[rapidboy]

Im not doubting that road fuels does not burn as clean as alternative fuels but I have used a coleman northstar for about 10 years and a coleman sporster stove for at leat 4 years on nothing but unleaded with no problems so far.

 

[dave53]

just athought who is going to buy it regards dave

 

[marshall4771]

Its still for sale if anyone needs a great unused stove at a sensible price

regards

Shaun

 

[ged]

just athought who is going to buy it regards dave

Oh, heck, you're right -- we totally hijacked the thread, didn't we?

Please accept my apologies, I'm sure we didn't intend to do that, I know I didn't.

Cheers,

Ged.

 

[marshall4771]

no problem Ged, at least you kept my add at the top of the list - lol

regards

Shaun

 

[rancid badger]

Which model is it please?

R.B.

 

[rik_uk3]

BUMP,

any of the two burner range are worth buying IMHO.

 

[Large Sack]

WOW...sorry marshall...didn't know my post would cause such a snowball...I only wanted to redress the balance after Rik's post...

Good piece of kit up for sale though guys..big thumbs up from me

....I'll shut up now

sack

 

[marshall4771]

Hey Sack,

No problems buddy

Shaun

 

[Andy J]

Anyone thinking of buying this stove- Just buy it! They are spot on, had mine for over 10 years, no problems. But, my other Coleman Stoves have the generator tubes replaced a few times, and I allways thought it was cooking supper at 2 in the morning, after a night of partying at Bike Rallies, then leaving the stove outside the tent to " Cool off", then it rains on the burner, Guaranteed not to work, take it home, strip it and fit a new generator tube. That's happened on my Peak1, and the Sportster. The Peak 1 is 15 years old, and 3 tubes, and at a tenner a go, it's not bad, is it?? Thanks, Andy

 

[marshall4771]

Andy thanks for the recommendation, great stoves

regards

Shaun

 

[marshall4771]

Hey Guys have we forgotten this is still here ?

bargain price, great kit

regards

Shaun