Can anyone help with this, has anyone done a test to see what is the best fuel for a crusader. By best i mean fastest boil times etc.
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Crusader fuel
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Done a bit of testing myself, boiling 1 pint of water from cold, heres what I found ..... Trioxane...6 mins. Green heat gel.....17 mins. Meths in the tray without a burner......14 mins. Will get some hexy out the shed,
Hi mate. think the hexi will be best, the big square blocks.
Not used trioxane before but the time looks good.
Not used trioxane before but the time looks good.
i use trioxane for my crusader set up tried all the rest and think this works best for me atb paul.
I did the Monkyboy stove for mine and it worked a treat. Cant give you any times but nice and compact and reliable.
Thanks fellas, might have ago at making a beer can meths burner, it might fit if its small enough (no jokes please 
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Phil, ello mate, yeah the trioxane does look good, i will try the hexy as well, got some issue stuff somewhere, i love the smell, brings back memories of bacon grill lol.
shovel reccy, thanks buddy, will probably invest in a load, i just wanna smell that hexy first
)Phil, ello mate, yeah the trioxane does look good, i will try the hexy as well, got some issue stuff somewhere, i love the smell, brings back memories of bacon grill lol.
shovel reccy, thanks buddy, will probably invest in a load, i just wanna smell that hexy first
Have a read here. Ive made them out of pellet tins too.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83703
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83703
Drink can burners are ok but all the cans are made of steel now, all go rusty pretty quick. Maybe someone knows of ally ones (what are still ally) ferbreeze cans work well.
There are still a few ali cans about, best way I'd to use a magnet. Ali beer bottles are tougher and last longer than pop cans. Pound shop ali water bottles are good too.
touched by his noodly appendage
Not used mine in a while, but could never get a boil by using the green heat, but have had plenty of success using Hexi blocks. Never timed a boil as I'm never in that much of a hurry for a cuppa
love the smell of hexy in the morning, bacon grill, apricot flakes, racing spoon round the neck on para cord. they were the days .
Not a big fan of hexi blocks. Many a night I've been sat with hexi block in one hand, biscuit in the other, chatting away waiting for water to boil. They don't taste very good.
touched by his noodly appendage
touched by his noodly appendage
Don't taste quite the same though
I remember way back when I first got interested in the outdoors, the old lofty wiseman stuff along with combat and survival magazines. Made a tallow candle and tried to eat it..... Maybe hexi blocks aren't that bad.
touched by his noodly appendage
Good old Hexi TV
I remember in Kenya one of the lads was eating some Kendle Mint Cake, all the local kids were on the other side of the fence begging for some, he dished out a few pieces but they all wanted it, so he told them to wait and came back with a pack of hexi he dished it out, we were in tears of laughter watching them trying to eat it, they couldn't understand why we liked it and a few of them liked it as well..
Crusader + fastest boil times = Oxymoron
To make matters worse, one of our own members helped design the 'cooker' (no, not me).
To make matters worse, one of our own members helped design the 'cooker' (no, not me).
I use hexi more or less daily in my crusader for brews while walking and fishing. I use the tatty plastic bcb lid. And takes about 5-6 minutes to boil with that.
i know exactly what you mean, im just playing with old kit im finding in my shed, its not in there for nothing. To make you really cringe, its not even a crusader.........its the webtex version.... The warriorCrusader + fastest boil times = Oxymoron
To make matters worse, one of our own members helped design the 'cooker' (no, not me).
