Help to ID a primus stove please

[EdS]

Don't bother with diesel. It will burn but it is messy and designed as a last resort.

Paraffin in as cheap and much cleaner

 

[Deleted member 56886]

Don't bother with diesel. It will burn but it is messy and designed as a last resort.

Paraffin in as cheap and much cleaner

Paraffin is what I just bought

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[Big Si]

I've just started reading the manual that JB101 kingly sent me.

Seems there is a Himalaya multifuel (MFS) that burns gas and liquid fuels, and there is the Himalaya varifuel (LFS) that burns only liquid fuel.

Upon close inspection I believe what I have acquired is the Varifuel version, which is perfect for me, as it is a liquid fuel stove I wanted to run on diesel, but I might try paraffin first.

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Unless the stove is marketed as a diesel burner I would never use that fuel in a multifuel stove unless there is no other option. Priming will be an absolute nightmare and simmering will be very hard to maintain. Due to the very high-temperature need to keep and sustain the vaporisation point of the fuel. Stick to Paraffin or kero or 28 second heating oil and a good meths prime first. If you prime with paraffin you'll have very blackened pots to clean every time.

ATB

Si

 

[Deleted member 56886]

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I did prime for a first burn yesterday with the paraffin, but will be doing a boil test later using meths as a pre heat, did have a load of hand gel, but as usual, when I want something I can't find it.

Yesterday's burn test:

 

[Tengu]

A good haul.