Honey on Tour (Could become pic Heavy...)

[lamper]

wit did u plug the iron in ti mate ... did u take a gennie up there ... haa haa
great photo bud .....

- If you look, its plugged into the back of this shorts!

well thanks to a recent birthday i now have the money to go out and get my honey stove!
i'll be ordering shortly but can anyone suggest any decent billy cans to go with? atm i have a mil trang so for immediate use i'm dropping the wind shield and using the honey and mil burner, or wood.
my grand plan is to also carry a small frying pan, little 7" jobbie for those egg butties in the morning!

The honey works with practically any billie - I use a cheap millets solo cook kit and its great - http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/cooking/product/096167.html - Not a great answer I know, but you really can use pretty much ANY billie with the Honey. If you are getting a honey, I strongly suggest getting a Trangia burner to go with it. It fits inside the pots I have just listed and provide a great back up when there isnt much wood, in the rain, or as I use it - when hiking and want a quick brew!

where is the cheapest/best place for getting one of these stoves.

Col.....

www.backpackinglight.co.uk - the company that developed it - the home of the honey.

www.ddhammocks.com - our favorite hammock shop


Hope that helps.

Mike

 

[Melonfish]

Cheers Lamper, glad to know i can throw anything on there. i've got a Genuine russian Billie which is somewhat similar to the trang/german but kidney shaped. once all the axle grease was cleaned off (4 times) it works well.

as for Trang Burners, does the honey fit the Military burner or only the Civi one? can anyone confirm?

 

[lamper]

Cheers Lamper, glad to know i can throw anything on there. i've got a Genuine russian Billie which is somewhat similar to the trang/german but kidney shaped. once all the axle grease was cleaned off (4 times) it works well.

as for Trang Burners, does the honey fit the Military burner or only the Civi one? can anyone confirm?

No worries.

Civi burner only I'm afraid. Well saying that, I'm not being 100% truthful.

The honey comes with a trangia burner ring that fits only the Civi version. The slits on the side are also cut for the civi version - meanin you can use just the 4 pieces instead of the 6 plus burner ring.

On the other hand there is nothing to stop you using a military burner. When you assemble the honey, just put the floor base on the 2nd to last slot from the bottom - i have run mine like that for over year with great results.

Mike

 

[Melonfish]

Nice one Lamper
i'm ordering my kit later, prolly keep the trang billy for now but add a frying pan and poss a civi burner just because i can really.
cheers.
pete

 

[lamper]

Melonfish

Personally I find the civi burners better than the Military ones anyway. They come with a snuffer/simmer ring - seem to take less time to plume and are lighter - good £10 buy

 

[Asa Samuel]

Yep, the civvy burners are all round a bit better, only thing that the army version has over the civvy is it can hold more fuel

I bought this set http://greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/cooking-eating/highlander-2-3-person-non-stick-cookset.htm and it's pretty good, the pans are decent sizes but the handles are a bit naff and they probably won't stand up to hard trails, also the "bowls" only hold about 150ml so I decided to leave them out. It did come with a little ladle thing which I think is an egg poacher. The non stick is actually non stick and you can use all of the pots without needing the top honey stove plate. But the best thing is the honey stove fits nicely in the bottom of the carry case and you can put your lighter, tinder, trangia and plenty of other things inside the pots.

I would've preferred to pay a bit less for it but it works

 

[lamper]

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I would've preferred to pay a bit less for it but it works

£18 for that isnt bad. Yeah you could have got it cheaper, but for a nice set, that fit together and is work well for under £20, not bad.

As you said its truely non-stick - result!

I really would love to get an "MSR Quick 2 System"

http://cascadedesigns.com/MSR/Cookware/Fast-And-Light-Cookware/Quick-2-System/product

But the cheapest I have seen this is £50, great set though and everything you need.

 

[spoony]

a recent wonder around local woods with a brew stop.

is that local washington uk or usa?

 

[EdS]

is that local washington uk or usa?

not sure but either that is a very big Honey stove or a very small giraffe that is wading in the river, behind the stove

 

[nsp]

chopwell woods, tyne and wear

 

[harryhawk]

not sure but either that is a very big Honey stove or a very small giraffe that is wading in the river, behind the stove

Under-water, under-cover giraffe at that. Good spot

 

[neilwragg]

We spent a wet weekend on the Wye and, amongst many other gastronomic gadgets, the Honey was in action cooking this lot...

stir fry for the fajitas....

and on another (drier) camping canoe trip

but before breakfast the most important meal of the day, coffee.

 

[gsfgaz]

We spent a wet weekend on the Wye and, amongst many other gastronomic gadgets, the Honey was in action cooking this lot...

stir fry for the fajitas....

and on another (drier) camping canoe trip

but before breakfast the most important meal of the day, coffee.

no pictures mate ..

 

[Asa Samuel]

no pictures mate ..

strange, I saw them earlier but now they're gone!

 

[gsfgaz]

definitely gone

 

[neilwragg]

The ISP in the US that hosts my websites, and thereby the above images, has been hacked (it is Thanksgiving Day an' all) so hopefully the pics will be up when they've assasinated those responsible...

 

[some like it cold]

hope so the wye runs close by here and would like some pics of it p

if i wasnt at work from before it gets light til after it gets dark i'd go and look myself

 

[neilwragg]

hope so the wye runs close by here and would like some pics of it p

Well it was pretty high and fast when we got there on Friday eve, it dropped about 4ft by Sat morning then rose the same again by the time we had paddled back to the campsite on Sat afternoon.

I was in the tent, my view wasnt as gratifying as......

 

[Podcast Bob]

And the winner of this months 'Show me Your Honey' is ....

NSP!!!

As mentioned on the first page, if people don't mind, I am gathering some of these photos showing the Honey in use for promotional purposes on the website and occasional Bushcraft Mag ad. By return the least I can do is reward the Honey user with a token of my appreciation.

So if NSP would like to drop me a PM with his address on it, I'll send off a leather bushcraft bag to him in time for Crimble.

Really enjoy seeing you guys use it in so many different places. Anyone roasted chestnuts on it yet this year? Makes 'em extra tasty it does!!

 

[lamper]

Damn it, I knew I should have taken my Honey to Everest with me!