“A Genuine Trangia military burner”
(& by that I mean not a trangia civvi burner & not an army Svea)
The Trangia Triangle & the Falcon Enamel Billy.
Boil Times & quantities given here are not scientific and are meant only as a rough guide for the purpose of the review.
Lighting the burner I placing the Billy over the flame immediately not waiting for the burner to bloom, with the Billy filled up to the line, a little over 1½ Pints, (900ml) @ 4 minutes in, the burner bloomed & A rolling boil was achieved in just 20 minutes.
Using 35 ml’s of B&Q Bio~ethanol, the pot did not soot up & had only a tiny deposit of beige coloured patina on the bottom, the paper barcode label on the bottom of the Billy which I had forgotten to remove was still perfectly intact & barely even scorched not really relevant, but I think worth a mention.
After 20 minutes the entire Billy was too hot to handle with bare hands & although the cup/lid on top was a little cooler it too was too hot to handle...
The wire bail which is very thin, soft & pliable had pinged off after around 10 minutes & was very hot, once it had cooled a little It was easily put back in place it may need a more secure way of attaching, I think also a modification of some kind maybe required. Possibly the addition of a wooden bead threaded onto the bail.
In conclusion: ~ This seems to be an excellent cook combo. It has good weight to capacity ratio, it’s pretty robust & The base of the Billy is not flat it has a sort of stepped dimple, which allows for a perfect mirage between stove & pot creating a very stable fit & set up.
At 20 minutes, a slow burn yes, But using 35mls of Bio~ethanol to boil 1½ pints,
Over all I am pleased with this Mess kit.
Edit:~ apologies I made an error in calculating the amount of fuel used 35mls not 10mls I have corrected now!
How this happened I initially filled the burner with a little 25mls measuring cup & miss counted 3 cups making 75ml when infact I had used 4 cups = 100ml ext 25 mls and as I had recovered 65ml at the end of boil etc etc
(& by that I mean not a trangia civvi burner & not an army Svea)
The Trangia Triangle & the Falcon Enamel Billy.
Boil Times & quantities given here are not scientific and are meant only as a rough guide for the purpose of the review.
Lighting the burner I placing the Billy over the flame immediately not waiting for the burner to bloom, with the Billy filled up to the line, a little over 1½ Pints, (900ml) @ 4 minutes in, the burner bloomed & A rolling boil was achieved in just 20 minutes.
Using 35 ml’s of B&Q Bio~ethanol, the pot did not soot up & had only a tiny deposit of beige coloured patina on the bottom, the paper barcode label on the bottom of the Billy which I had forgotten to remove was still perfectly intact & barely even scorched not really relevant, but I think worth a mention.
After 20 minutes the entire Billy was too hot to handle with bare hands & although the cup/lid on top was a little cooler it too was too hot to handle...
The wire bail which is very thin, soft & pliable had pinged off after around 10 minutes & was very hot, once it had cooled a little It was easily put back in place it may need a more secure way of attaching, I think also a modification of some kind maybe required. Possibly the addition of a wooden bead threaded onto the bail.
In conclusion: ~ This seems to be an excellent cook combo. It has good weight to capacity ratio, it’s pretty robust & The base of the Billy is not flat it has a sort of stepped dimple, which allows for a perfect mirage between stove & pot creating a very stable fit & set up.
At 20 minutes, a slow burn yes, But using 35mls of Bio~ethanol to boil 1½ pints,
Over all I am pleased with this Mess kit.
Edit:~ apologies I made an error in calculating the amount of fuel used 35mls not 10mls I have corrected now!
How this happened I initially filled the burner with a little 25mls measuring cup & miss counted 3 cups making 75ml when infact I had used 4 cups = 100ml ext 25 mls and as I had recovered 65ml at the end of boil etc etc
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