MSR Whisperlite preheat or alternatives - help

[crazydave]

try a tin of lighter fluid as its easy to get. or take a bottle of coleman fuel just for preheating. shouldn't need more than 5ml to get it going in this weather

I have similar issues with my firejet as it needs preheating if I run it on diesel and it gets sooty with unleaded so I carry a brush to de soot it every now and again.

oh and surgical spirit will work if you need it to

 

[rik_uk3]

Cheers guys, what's the Primus like on straight unleaded?

Sooty?

Not as good as on the fuel its designed to run on. If you have to use car fuel, apart from the soot, bad fumes you don't want to breath, and having to carry out more maintainence on the stove, there is the question of smell. Unleaded smells and takes ages to go away, using proper fuel for the Primus Omnifuel will stop all this, plus you can burn gas (standard threaded types common in the UK)

 

[AJB]

try a tin of lighter fluid as its easy to get. or take a bottle of coleman fuel just for preheating. shouldn't need more than 5ml to get it going in this weather

I have similar issues with my firejet as it needs preheating if I run it on diesel and it gets sooty with unleaded so I carry a brush to de soot it every now and again.

oh and surgical spirit will work if you need it to

Hey CrazyDave,

I'd thought of carrying Coleman fuel to start it, but I just thought it would be a pain trying to get it in the preheat cup, but the lighter fuel is a damn good idea, or that kind of can with Coleman in it. Good thinking mate, cheers!

Andy