New stove opinions and experience

[Quixoticgeek]

yup< at 199.99 its pricy primus call it the omnilight package or something.

Omnilite TI arrived at the Canterbury Cotswold today. There is no Silencer in the box

Which store did you find the one with the silencer in the box?

Cheers

J

 

[ged]

I LIKE the noise!

For one thing, you can tell when it goes out. I have more than once found a silent burner had extinguished itself without telling me.

Agreed there are times when the roarer burners do tend to shatter the peace, but you can always choose a different moment.

Anyway iit's not like you have them running all day every day (sunndig excepted - I'm impressed you can use half a gallon of petrol in a week! My 111B lasts me a week and it's 400ml for a fill...)

Well another vote for old brass stoves, the Optimus Nova, and the Omnifuel (which I don't own at the moment but my mate Pete's got one and it runs great on paraffin).

More seriously, my take on it is that the old (and especially paraffin) stoves are a bit more frugal on fuel, in case anyone cares about that. I think I once boiled 500ml of water on an Optimus 96 using six grammes of paraffin.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

I LIKE the noise!

For one thing, you can tell when it goes out. I have more than once found a silent burner had extinguished itself without telling me.

Having use a Whisperlite and a Dragonfly, I like not waking up the wildlife for half a mile in every direction

J