I love my Nova's and Omnifuels, two of the very best paraffin stoves going (MSR XGK is fine though). I'll use naptha fuelled stoves but paraffin is my favourite fuel when not using a Trangia.
The Omnifuel just has the edge on the Nova because you can of course burn gas as well as naptha and paraffin.
Whats 'kero' by the way(don't go for American slang a lot, sorry).
Apart from fuel costs as I mentioned earlier, choice of stove can be dictated by the food you eat. You don't need anything fancy for tea and noodle cooking and good use of a 'cozy' can reduce the fuel bill too. I'll use a pukka Trangia because with upward of a fifty minute simmer you have the chance of cooking real food but as a static camper these days one of the great joys of my time outdoors is cooking a nice meal slowly; that way I get better food and time to enjoy whatever of my toys I'm cooking on
Now if I was a nipper again I have no doubt I'd be shaving off the grammes too but at my age sod that, put a stew on for an hour, open a beer, and just chill out
Well said, I enjoyed reading that, and think how happy I am with my new Trangia 27-4HA with the gas and the multifuel burners - I ready for anything bar a rib of beef and I'd give that ago
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