Rapijet gas burner

[widu13]

Hi All,

Has anyone got one of these or reviewed them? I've just purchased one and am quite impressed. I've had a search but can't find anything on site about these. If there hasn't been one, I'll review it. Any thoughts?

 

[Tengu]

Yes, please do, Im thinking of getting one

(says she who has several types of stoves and tends to go for a firebowl as its easiest)

 

[rik_uk3]

Yes, please do, Im thinking of getting one

(says she who has several types of stoves and tends to go for a firebowl as its easiest)

They are a bit hit and miss, 2 out of 10 to be honest, sorry, Widu13, you could boil a brew in warm weather I suppose Your not going to cook real food on one

 

[j3st3r]

Right here we go, i got the Rapijet from ebay, I like it but there is no way it will run for three hours, so i decided to test it out with some other cheap stoves.

Heres they are together with the fuels used,



We have the Rapijet, a Hexamine stove and an old (1950's ish ) Alcohol stove.

This was done indoors ( my prep kitchen to be precise ) non of these stoves come with a wind shield as standard ( but i have sorted something for the Hexi ) All stoves were tested with 500ml of cold water in the smaller of the two pans in my Gelert trek 2 cook set.



First up we have the Rapijet,

Fuel type, 151 Butane lighter gas 150g (270mls) ₤ 1.00 ( Pound shop )
Weight of stove including fuel, 550g
Room temp, 10.5c
Water temp, 7.7c ( before boiling )
Total burn time, 1hour 20min's ( full blast until it was out )
Time to reach rolling boil, 7min's 45seconds



Second we have the Hexamine stove,

Fuel type, Highlander 25mm x 35mm solid fuel tablets ₤ 1.99 ( 8 in a box )
Weight of stove including fuel, 150g
Room temp, 10.7c
Water temp, 7.7c ( before boiling )
Total burn time, 8min's 15seconds ( until it was out )
Time to reach rolling boil, 6min's



Lastly we have the Alcohol stove,

Fuel type, Ever build methylated spirits mineralised 500ml ₤ 1.90 ( enough for about 15 fills )
Weight of stove including fuel, 150g
Room temp, 10.8c
Water temp, 7.9c ( before boiling )
Total burn time, 19min's ( until it was out )
Time to reach rolling boil, 5min's




So compared to the others its not a bad little thing, there is one thing i would change. I would get rid of the igniter and just have a small on/off knob instead of the long on/off knob that houses the piezo igniter ( this would make it fit into the cooking pan)
The claimed running time of 3 hours is a bit over the top IMHO maybe 2 to 2.5 hours on a lower setting ( who runs a stove on low )
So there you have it, filled in an hour of my after noon and maybe it will help some one on here
Thanks for reading

J3st3r

( I have no affiliation with any of the products i have wrote about Blah Blah Blah ... )

 

[rik_uk3]

Its a nice idea, but as you can see from your results, the stove is slow and expensive to run, and in cold weather you could double the boiling time at a guess. In cold weather, liquid fuel stoves rule the roost, and are a lot lighter on the pocket in terms of fuel.

Last weekend I took a litre of paraffin to run an Optimus 111 and a Primus Omnifuel, cooked all weekend (real food like stews and brews) and bought about 250ml home, so my fuel bill was about 75p for the two stoves