Trangia Vs Clas Ohlson and Swedish Army
OK I recently bought one of the £9.99 Clas Ohlson spirit stoves See link
http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=74910389
And wondered how it would perform against my Trangia and swedish army stoves.
The similar size trangia comes in at £55 approx and the swedish army stove roughly £10 from surplus outlets.
Below are all the stoves packed up. The Swedish Army on the left, Trangia centre and Clas Ohlson on the right.
The Swedish army stove (this one is stainless) Comes with a burner, windshield, large pot, small pot/frypan/lid, a meths bottle and a cup or Kasa.
This model Trangia comes with a burner, simmer ring, windshield assembly, 2 pots, 1 frypan/lid, pot gripper, kettle and a sturdy nlyon strap to keep it all together
And finally the Clas Ohlson has a burner, windshield assembly, 2 pots, 1 lid/frypan, 1 pot gripper and a small leatherette strap to keep it all together.
Below is a photo of the burner units. From left to right Swedish Army, Clas Ohlson and finally Trangia.
When lit the Clas Ohlson and Trangia perform well however the Swedish Army burner (also made by Trangia) takes up to 5 minutes to start jetting and the flames from it are weak compared to the other two. See below.
Then comes the boil test. All three stoves were lit and left for 5 mins so the burners reached peak performance. 1 pint of cold water was then put on for the stoves to come to a rolling boil.
First to boil was the Trangia in 5 mins 30 seconds.
Next the Clas Ohlson 40 seconds later at 6 mins 10 seconds
And finally more than 2 minutes after that the Swedish Army stove begins to boil at 8 mins 25 seconds
In conclusion......
As suspected the Trangia is the king of the three but there isn't that much difference for the £40 extra you pay over the £10 price tag of the Swede and the Clas Ohlson. The Clas Ohlson and the Trangia both outperform the Swede by a good margin. However the Swede is bombproof and won't break in a hurry. The Clas Ohlson is lighter ally than the Trangia which makes it the least robust of the three, but in my opinion the Clas Ohlson is a remarkable 1 or 2 person stove for the money and is well deserving of some pack room.
OK I recently bought one of the £9.99 Clas Ohlson spirit stoves See link
http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=74910389
And wondered how it would perform against my Trangia and swedish army stoves.
The similar size trangia comes in at £55 approx and the swedish army stove roughly £10 from surplus outlets.
Below are all the stoves packed up. The Swedish Army on the left, Trangia centre and Clas Ohlson on the right.
The Swedish army stove (this one is stainless) Comes with a burner, windshield, large pot, small pot/frypan/lid, a meths bottle and a cup or Kasa.
This model Trangia comes with a burner, simmer ring, windshield assembly, 2 pots, 1 frypan/lid, pot gripper, kettle and a sturdy nlyon strap to keep it all together
And finally the Clas Ohlson has a burner, windshield assembly, 2 pots, 1 lid/frypan, 1 pot gripper and a small leatherette strap to keep it all together.
Below is a photo of the burner units. From left to right Swedish Army, Clas Ohlson and finally Trangia.
When lit the Clas Ohlson and Trangia perform well however the Swedish Army burner (also made by Trangia) takes up to 5 minutes to start jetting and the flames from it are weak compared to the other two. See below.
Then comes the boil test. All three stoves were lit and left for 5 mins so the burners reached peak performance. 1 pint of cold water was then put on for the stoves to come to a rolling boil.
First to boil was the Trangia in 5 mins 30 seconds.
Next the Clas Ohlson 40 seconds later at 6 mins 10 seconds
And finally more than 2 minutes after that the Swedish Army stove begins to boil at 8 mins 25 seconds
In conclusion......
As suspected the Trangia is the king of the three but there isn't that much difference for the £40 extra you pay over the £10 price tag of the Swede and the Clas Ohlson. The Clas Ohlson and the Trangia both outperform the Swede by a good margin. However the Swede is bombproof and won't break in a hurry. The Clas Ohlson is lighter ally than the Trangia which makes it the least robust of the three, but in my opinion the Clas Ohlson is a remarkable 1 or 2 person stove for the money and is well deserving of some pack room.
