The 'I hate Trangia cookers' thread, a thread for Trangia haters.
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Trangias are OK... But I prefer home-made penny-stoves - my favourite one at the moment is made of Red Bull cans, and is tiny and light. Or a stick-fire in a hobo-stove or my Evernew DX (which a Red Bull penny-stove fits in); I find the processing of sticks therapeutic, and a part of a more 'complete' experience.
Horses for courses, I s'pose. But I personally like a cooking system that's small, light, and gives me a few fuel options, just in case I'm feeling lazy, or there's no availability of sticks and twigs.
Horses for courses, I s'pose. But I personally like a cooking system that's small, light, and gives me a few fuel options, just in case I'm feeling lazy, or there's no availability of sticks and twigs.
I like my trangias for more elaborate cooking as they have a reletivly wide base, but when I'm backpacking I use my gas stove and MSR titanium mug, or sometimes my crusader set with hexamine and ali lid. Doesnt seem to be many haters in this thread lol.
I'm a convert to the SAT - brilliant piece of kit if a wee bit bulky, haven't used my dixies (mess tins) for ages now.
Liam
Liam
I'll add my vote to the trangia-hater list ;-)
I tend to use either a white-gas fueled pressure stove or my Liard firebox.
I remember when I was 15 or so doing DofE hikes and ending up with food tasting / smelling of meths. My main problem with them is that they are messy and it's difficult to control the temperature adequately. My pressure stove also performed admirably at 10k feet in the snow.
I tend to use either a white-gas fueled pressure stove or my Liard firebox.
I remember when I was 15 or so doing DofE hikes and ending up with food tasting / smelling of meths. My main problem with them is that they are messy and it's difficult to control the temperature adequately. My pressure stove also performed admirably at 10k feet in the snow.
You mean the Swedish Army Alcohol Cookset (SAAC) which in a minority of cases uses a burner made by Trangia but in fact the sets poor design is nothing to do with Trangia. Please, never confuse them with the real thing. At best the SAAC is a good set of pans for a fire with an alcohol burner as backup.
So even though the swedish army cooker uses a trangia burner, it isnt a rangia? Interesting.
I've just picked up some old Trangia stoves from my scout group that want a bit of a clean, they seem pretty decent considering they've been in a shed for 30+ years.
I've just picked up some old Trangia stoves from my scout group that want a bit of a clean, they seem pretty decent considering they've been in a shed for 30+ years.
Trangia made some, by no means the majority of the burners and the burner design of the SAAC is poorer in performance than the traditional Trangia burner; so no, they are not 'real' Trangia's.
Ahh evernew , I be a convert, fuel is dead cheap here and to buy a gas canaster I have to travel 30km but every little corner shop in these parts seems to stock meths for home cleaning use
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It depends really for me, if i'm going solo i'll use the jetboil and carry a remote if its cold so i can invert the gas. I'll just live off boil in bag meals. If i take my little un then i tend to cook meals and the trangia is perfect for it.
couldn't help but revive this thread sorry.
couldn't help but revive this thread sorry.
That's not living. Its cruel and unusual punishment. You may as well just live on Pot Noodles at home.
Another voice in the wilderness but I've never been a Trangia fan.
Back in my youth I was attracted by the cheap running costs and the stability but the weight, bulk and general lack of controllability put me right off, especially after trying to cook a christmas dinner on one on the summit of Cadair Idris.
Now I use a pocket rocket and titanium mug with a homemade wind shield if I'm backpacking or an msr (dragonfly?) gas stove for base camp use. Much more controllable and significantly lighter and less bulky in a pack.
Yes the fuel is more expensive but two of us managed on two 250 gas canisters for 16 days cooking. That equates to a fiver.
We do use Trangias for D of E groups but that is because they are bombproof and the kids are really heavyhanded!
Back in my youth I was attracted by the cheap running costs and the stability but the weight, bulk and general lack of controllability put me right off, especially after trying to cook a christmas dinner on one on the summit of Cadair Idris.
Now I use a pocket rocket and titanium mug with a homemade wind shield if I'm backpacking or an msr (dragonfly?) gas stove for base camp use. Much more controllable and significantly lighter and less bulky in a pack.
Yes the fuel is more expensive but two of us managed on two 250 gas canisters for 16 days cooking. That equates to a fiver.
We do use Trangias for D of E groups but that is because they are bombproof and the kids are really heavyhanded!
Fair play. I love cooking - I'm on my own today and made sweet and sour from scratch - starting with red peppers, chillis and pineapple juice. Never done that on a camp fire - but lemon chicken from scratch has been done
I'm just a greedy sod
I really like my Trangia stove; I just can't come up with a use for it. It is heavy for an alcohol stove, and doesn't put out enough heat to compete with other types of stoves. Trying to melt snow with one is just torture.
Started my camping "career" with Trangia 25 but as I mainly went solo I swithched to Mini-Trangia due to weight. Always liked both of them. I switched to gas stoves because a three week solo trip requires a gallon of meths.
Nowdays I mainly go mith my wife and daughter and we use a multi-fuel stove with either gas or lamp oil. On occasional solo-trip I take something else depending on mood (Esbit, wood gas stove, titanium meth burner, ...).
Nowdays I mainly go mith my wife and daughter and we use a multi-fuel stove with either gas or lamp oil. On occasional solo-trip I take something else depending on mood (Esbit, wood gas stove, titanium meth burner, ...).
Not multifuel but I am loving my campingaz camp stove. Works as described and I'm in the process of making a modification to turn it into a lantern also.
I found wood gasification stoves to be good efficient stoves also.
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I found wood gasification stoves to be good efficient stoves also.
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