Trangia Sizing

[caliban]

I bought a second hand trangia on ebay which cleaned up very nicely and works fine. I want to buy a kettle for it, trouble is I don't know what size (series number) it si and don't know what size of kettle to buy. Any trang experts know how I can tell what series No. of Trangia I have?

PS It seems to be an old model because the simmer ring isn't like the ones on the present model which have a sliding disc to dampen the flame. This one has a kind of flip over lid with a hole in it that blocks all of the jets leaving the central resevoir burning. Works fine though! First Trangia, love it!

 

[Lasse]

According to Trangia.se the smaller 27 series has the following dimensions: 18,5 x 10 cm and the larger 25 series 22 x 10,5 cm. So you can just measure the size of fe the frying pan.
The kettle you want to buy:
Nr 200324 Kettle for stove series 25, low model. 0.9 litre. Weight 190 g.
Nr 200325 Kettle for stove series 27, low model. 0.6 litre. Weight 140 g.
I don't know of any kettle for the military (oval) trangia, but I assume you've got one of the shiny civilian versions?

I love my trangia 27 but I don't think I'd add a kettle since using the frying pan as a lid on one of the cooking pots does the trick for me, what's your reason to want a kettle which adds more weight if I may ask? (always possible I didn't think of some great advantage eh)
Enjoy your new toy!

 

[caliban]

Lasse2, brilliant! Thanks a lot for that. I haven't made any great kettle discovery. I just want to take my trangia to the beach to make tea. I could just take a flask but where's the fun in that?

 

[Andy2112]

One thing with the trangia kettles that i found out is to keep the handle in the upright position as it tends to burn the plastic off the handle and stick to your fingers. I found out the hard way and still have the fingerprint on the handle to prove it.lol
Brilliant bit of kit, i converted mine to gas with a drill and a file and used an alpine stove for the burner. Burner slides around a bit but cheaper than the trangia one.

 

[caliban]

Thanks for the tip mate. Might wrap it in string just in case. By converting a Trangia to gas are you just taling advantage of its windshielding properties?