Which Trangia cook set finish?

[ateallthepies]

On my wish list is a Trangia cook set but I am unsure of what surface finish will be best? The options as far as I know are plain Aluminium, non-stick and hard-anodized.

I probably would look at getting one of the last two options and do like stuff not sticking to pans but does HA have any pro's over the Teflon?

Cheers,

Steve.

 

[beamdune]

The hard anodized pan are also ultralight (UL-HA) - not sure if the non-stick ones are.

If you look at the specs on the trangia site, the UL-HA sets come in lighter than their counterparts with non-stick pans.

865g vs 980g for the set with 2 pans plus frypan (no kettle) so not much lighter really

The hard anodized is sexy (with a price tag to match)

 

[rik_uk3]

Plain, does what it says on the packet, it just works.

 

[Reaps72]

My view is only if your ultra light anal go hard anodised, but really please are you going to sweat an extra few grammes?

I was bought the bog standard 27 & I added a big size nonstick frypan & pan at about £3-5 each.

No stuck bacon no stuck poached eggs.

My main advice though is go with the 25 series the smaller one is a bit too small, ok for solo,
but when me & Mrs a bit tight! & that's the pans not my Mrs!

+ I have made a couple of secondary pop-can stove set ups to be able to make a brew etc as I cook! (you obviously have pans already) (Not trying to suck eggs)
But you can get mini trangia copies cheap if you don't fancy making them but the extra stoveage is a godsend trust me!

 

[ateallthepies]

No not fussed too much about the grammes, if I was into backpacking I would probably start with reducing the 15,000 or so I have extra to my needs in my belly

Steve.

 

[Reaps72]

No not fussed too much about the grammes, if I was into backpacking I would probably start with reducing the 15,000 or so I have extra to my needs in my belly

Steve.

I know what you mean fella this time last year I climbed Skiddaw & talked to a complete stranger in pub after I said "Completely knackered tough climb is Skiddaw!" he replies "if you carry that much extra weight no wonder!" I didn't know whether
to deck him of or crease up ! So just walked off in shock!

 

[eel28]

My view is only if your ultra light anal go hard anodised, but really please are you going to sweat an extra few grammes?

I was bought the bog standard 27 & I added a big size nonstick frypan & pan at about £3-5 each.

No stuck bacon no stuck poached eggs.

Same here, bought a 'bog standard' 27 with kettle, and have since 'upgraded' to a non stick Trangia frying pan

 

[forestwalker]

I have the old duosal pans in my 25. Agreeing on the size, unless you are a gramhunting solo fanatic the bog standard one is fine. The duosal pan is not non-stick, but I can abuse it to get it clean when things stick *anyway*.

 

[Beardy]

I bought a 25 set with HA pots, not particularly because I needed it to be HA, but it was what was in the store at the time and I had to bite the bullet and get the thing at some point (I am quite good at finding useful kit but then giving it a miss or putting it off when it's time to hand over the cash!).

I'm pretty happy with the HA pots but I ended up buying a NS frying pan for it, because it's still a bit of a bugger to scrape remnants of a fry-up from it after every use.

I think if I ever got a little 27 or similar for backpacking use (25 is a bit meaty for manpacking along with everything else, but a good camp stove) then I would get the non-stick pots. You would save on quite a bit of water and effort when cleaning them.

I would also say do get the kettle. It all stows internally so no added drag, it's an efficient way of getting hot water on (even of cooking boil-in-the-bags inside it) and by stowing the burner, pot grabber and any other little gubbins inside the kettle you'll be less likely to get your nice NS/HA pans scratched on the inside.