Zebra Billies

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Zodiak

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Mar 6, 2006
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At the moment I cook over open fires with the pans from a Military trangia, but I notice that many people here use stainless steel Zebra billies.

Could sombody tell me what makes them stand out from the rest please? :)
 

scanker

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A good question. I have two. One's modded like this one, the other I use for car camping. They're cheap, sturdy and easy to clean. I use the "steamer" bowl as a plate/bowl.

When all's said and done though, a billy is a billy is a billy. If you're just boiling water, you can do the same job with an empty baked bean tin and a length of wire coat hanger.

Oh. And RM uses them. Obv. :lmao:
 

leon-b

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i have a 12cm billy, i havent had the chance to use it much but over the times i have used it, it works great
leon
 

Floyd Soul

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They do look great arite.... I was gonna get one, but last night I made two of my own.

I just got a stainless steel coffee can, put two holes in each side, and made a wire hanger for it. I did the same with an aluminium camping pot I've been using. I'm quite happy with them now so I'll leave the zebras for sometime in the future!
 

Tony

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Ditto Floyd Soul, I use coffee cans from TKMaxx got three different sizes and use them as needed.

This shows the handle that I made out of welding rod.
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And this one shows it hanging, you can see the setup, although it’s a bit of an obscured juxtaposition with the wood on wood.

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The smaller pots I made have a double twisted strand handle and a single strand handle. They cook fine, they’re durable and they’re cheap. :D
 

Zodiak

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scanker said:
One's modded like this one, the other I use for car camping.
Thanks thats an Interesting idea, and sory for being thick but what does it give you? :confused:

I take it the wire is not of the galvanised persuassion?
 

Shewie

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I`ve always used a couple of Bulldog billies which I inherited from my big bruv. I think they`re about 20 years old now and a funny shade of brown :confused: but still do the job perfectly. I think they`re made of aluminium and can still be sourced on ebay etc.
 
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faolin little wolf

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i've used a couple of billies and a zebra is oka but if your looking for a more versitile cook pot try the norwegen army tranger (at least i think its noweigen)
 

scanker

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Zodiak said:
Thanks thats an Interesting idea, and sory for being thick but what does it give you? :confused:

I take it the wire is not of the galvanised persuassion?
Mine's braided steel wire of the sort that bicycle brake cables are made from - they sell it by the metre in B&Q for up and over garage doors.

What does it give you...another good question. You get rid of the rigid bale arm, which I find tends to get in the way a bit, but you do need to find a pot/gripper to have some sort of handle. The wire replaces the bale arm that was removed, so you can still use the billy over a fire.

faolin little wolf said:
i've used a couple of billies and a zebra is oka but if your looking for a more versitile cook pot try the norwegen army tranger (at least i think its noweigen)
Close. Swedish Army Trangia.
 

Zodiak

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faolin little wolf said:
i've used a couple of billies and a zebra is oka but if your looking for a more versitile cook pot try the norwegen army tranger (at least i think its noweigen)
Thats what I use now :)

Do you know the fry pan handle "trick? " Put the rings up and force a 1" diam. 12" long stick in them and use that as a handle to avoid getting your hands burnt. Awesome. :p
 

copper_head

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Cant work out how to post a link but slap nesting billie tins into ebay, theres a set for £15. Good quality come with handles suitable for suspension and you get a good frying pan / plate with each one! Good as well cos ya can carry which ever one suits the size of your group. Used my set for about a year, great quality!
 

cyclist

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scanker said:
Close. Swedish Army Trangia.

Close, :D
... if it´s the Enmanskök.
Maybe it´s Trangia, maybe SVEA, maybe HP,....
NC63 ....
M40 or M44: alu or st/st
www.soldf.com/enmanskok.html

If it´s one of the more powerful ranger stoves (Jägarkök) it´ll be most probably an Optimus 77 (which also has a lot of cousins, the youngest of them beeing the No.91 Thor ...)
www.soldf.com/jagarkok.html
 

cyclist

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as a stove collector I´ve got my Optimus No. 91 Tor/Purple Flame. It´s indeed one of the best ever made meth. stoves money can buy.
One stove just for the collectors box would IMHO the Simon stove: heavy and thirsty.

Other meth. stoves I´ve got so far: Optimus Tor, Trangia T27, Trangia T28 mini, homemade Westwind copy, Simon stove, Trangia and Svea Enmanskök both in st/st, Tatonka made Trangia burner copy in st/st, Enders bulky stove, several homemade stoves, Esbit in different sizes and some dust collecting kerosene stoves
 

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