Trangia fuel

[Magna]

Got my new stove. Would like to know how much fuel people carry and how long it lasts. Cheers in advance.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

I would that depends on how readily available it is at your nightly pitch. It's heavy so the less the better....but anyway to answer the question I carried a litre bottle and it lasted me about a week ish

 

[Magna]

Cool. I can only envisage getting away for weekends really so I guess I'll just get the half litre fuel bottle.

I've been amassing my gear over the past couple of months and with a nanok performance -10 on it's way, I'm ready to rock and roll. (Well I could do with a bike actually . . . but that arrives mid-April).

 

[ASC1951]

Half a litre should do for a weekend, even though alcohol doesn't pack anything like the punch of paraffin. If you put about 5% water in it it reduces the sooting. Something to do with free radicals.

In the end I just kept all the aspects of a Trangia that I liked i.e. went for the gas conversion.

 

[Chris James]

5% water is a very good idea as otherwise it soots up like buggery and you get black over everything.

 

[campagman]

I have used water and the sooting is minimal. Does anybody know if I can add the water to the fuel bottle before starting the trip, will that effect the meths somehow? I think that trying to add a teaspoon of water to the burner could be a little fiddly and possibly result in spillages, etc.

 

[andygates]

Sure you can. My meths has been in its bottle (the Trangia branded bottles are pricey but indestructible) for about three years and is still good: I watered it when I got it.

 

[Muddyfox]

but anyway to answer the question I carried a litre bottle and it lasted me about a week ish

Mind You ... he was having a Kebab every other night

Simon

 

[Brock]

Cooking kebab on a Trangia takes must take some skill.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

Why?...All I did was skewer a Lamb on a tent peg and hold it over the burner

 

[hubgearfreak]

it's good to make a ratatouille on the trangia, when in south france, italy or somewhere with delicious cheap fresh vegetables

and if you need to ask for meths in italy, they pronounce it alk-hule

 

[vernon]

it's good to make a ratatouille on the trangia, when in south france, italy or somewhere with delicious cheap fresh vegetables

It's easier and quicker to buy and open a tin of the stuff

 

[redcogs]

i'm waiting for my new Trangia to arrive (complete with non stick ware!). Exciting. i'm such a sad bugger that i've even looked on YouTube and found a few little films about how to use em - which has made me even more excited

Meths with water? shaken, or stirred please?

 

[Brock]

I haven't tried the water trick... Does it effect the temperature of the flame?

 

[hubgearfreak]

It's easier and quicker to buy and open a tin of the stuff

no doubt. but for me cycling and camping are for leisure, not a timed race