I learned to respect the power of alcohol fuel, which seems less nasty than white gas, when I spilled a little trying to light it with a flint-stick by showering sparks - knocking it a little, spilling some alcohol. The windscreen/base caught fire and - melted away the lightweight aluminum! It looked like an aluminum beverage can someone threw into a campfire! I was on a fireproof surface, so no general conflagration, and I was able to purchase a replacement base/windscreen, so my kit is still in service, but... respect and care is in order. Matches and lighters work fine. I still think it's a safer and a more aesthetic full-on cooking kit than anything else I've used: Svea 123, Primus boxy stove, MSR Whisperlight, and alcohol burners and kits that are lighter, but much less good in any wind at all.
Also, I've read some frightening articles on the Backpacking Light website about the generation of Carbon monoxide by stoves, even and especially the wonderful Trangia. So inside cooking, as in a tent is not OK. Maybe in a vestibule that is at least partway open, down wind... Mine is a no longer available "duossal" pot set, and I've added on a billy that fits outside the windscreens, and a pre-heater that really does speed up the cooking on the bigger pot when needed. Not ultra light, but like my Quickbeam, I feel like I could go anywhere in gourmet luxury with it... On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Anne Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Carrying fuel in the stove. There's a couple of points to mention. >> First, I always carry fuel in my stove - no problem and no leaks. So >> do my students. Regardless of what a Trangia employee might have >> emailed, the stove lid has an o-ring expressly because the stove was >> designed to carry alcohol in it. Inexplicably, SOME Trangia burners >> DO leak and others do not. > > I guess I have one that leaks, then. :( I emailed Trangia precisely > because I wanted to understand why my Trangia, with a brand new > O-ring, still leaked. Instead of saying what I wanted him to say-- Oh, > your burner is defective, we'll replace it-- he said don't carry fuel > in the stove. Great. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
