Trangia Stoves?

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Anyone had any experience with the Trangia alcohol stoves? I'm interested in getting one of the model 27 (preferably the 27-2) sets, but they are not available here in the US. A review from any of our European campers would be greatly appreciated.

Patrick
 
The Trangia's are excellent. A lot more backpacking stores are selling them. I found them in two backpacking stores in Wisconsin this summer. I bought mine from this outfit quite awhile ago:
http://www.gearheads-inc.com/gifts.html

But if you shop around, you might find it for less. There's a store in Rhinelander Wisconsin called Mel's Trading Post that carries them. The area code is 715 so if you call information, you should be able to get their phone number. They might ship you one. I believe they were selling them for $20.

I've found that mine works well if you combine it with the MSR foil windscreen. The windscreen weighs next to nothing and is a good addition to the pack, almost indespensible really.
 
I have an old one I use occasionally for day trips to brew soup etc. It' an elegant little contraption. I made my own base out of a piece of soup can which fits with the stove inside a .5 l aluminum kettle.
I believe Cheaper Than Dirt has them as a military surplus cook kit right now for under 10$. It's not labeled as Trangia, but sure looks like one.
JB
 
I have the one from Cheaper than Dirt. Good stove made by Svea but it's not a Trangia. The main difference is that it's significantly larger.
 
It's standard equipment for Finnish querilla troops. Almost all infantry do get some guerilla training and thus use trangia. Almost all boy scouts and girl scouts above age 12 learn to use trangia.
That should tell something about it.
Its reliable, light, uses only little fuel and suits for cold/snowy/sleety weather.

But I dont like it because pots etc are of aluminium - I just HATE uncovered aluminium pots. I would also like the burner to be more powerful - boiling tea water takes too long. These are minor problems when weight and reliability in hard weather are true concerns.

I don't own one because of the reasons I mentioned. Still every time I see trangia on sale I ask myself are my reasons not to buy one wise or not (no they are not).
 
I bought one about two years ago to use in spring, to fall backpacking. I threw the flying saucer pot holder /wind screen in the junk box,and fabricated one out of a 3" piece of dryer duct. Three inches is about the max height ofr a wind screen on a Trangia, as it boils water more effieiently. Any taller, and you increase boil time. I cut two slits in the top, about one inch long x1/2 in deep, in the top lip, and in the bottom ( opposite each other) to allow draft. If you smell the alchol while its burning, adjust the wind screen. Stove, wind screen will fit into the pot for transport.
Also, do not over fill it. It works better with a max of 2 oz of alchol in it. Boil time for 1qt of water ( in aluminum with a lid) is about 8 minutes. It sucks in winter..take a Primus then..:)

Ravenn in Ky
 
Thanks for the opinions, folks. I have one of the mil. surp stove combos. and I like it, so I wanted to hear opinions on the commercial set. Since the mod 27 (that's the 1-2 person set with the windscreen) isn't available here in N. America, I'm looking into buying from overseas. Thanks again,
Patrick
 
Over at the KF survival site, OldJimbo gave me this link. I tried one of the designs out and it was easier than I thought to build a stove for under $8. Way under $8 if you cut out the fru fru stuff.
Here goes an attempt at adding the link here. http://wings.interfree.it/html/main.html
There are recipies here for about 20 different stove styles.
Enjoy:D
recondoc
 
recondoc1- great link, I'm looking forward to trying some of the different designs. When I was a kid, I used to have cans of Sterno stashed in different alleys, vacant lots, and patches of woods around town. When I got hungry, I'd buy a can of beans or whatever, and warm them on the Sterno (yeah I know, I've always marched to a different drummer). I used to place three pebbles on the rim of the Sterno can, light it, then set my beans on the three pebbles. I didn't cut the top of the can completely off, it served as a pot handle.
 
Last year I kicked around making alchol stoves from a variety of different things . Everything from small tuna cans, to shoe polish cans, and found that burned out Sterno cans work best. Put some wicking ( insulatin or a rolled up lamp wick, perhaps a cut down piece of kerosene heater wick) around the inside of the can. Add a strip of hardware mesh as a "keeper" to hold it in place. Take a push pin, and start around the rim of the can and punch about 20 small holes in it. Add Alchol, and light.
I also exiprimented with Esbit stoves a bit. The fold up, shirt pocket cookers that use esbit tabs. These work substancially more efficent ( and cleaner) than trioxene ( and more readily available than chunks of c-4 <grin>) Cook time for an esbit is about the same as a spirit stove(alchol)and the esbits willhelp light wet wood if need be.
Ravenn in Ky
 
Recondoc1,
Excellent link. I discovered it about a week ago, and that's one of the places I've been reading up about homemade stoves.

Ravenn,
I'd had the same thought about sterno cans myself. Great minds think alike :D ;) Anyway, it surprised me that no one had posted an article on using a sterno can, since it's made to burn alcohol and it has a toght sealing lid that allows it to pressurize. Certainly easier than cutting up pop cans, tomato sauce cans or whatever.

I used an esbit on a short backpacking trip last year and found it worked just fine. Since I don't generally camp in snow conditions, and have either a pump or chemical purifier, I really don't need boil large amounts of water. The stove archive posted by Recondoc1 has an article on a more efficient design for an esbit stove, but the pictures are not yet available. Here's the link:
http://wings.interfree.it/html/Caggiano.html

Regarding the Trangia, I'm mostly interested in the windscreen and cookware. OK, so I have the gadget bug!

Patrick
 
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