Which Stove is the best stove?

[KieranBroadfield]

oh haha, oops

[rik_uk3]

By "gas" I think the original poster,Rik-uk3, may mean "Petrol"

- just to add that Aspen fuel is worth its weight in gold - brilliant stuff. The one you want for a stove is Aspen 4T

No, I meant gas as in standard propane/butane (or tri mix with added Isobutane) mix screw on gas; burns that as well as liquid fuel, the fuel line screws onto the gas instead of the pump.

Americans use the term 'white gas' for naptha fuel like Coleman. Aspen 4T (make sure you get the 4 and not Aspen 2 which is for 2 stroke engines) is great but the Welsh distribution network is really poor so panel wipe burns just as clean. I picked up 25l of 4T on a trip to West Wales which will keep me going a good while.

[janso]

Aspen ain't cheap! Supposedly the best fuel source for chainsaws!
I was thinking the stove was multi fuel like my primus; takes anything that burns inc diesel, vodka, etc as long as the jets are changed. They won't soot up if using 'clean' fuels like coleman

[Big T]

For stoves you want Aspen 4T.

The reason that Aspen 2T is used in Chainsaws and other 2 stroke engines is that it doesn`t "go off" when left for long periods. Traditional 2 stroke mix (Petrol with oil mixed together) will break down in time and can cause premature failure of 2 stroke engines. Aspen also aparently gives off less harmfull vapours too. Its expensive but aimed at the serious (expensive) professional user or the occasional user that cant be bothered draining the machine if its going to be stored unused for a while. I prefur to mix my own chainsaw fuel as I tend to go through a fair amount so it dosent have time to "go off"!

[rik_uk3]

Its not expensive really, 5 litres is a lot of cooking and still cheaper than gas cans (even in gas lanterns). Petrol stinks and a spillage will be smelt for ages, it clogs up jets etc, as a stove collector I'd not insult my cookers using the stuff.

My good camping buddy Nigel said 'sod it, nowt wrong with using petrol' and he did, his lantern clogged up first then his stove on the next trip. He's now turned to the 'brass side' and is collecting classic brass Primus/Optimus/Radius/Svea stoves...I'm a bad influence lol.

If any of you want a reliable and cheap paraffin/kerosene stove for base camp look on ebay for Primus or Optimus No5, you can pick scruffy lookers up for a tenner and they are so so so simple to fettle. Simple design, silent burner and strong enough to put your Dutch oven on. A smaller version is the Primus 210 or Optimus 00, again, cheap to buy and fettle and pump out a lot of heat plus fold down for back packing I recently got a 210 for £8.40 and £3 delivery; all it needed was a new pump leather and away it went

This fella does some really nice videos, this is a nice chill out one...sit back and enjoy and he uses a nice stove and Vapalux lantern...these brass stoves really do have more 'class' than modern ones. He cooked four meals and boiled three litres of coffee on less than 0.4l of paraffin.



He runs this site, his English is very good and his service very prompt
http://www.techthor.com/lamp/default.asp

[JulesC]

Just to clarify - panel wipe - is that an industrial cleaning product eg http://www.paints4trade.com/panel-wipe-2296-p.asp ? Sorry if I'm being dim, I know its flammable but didn't know it's a manageable flame. Useful as that stuff appears cheaper than coleman fuel etc.

[Chubbs]

Just to clarify - panel wipe - is that an industrial cleaning product eg http://www.paints4trade.com/panel-wipe-2296-p.asp ? Sorry if I'm being dim, I know its flammable but didn't know it's a manageable flame. Useful as that stuff appears cheaper than coleman fuel etc.

I have looked at using panel wipe in the last few months but there seems to be different varieties. I never had much luck in finding which was the right one to use.

[rik_uk3]

Obviously don't get the water based panel wipe.

I've used this brand for a few years now
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5L-Can-Tet...item43c63e2f64