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    Best fuel for Trangia type stove?

    Hi Guys

    What fuel do you use in your Trangia type stoves?

    And where do you get it from?

    All the info I can find is from the States and I don`t recognise any of the brand names,

    I`ve used meths up until know but I`m not sure if there is anything better?

    Cheers
    Adrian

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    They are made for denatured or methylated spirits. I'd stick with that.
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    Yeah stick with meths
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    Bio ethanol by LaHacienda

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    Ditto the Bio Ethanol.by La Hacienda.(source B n Q)
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    I use fuel4 bio ethanol in a meths burner. works great.
    smell less and soots it's less than meths too.

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    That's a plus 1 for Bio ethanol by LaHacienda

    But Beware:- I posted somewhere on this forum in the past, I had used a wood stove as a heat shield which reflected heat back at the stove (in this case it was a white box) and it got a bit over excited, it never did with meths
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    Ethanol or Methanol bulk buy if you are a regular Trangia user

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Methanol-2...item20c1dd0679 thats about £1.50 a litre but shop around you should get it cheaper.
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    Denatured alcohol for me
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