Great looking stove! I guess I'm plebian because I have the propane version!
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 02, 2016, 12:51:20 PMGreat looking stove! I guess I'm plebian because I have the propane version! Turn a knob and it works, where's the fun in that. Got it brand new on Kijiji, hopefully I won't have to do what the guy did, selling it in a few years unused.
I've only ever had/used one petrol stove, and it was such a monumental PITA I only used it twice. Gas, meths or wood for me, with Esbit as emergency back up only.It does look like an impressive bit of kit though Jie, and I hope you get some good use from it
I hope you won't have to sell it either... but if you do, let me know! Def
Quote from: 50ft-trad on November 02, 2016, 06:37:02 PM I've only ever had/used one petrol stove, and it was such a monumental PITA I only used it twice. Gas, meths or wood for me, with Esbit as emergency back up only.It does look like an impressive bit of kit though Jie, and I hope you get some good use from it Thanks, it's actually surprisingly easy to light, only takes a minute to pump and prime before full power. The only time it failed to light was when I tried kerosene. Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 02, 2016, 09:12:28 PMI hope you won't have to sell it either... but if you do, let me know! DefOnly if you promise to carry it on a week long canoe trip.
I've never really had an issue firing up Coleman fueled stoves in any weather. In fact, in the cold weather they tend to work better as it is easier to warm them up enough to get the gas going. At least the Svea Optima 123 stove seems to light easier in the cold.Def
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 04, 2016, 04:27:44 PMI've never really had an issue firing up Coleman fueled stoves in any weather. In fact, in the cold weather they tend to work better as it is easier to warm them up enough to get the gas going. At least the Svea Optima 123 stove seems to light easier in the cold.DefI always like the look of those self-contained single burner stoves. Couldn't justify getting one though since I already have two remote fuel bottle stoves. Plus a new 123 is expensive!
Quote from: jzmtl on November 04, 2016, 07:03:46 PMQuote from: Grant Lamontagne on November 04, 2016, 04:27:44 PMI've never really had an issue firing up Coleman fueled stoves in any weather. In fact, in the cold weather they tend to work better as it is easier to warm them up enough to get the gas going. At least the Svea Optima 123 stove seems to light easier in the cold.DefI always like the look of those self-contained single burner stoves. Couldn't justify getting one though since I already have two remote fuel bottle stoves. Plus a new 123 is expensive!That's not a very fun line of thinking.... I have the 123 and a more modern version, the Coleman Easi- Lite, the Bio Lite wood burning stove. the Mini Trangia (technically that one is Megan's), a WhisperLite Internationale and a two burner propane Coleman stove.If you can't cook a ten course meal all at once in the woods, you just aren't doing it right. Def
Still it's nice to have competition, even if they aren't competitive. Walmart and Amazon has been hiking their price ever since Target folded.