shamus from United States, FL Public Profile

I received the Trangia Burner just last week...in time for the power loss due to hurricane Ivan. We lost power on Wednesday afternoon September 28th due to high winds and power surges which resulted in blown transformers in my section of Florida. Due to this unfortunate event, the battery-powered lanterns and my Trangia Storm Cooker # 25, which I set up in my garage, were put to full use later that night. This was the first time to use the Trangia Gas Burner and the Storm cooker at the same time and the pair worked flawlessly for hot meals and hot tea and coffee. I also own the Trangia Spirit Burner stand from my #23 basic set up and now I'm seriously considering a second Trangia Gas Burner for that stand for emergency situations

After using the Vargo Titanium Converter Stove for the last month, in tandem with the Vargo Hexagon Wood Stove as a support system, I have found a perfect combination for using a light outfit that can be used with confidence. The Converter Stove does need to be primed in order to light quickly and save fuel. For priming the stove, when used with the Hexagon Wood stove, I use an empty “tea light” aluminum cup with 5 drops of denatured alcohol placed in the cup under the converter stove, through the Franklin door of the Hexagon stove. The preheating is just enough to allow the converter stove to reach a full bloom in less than a minute. This approach has been used just to boil 3 cups of water in the Vargo titanium 700 ml cup. Boil time takes a little over 7 minutes and uses about 1 ounce of denatured alcohol. Using gloves, I can remove the Converter stove from the Hexagon Wood Stove and recover the remaining fuel with the use of a small funnel. I still use a windscreen with this set-up for fuel efficiency and heat retention. I highly recommend this set-up for boiling water for a meal or tea on day hikes or short excursions and as a backup to using primarily wood on the trail.