Girlfriend bought me a Trangia for Christmas! Now to feed it. Trangia of course makes a fuel bottle and that may be the end of the thread right there, but I saw an entire thread about them leaking? I also read references about many people just using ordinary PET softdrink bottles. What do you carry your alcohol fuel in?
I use Flight Leader Fuel-Tite bottles for both stove fuel and priming meths. They have a brass fuel shut off valve at the end of a stiff plastic hose that twists open and close. They don't leak. You can cut the hose shorter to suit your taste. They come in 250 cc and 500 cc versions and are available from radio controlled airplane sellers in England. Ben
Welcome to the alcohol stove world! I have used re-used water bottles, marked with Magic Marker, but my favourites are Nalgene bottles, I carry some with meths, 50ml for single day summer use, 75ml, 125ml for colder conditions. Properly labelled, ex-vodka 250ml hip-flask-style PET plastic booze bottles work well, particularly in cold weather when you'll be warming up the fuel in an inside pocket anyways, before lighting it! One peril is to have alcohol leak on aluminum Trangia stove parts, as an undetected leak of fuel eats through the alu over time! Yikes! I no longer store the filled fuel bottles in my alu. Meta-50 for this reason.
Thank you! I've read about not storing alcohol fuel in aluminum, which is why I didn't immediately buy more MSR or similar fuel bottles. Nalgene looks like a great option too.
I scored a couple of vintage Sigg cylinders, one 1 Liter and a smaller one, 500, 600 or 750 ml. In the ''white'' fo $1 each at a thrift shop. Anyone know where to get the flat gasket [washer type]? They appear unused unless they held water for a short period, once. I like the Trangia fuel cap/spigot for on-site fuel management. I have a dark blue plastic flask with a flip cap and an oval shaped bottom. Works fine for 2 years. No leakee.
Marc Trangia bottle for your Trangia or another Swedish offering, I presume you've met FLASKA or to acquire the FLASKA, adding a complete snuskburken to your collection may interest you, if you don't already have one (many to choose from) thx omc oh, PS merry Christmas (the natives were restless but I made it through without a war breaking out between factions woohoo!)
1-most using self made bottles. Brass bottle i did for Hipolito-36. 2-also i did this small piped cap for PET bottles to fill my stoves with the fuel and spirit sometimes. 3-german tin with a beautiful engraving. 4-radius bottle for lanterns.
I have never had a leak in any of my Trangia bottles. Small, Medium, and Large. If it leaks a simple o-ring was said to fix it. I think the Trangia is the best of the lot. I have numerous of the Nalgene and the Trangia. I prefer the ease of use and the sealed security of the Trangia. The best Nalgene, the red one, is no longer made, and can be very expensive on eBay. One of the styles cannot contain any alcohol.
I have used Trangia bottles for years. I have never had a problem with any of them. They are superior because they store fuel and also provide a good dispensing mechanism.
I use Nalgene HDPE heavy wall bottles. LDPE just will not do, as it becomes brittle over time, developing crazing, little cracks. My criteria for these alcohol bottles is toughness, ability to withstand a bit of banging about, and as few moving parts as possible. The HDPE heavy wall bottles only have a lid to screw on and off, and they are tough. I don't see the necessity of a dispensing mechanism, if one is careful, and not plagued by the shakes or bad eyesight. Oh yes, they do not leak ...... that is a critical criteria that I left out.
This is absurd, getting defensive about a fuel bottle simply because you like it, and I found reason to criticize the necessity of a certain feature of it. To me any features that may be prone to inopportune failure need to be necessary for some reason in order to be incorporated. To me, I have no need of the dispensing mechanism, as I can easily pour a tiny stream from the screw cap opening. This may change as I get even more ancient, but at this time the dispensing mechanism is simply an unnecessary convenience that may fail somehow. That being said, I like the Trangia bottles, I just beware of unnecessary complexity in gear that I have to depend upon. Perhaps I will purchase one of those 100 ml ones, just to see what all the fuss is about. Maybe I'll fall in love with it, name it Josephene, and defend it/her from the insulting criticisms of all those ignorant clods that may be so unfortunate as to not be so blessed.
I must have completely misinterpreted Trevor's remark. I got a chuckle, thinking it was a humorous comment on having the shakes and/or bad eyesight.
What a kindly way of saying that I might have misinterpreted Trevor's remark. That is so you . It is entirely possible that you are correct in your interpretation, but if that is how he meant it, he should have been a bit more clear ..... for the benefit of those of advanced cognitive density such as I.
Trangia rules. Their design is perfect for the intended use. I have a couple small and large kicking around and inside differant packs. I keep a T28 in my day pack with a small trangia bottle. I also use MSR with old style caps, Primus and Optimus. I also keep small quantities(1-2oz) of priming methylated spirits in flip top bottles. Also this ?old fuel stabilizer? Or similar?? bottle is very handy for dispensing metered fuel dose. I think that I swapped tips on this.
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