just in time for the holidays! a titanium Trangia clone: here |imgRemoved| p.s. not affiliated with the folks - heck, i don't even work and have been retired for a more than a dozen years!
Who on earth would want to spend that much money on something not needed??? Trangia's themselves are quite OK, looks more like "Hey, look at me, I've got money to waste!" Regards, Wim
Somewhat interesting if you just gotta have titanium. But, I do not see, and the webpage doesn't mention a cap or method of storing alcohol in the stove. There are no threads and no picture of the usual cap, so I would have to assume you must burn the stove dry before storage, very inconvenient. Or, maybe they have a snap lid, which I would think would be leaky, or will wear out(crack) with repeated use. Titanium is somewhat brittle so I would expect a cap to develop cracks. I have seen such cracks in at least one brass Trangia, I would expect this is worse. Looks, like something copied by some shop that has no real experience in how these things are used. Just a playpretty. I occasionally like to indulge in titanium, but this one doesn't appear to have functionality as a feature. Pass. Jim Henderson
Terrible idea! Titanium has very low heat conductivity, so a stove like this will take ages to come up to operating temperature and 'self pressurise.' Trangia burners are made out of brass because it has a nice, high heat conductivity and will get up to operating temp quickly. (This is the downfall of the Swedish Army cookset - the burner is bigger, so takes longer to fully warm up. It's also the downfall of the Tatonka meths burner - stainless doesn't conduct heat as well as brass does). I'm staying with Trangia.
So, are some people saying that the Trangia burner is far too heavy for them to carry ??? Are these the same group of backpackers that cut the handle off of their tooth brushes, Remove the front and back cover from their trail side paperback book to save weight..
actually...I have read on a few super liteweight backpacking sites that they consider a trangia burner "HEAVY" and favor pop-can stoves or expensive titanium items They are also the kind to cut off the tags on their clothes to save a few grams of wieght its an extreme view
Yes Ross.... The same backpackers have even tried Googling Dehydrated water..in the belief they could carry such a product to save even greater weight. After going to evening classes in oregami. Hoping they can fold a superlight backpack from ricepaper. These folks, i am sure have put individual tea bags on kitchen scales, and compared them to other brands...Maybe do a spread sheet and tell the world how heavy a tettley tea bag is compared to the happyshopper brand.
Stove? Some of these folks eat cold food as well. I have embraced some the UL Backpacking ideas, but the backpackers with 5lb. base weights are nuts. I mentioned the T-Trangia in this post. It took quite a while for it to become available for sale. Jolt Stove and Titanium Trangia What are your thoughts on the windscreen thats listed with it? Evernew Titanium DX Set Cheers, Manny
Wow that is neat. Only 34grams!!! That is 66 grams less than the Trangia. I am all about not carrying too much weight but come on. I believe all the lightweight campers die off in the winter up here. I never see any of them. Yet another reason why I love winter camping. Cheers, Jeff
The lightweight trampers are still there or at least there cars are in the carpark. You need a spade to find them. Lightweight tramping never really caught on here as even in summer you can have a 30C day followed by a southerly carrying snow. As soon as you get into the mountains you have to be prepared for anything otherwise you die.
- tks! i must have missed the earlier post - good read... - i like the windscreen set, but it's too expensive (IMHO) for what it is...
The single biggest thing you can do to reduce pack weight, imho, is to make a packing list and pare the list down to as few items as possible as well as weighing out food carefully. When packing don't add anything to your pack which isn't on the list. That process will pare down a great deal of weight by itself. After that is done, then go look for lighter pieces of gear to replace heavier pieces. I typically throw a bunch of stuff into a pack until it "looks about right" and my pack typically weighs a bloody ton.
having been out with Alan i know he likes to camp like me--for fun--which means taking some gizmos along to try out and play around with.dinner in the woods would be sort of boring without a old stove to light up or a neat candle camp hanging from a tree.
As long as it's not Stephen Katz (Bill Bryson - A Walk in the Woods) as your kit will end up over the side of the mountain
