What do we think of them? I really, really like the 00 and don't think I'd ever need anything larger (or smaller, for that matter), but my eyes have started to wander. The no.45 fount is very sexy. Is the burner a bigger one than the 00, or do they just have a larger fount? That is a 2 pinter, correct? Tell me what you know and your experience with them! Thanks! Ridge
45 is having bigger burner so it works for bigger pots than 00. I have 3 45's and I like them. One is with original burner, one I plan to equip with silent burner and one I plan to equip with regulated burner. 45 is a nice stove, so just stop thinking and get one for yourself. Next step up in power is to move to rocket stoves that are also very nice roarers.
Hi Ridge, The 45 is a great stove. Whatever i think I might know is what i may have learned here. Although I'm of the opinion they began as "2 pinters" they are more often and it's usually more accurate to refer to "them" as 1 3/4 pint stoves. Re "Them" it's not just the No.45s, we're often referring to as a discus type. I'm addicted to the history of our stoves. It is unknown to me when the 1st Primus 100 or Optimus 100/45/48s came out but that is how old our sexy discus type stove is. The 45 worldwide I would guess is the most common discus stove. You will have no problem finding 1 or 5. If we pick a decade say 40s. A 1 3/4 pint discus stove might be any one of the following 4 stoves and there is almost no difference between them and most parts are interchangeable. They are an Optimus 45, Primus 51, Radius 17 or Svea 106. The silent version of these same discus stoves are the 48, 54, 19 & 105 respectively (the ONLY difference being the burner and model #). 45s are easy to find. In the US I can not explain why but Radius 17s also seem plentiful imo. On this site a comment often repeated is the SVEA has the best "stamping / finish" (maybe you want a SVEA). You could do as many do and get (at least) one of each. thx omc
The Optimus 45 is just the right size. I have a few of them. One I found unused at a garage sale right here in Idaho. It was only missing the pot supports. They are just the right size. Larger than the 00, smaller than a Optimus No. 2 or Radius 35, which are quite large. The burner is just the right size to cook a large pot of soup or fry up some veggies. The parts are available if one has to fettle a 45. Here's one I fixed that I use quite often: Optimus 45 Burner Connector on the Loose I don't think you can go wrong with one of these. sam
Yes, they are 1 3/4 pinters. The 1s and the 5s are 2-pinters. The Optimus 45 and their ilk are great stoves. I hiked with one, in its tin, around 50 miles of the Wonderland Trail at Mt. Rainier in the Summer of 1962.
You can even find an alcohol run silent burner (regulated) for them and that makes them a great stove for boating. They are called the 45A when run on alcohol I believe. Stan
Ed...you stated, I hiked with one, in its tin, around 50 miles of the Wonderland Trail at Mt. Rainier in the Summer of 1962. When I read that....I had a memory and busted a gut laughing. If you had only finished that statement with... ...uphill.....both ways! Thanks for the sore smile muscles! Dave
I as well have three of these. Silent, roarer and the regulated silent, alky/45A which was in a Sea Swing and I took out. All run very well. So many stoves, so little time. Duane
Not only that, Dave-- with a Trapper Nelson pack and logger boots. It was half the Wonderland, and so probably totaled 11,000 feet of elevation gain. We did the whole trail in two summers, and a 50-miler in the Olympics. I only carried the stove once. I've told the story of that stove now and then over the years. None of my gang (Troop 118 BSA) had ever seen such a thing. Svea 123's were known, but climbers used them. Everybody else cooked over campfires in those days. Nobody told me it wasn't a hiking stove; but then, nobody knew! Of course, as oldtimers here know well, it was memories of that stove that sent me searching and brought me to CCS, in April 2001; already 14 years ago. By the way, Dave, what's the 1966? In my case, it's the year I graduated from high school.
Well, Dave, you grew up after the Trapper Nelson era; for the young who don't know that pack, here are some pix: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...7C812B0E54D07158147C0C73EE57A4E0D&FORM=IQFRBA We'd cut chunks of rubber foam to tape to the straps to prevent them cutting all the way to the bone. Heck, Dave, you're not so old; my first child wasn't born until 1967! She's the one you see in many of my hiking posts. But then, my bride and I got an early start: we were 19 when she was born!
I'm sure Ed was seen as a wild eyed progressive carrying that Optimus. The other kids were packing dutch ovens! You're still a stud in my book, Ed! Ridge
I'm with you Ed, 1966 was a great year for graduating, except I never graduated...... miniskirts up to here.....etc. etc... Stan
Perhaps if you werent so busy ogling the miniskirts you might have found time to commit to your studies, and consequently graduated.....
