Sigg tourist sets: are they really that cool?

Doc, it would seem more like "beating a warm spot on the ground where a dead horse once lay"...

 

@snwcmpr Oh that's good. Thank you sir, I needed that.

 

Too true to be funny.

 

You guys must be British! lol

(Not That There's Anything Wrong With That)

 

I am not.

 

I know this is an older thread but I just picked up a complete set for $15 Bucks yesterday local. Yes a little used and Dirty but easy to clean up, and Yes they are that cool. I had a spare Svea to fit in it.

 

Great deal! You’re right they are that cool.

 

Howdy, All,

@Jeffrey Walker , you got a great deal on that Sigg set and SVEA 123! Very well done! For my money, both the Sigg Tourist, and the Trangia stove systems, are wonderful bits of kit, and a "must" for stove users! Enjoy your new system, and please post some photos when you get to use your set "in the wild"! Take care, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

 

I have two sets both from local the thirft shop one has Sigg Tourist Stamped in the frypan/lid and included a 123r it runs perfectly. Its definitely a Vintage set up and by today's standards its heavy. My second one has no markings so maybe its a knock off although the thickness and edges are identical.
Its a great windscreen set-up and stable. I use it as a double boiler for lower heat cooking that seems to work pettty well.

For me the coolest thing is its appears to be a predecessor to the modified Primus 210 stacking cook set used on Everest. A post by Spirit Burner shows the earliest one dated 1952 so perhaps it influenced the Primus Everest set up as used in 1957 and described by Sir John Hunt.

 

At the end of the day it’s a bad workman that blames his tools.
There’s nothing that can’t be done on either it’s just adapting to the specific set.
I haven’t seen anything now that compares I don’t think. A Trangia with a gas burner perhaps but considering this is the Classic Camp stove forum for me it’s a Sigg Tourist all the way. And they are as wonderful as they are made out to be.

 

No no no, you’re missing the point, a good mechanic uses the right tool for the job.

Cooking a steak on a Sigg pan can be done, but it’s little like a dog walking on its hind legs. What’s the point?

 

The op asked if they were fantastic and imho they are. That’s the point. Exactly what I said.
And as I say a bad workman blames his tools, when he has the right one of course, and with the Sigg he has. Worth every penny. Both the Trangia and Sigg can produce great food but you have to adapt to what you have.
I am a bit out of sync with this post I suppose!

 

Holy crap not this again.



More importantly, I am proud to report that after all these years and having tuned my cooking methods to exactly how Sunni likes her steak, she no longer uses A1.

 

I know sorry, I stumbled across it yesterday and commented before I realised it was 6 years old! I’ll shut up!

 

Life is short.

Be sure to spend it arguing with strangers over the Internet

 

Nice Ed