See the previous post on page 1 from Ian. It shows a generic Lindal type stove valve adapted to the GT burner. I have done this with another screw on type valve, from a CampingGaz screw on type stove I think something like 240 or similar. The cannister type is specific to Camping Gaz, but the idea is the same. The GT burner head appears to use a standard thread so it adapts to MANY modern screw on valve sets from stoves available cheaply on the web. There are several small cannisters available that will screw onto the Lindal type valve, the Snowpeak is fairly small. Other options might be to refill the GT cartridge via the adapters discussed in many posts on this site. Hiking Jim has a couple postings talking about these adapters, as well as several members. Jim Henderson
Thanks for the replies. I have seen the post by Ian and would like to do something like that but not sure what type of valve would fit as I am new to this. I have sent a message to Ian and am awaiting a reply to find out exactly what valve he has used Thanks again, Colin
1) I am curious how these stoves were used in windy UK hills/mountains? Did you use the Roger Caffin method of windshield and finger canister temperature test (ouch == too hot == turn down). 2) Was the smaller canister worth it in weight terms over a standard bleuet with stabiliser base? 3) What sort of things did a hungry cyclist/hillwalker cook in the 0.5 litre pans?
If memory serves correctly, the GT 106 cartridge was the same diameter as the larger bleuet one so the stabilizer base could be used if the weight conscious backpacker could be bothered to carry it. I've got both somewhere so I'll experiment sometime. The pans are only good for single portions but I've done boil in the bag rice in one pan and the other half of the meal in the second one. Swapping pans over to keep heating both or using a pot cosy works OK as long as it's not the depths of winter. Last time out, the camp based food was drive to site by someone else so, it was tinned curry to go with the rice. But that still left me with the globetrotter and pans for brewing up at lunchtime out on the trail. Regards John
Thanks, I am still curious about windproofing though. Re the stabiliser, is you bring the stabiliser surely you might as well just use a Bleuet?
Some of the later GT pansets had 2 lugs on the lower/inner pan. This enabled it to be used as a lid for the outer pan, so you could cook one part of your meal, then keep it warm whilst the other part cooked below. A foil lid is a most useful accessory to this setup. ... The GTs generally require more wind protection than the shielded burner offers. The older style wire peg & cloth type or the modern multi-panel alu foldables take up little space and weigh nowt.
@Ian Sorry to come back with this old post. Do you mean that the Camping Gaz Globetrotter is very sensitive to wind despite the fact that has its own windshield and a wird support system to sustaint its own propietary pots close to the stove? If that is the case, why then all these conversions to modern gas valve systems to keep on using this stove in the track, when there are better and lighter gas alternatives for a boil-in-the-bag, which seems to be the main use of this stove now? My hope was that this stove was a very good compromise between the modern boil-in-the-bag stoves (like a Jetboil) and the posibility of really cooking something that is not boiled? How does it handle non-propietary camping cookware?
Skopar wrote, 'Do you mean that the Camping Gaz Globetrotter is very sensitive to wind despite the fact that has its own windshield and a wird support system to sustaint its own propietary pots close to the stove?' Whilst the burner is shouded to some extent, on a breezy day the wind can get in under the shroud and blow the flame about a bit. It's nothing like as well protected as, say, a Jetboil flame. and also wrote, ' why then all these conversions to modern gas valve systems to keep on using this stove in the track, when there are better and lighter gas alternatives for a boil-in-the-bag, which seems to be the main use of this stove now?' Probably sentimentality more than anything else. and continued, 'My hope was that this stove was a very good compromise between the modern boil-in-the-bag stoves (like a Jetboil) and the posibility of really cooking something that is not boiled? How does it handle non-propietary camping cookware?' I think you're looking for too much in the humble Globetrotter. It is little more than a boiler. It doesn't handle non-proprietary cookware (broader based?) well. It would support them higher above the flame, and without th CG stabiliser foot would make for an unstable setup without precise positioning of the pans. As you have said, there are better alternatives; go with them.
I wonder why the standard s200 bleuet does not seem to have been sold with an enclosing pan set: perhaps something like two rectangular mess pans whose wide bases would be more efficient than the gt's narrow pans? As surely the weight advantage of the small cartridge was small compared to the cost/availability advantage of 20x cartridges ?
Despite all the disadvantages. I would love the Small cartridges to be available again. I love the Globetrotters. Then we all have a stove or two that is not really an 'ideal stove' (has it's quirks), but we like it even though. Alan
I find it disappointing that some people look down on them. It was my very first stove and I still have it along with decades of memories. If you want to buy an old stove on a car boot then show it off, fine, but I've had mine since I was a boy and I can tell you that's quite some time. And I still have a pile of GT cartridges too. Oh yes.
From South Africa. Although I have 4 unused 90g cannisters (eat your heart out) sadly they are no longer available, unless you "get lucky" Sadly getting ANYTHING here is like finding hen's teeth and consider it gold if you get a second hand anything... I have a special affinity for the Globie, It's a long story, and goes back to 1970's so not for here.... My Globie conversion: - what I've done is use the longer cannister clips from a junked cooker, & the next bigger cannister, which is still freely available. Then using thin plate, cut to the length so that it fits into the smaller billy around the unit & is the same height as the assembly, so when you fit the bigger billy ontop the small space inbetween is "closed" by the thin plate..... The thin plate is then a curved windshield.......... I had a bit of fun bending two extended legs out of 5mm fencing wire, then stupid me, remembered where I could buy a junked one, but when I went back there............ So now I look........ And look..........And look....... Here's the idea............
Lovely to hear from another Globie. Lekka conversion. I did the same with some CG legs I pinched off a scrap stove somewhere. But still got the original unmodified GT in the collection. In relation to canisters, here's something to raise a smile.
Serendipitous...... Went porn shop crawling on a rainy Saturday morning................ Came back with 1 Globie (fired but complete with biillies, handle and a canister, burner attached but still with gas and a brand new set of GT billies Now I did notice that the one set of billies, one of the billies has 2 clips for the pot handle, and the other (the brand new one) only has one pot hanle clip per billy........ Is this an upgrade & which set is newer? Untill I see the next globie, I thnk my collection of globies is enough.....
