I just won this auction, but I'm unfamiliar with the stove and its operation: Cheers GC p.s. Full address of auction is: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7160035840&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
Oh bollocks! Er... No... big boys did it then ran away, honest guvnor GC p.s. Typical really, I don't bid on a stove for months (oh ok, weeks) and the first one I snag sees me treading on a fellow stovie's toes
Don't worry the pair of you, they are a piece of shit, OK to have in your collection but that's about it. Light them up once, make a brew and stick them on the shelf. They come in various guises, readily come up on ebay for that price or a lot less
What's the burner construction and what do they run on? GC (added by edit) oops Just took a look at a picture of a Stesco... looks frightfully similar.
Its a coil burner, runs on coleman/lighter fuel, same thing as the Stesco. When they work they burn well, but I never feel happy with them from a safety point of view. That said, I still like coil burners 8)
Exactly the same as a Stesco, mines a Handy. They run on 'the devils fuel' PM me and I'll tell you how to light it. You're up late, babe keeping you up
Hello, They run on petrol, white gas or gasoline. Pretty simple design but, for the first lighting be outside. They have a tendency to have tank leaks and erupt into a fireball. I have a Lil' Injun stove and it says they can run on Kerosene (paraffin). You fill the tank about 3/4 full. Hold it in your hands until the heat causes fuel to come through the burner jet. Light the puddle of fuel and in a min or so it will be burning strong. If it burns the brightness of a candle the tank has a leak and you need to solder over that spot. Coil burners are pretty much a novelity. I think the Taykit is the best of the bunch. But. for a quick brew or boiling water they are fun to use. I wouldn't backpack or trek with a coil burner over an extended period as they seem pretty cheaply made. However, that is just my opinion others may have different expierences. Chuck
No, I can't blame little Dafydd, I was just monitoring a couple of bids on Ebay. Off to bed now I'm glad I stayed up, seeing that picture of the Gypsy Moth stove in action at Newark has really cheered me up. Nos da GC
Henry, when you light a 123 with a SIGG Tourist set, you will change your mind. Petrol/Coleman stoves are great bits of kit. I love my 111 Hiker, and if Coleman fuel was cheaper, it would be my fuel of choice, then I would only need white gas and meths/alcohlol for my favourite stoves, 123, Hiker, and of course any Trangia I have to hand 8)
The main trouble with coilburners is their disturbing "feature" of being completely non-repairable if most anything goes wrong. There's a cotton wick pulled through the coil, if that gets charred, the stove's ruined. If anything goes awry with the jet, the stove's ruined. If the coil comes unbrazed from it's tank or the brazed joint cracks...... well you get the drift. I know of only three well built coilburners, Borde, Taykit, and Dickson. Unfortunately even the good ones can fall prey to the same faults as the poor ones. The good things are ease of use, simplicity and cheapness of manufacture. Gerry
I have bid a similar one which make in japan, and i finds it's perfect to go picnic it's light and powerful then my xgk but be aware to open the cap immediately after finishing also bid a same one as yours last few week which make in england, and will test it later
Something I've always wanted is a coil burner, but after reading these posts I've come to a decision. Coil burners are unpredictable, pressure stoves can be unreliable (losing pressure etc.), but the stoves that are always there when you need them and will always work are the wickies. "LETS HEAR IT FOR THE WICKIES LADS" "Flying" Cyril any replies yet I wonder??????
BRIANTSE---has some great shots of a coil burner in action on his home page..looks like he added some sort of flame spreader to the pot holder--if you want to see that these stoves really work,have a look--AND--check out the cooking photos..whole chickens,pot stickers and so on..between that and Cyril's--et all--cooking it make me think about doing more that add 2 cups of hot water to a foil bag to get dinner ready.. i have 2 coil burners doing duty as bookends--maybe i'll fire one up---
Hey Cyril, How about Alcohol stoves. Some have no moving parts including wicks to burn away. But I do want a Coil Burner! Iain May the Spirits be smiling on us all.
