that's about the most perfect stove for my taste & needs. except for the scratching of the tank - it's a design fault that's unforgivable, imho
ebay item 380719059743 i've never tried it upside down, in the burner bell below the flame spreader. :lol:
it's smells and feels (thin oil) like paraffin, but water white rather than the colour of urine. i've two bialladin lamps that usually perform...
wilkos, £1/litre. it burns c.10% brighter than normal stuff in one of the two bialaddins i tried it in last night [ATTACH] don't bother ttrying...
"works fine as long as I remember to remove it while the stove is burning. " hehe. we've all done it. :lol: it took me more than one lesson...
thanks doc & sorry all. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: as any fuel know...a little knowledge is a dangerous thing :content:
on the page below, there's a regulator key for a 123 listed. £4.95 http://www.base-camp.co.uk/Optimus.html
"I just need to find one of those caps that go where the riser screws in " i know it's another daft question, and no doubt you've already...
you've clearly got pressure, so that's a good thing. apologies if it's a silly question, but it's got a preheat windshield? without it you'll...
that's a beauty, and makes a 22b look like a toy :D/ i think us europeans would have to re-think what a family tent and a family car look like...
"The biggest limitation is that a 22 costs more than 20 times the cost of the equivalent Coleman!" if that was true (in england), i'd have one. :lol:
"as awesome as the first two stoves are, eventually you will want to do some real cooking" being unable to rustle up a proper meal on a trangia...
don't panic, any heavy polythene will do. :content:
if you haven't already got a trangia, get one. best stove there is :content:
i wish stuff like that turned up at my local market 8)
here you go SM, sorry for the delay. as you'll know, this stove is the same size as an optimus 45. the deeper of the two pans is 11cm [ATTACH]...
it's still there, see the map link in my earler post 8)
that's a beautiful colour :thumbup:
maybe it's an outdoors shop then? that'd make sense - to get a stamp made up seems reasonable for a shop, but not for an individual
i agree with ian. KAISERSTR.57 is an address in wien...
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