I have a couple of Camping Gaz S200/ pierce cartridge stoves. Over the years I have either lost or melted (that's another story) the blue plastic...
Years ago, when I was fitter & braver, and went camping in winter, sub - zero conditions I would add about 5% petrol to the paraffin fuel for my...
I was a lab technician for the first part of my career One day we were having a stock take & clear out, and found an unopened 1l bottle of...
If you do ever fire it up, beware of the 'Svea Thumb'! The valve adjusting key is only intended to be used for starting, closing, and adjusting...
Here's a tip for lighting a Trangia with a firesteel Pour some alcohol into the burner Dip the steel into the burner Strike the firesteel; use it...
If you have a leak at the base of the riser tube, aka 'the lipstick' aka the vapourising tube, a quick fix is to wrap the threads in plumber's...
I got an S200 with the wire cartridge holder for my 16 th birthday in 1966. The burner was a push fit onto the gas tube (don't know the correct...
You could try lapping it with valve grinding paste, but please, before you do that, let's get an opinion from some of the better experts out there
I don't know this stove, but I think a simple, cheap, temporary cure for the leak would be to use plumber's PTFE tape, aka thread-tape, until...
Yes, the 'extra part' looks like the burner off a Camping Gaz S200. The early ones were a push fit , later they were threaded It's more or less...
I put a small amount of paraffin into the meths bottle - say 5 to 10%. It doesn't make a perfect mixture so shake the bottle briefly just before...
Yes, I think you have to do your sums The cost of a regulator & cylinder may well be more than the stove. Plus, though I don't exactly know how...
Camping Gaz make a range of appliances, and although they are all under the same brand, the various appliances, cartridges, and cylinders are all...
Why not use a hose - connected gas stove, aka remote cartridge, or remote burner stove I used to use a basic cartridge top stove in summer, and an...
They used ordinary Camping Gaz S 200s with butane cartridges on the Annapurna South Face Expedition in 1970 and they worked OK In the book there...
I have used my Optimus 96 at -15C without any problems. Just used the same ordinary paraffin & meths as for summer
Yes, paraffin/kerosene only, with, as you say, methylated spirit/alcohol for preheating. Put 'lighting a primus stove' into the search box on...
Just been Surfing and found this company. Obviously they are a large manufacturer so I don't know if they will supply very small quantities, but...
Ah yes, those were very common among me and me mates; in the Scouts, and for personal use during the 1960s & early 1970s. As I progressed to solo...
I have an Optimus 96 which obviously uses paraffin/kerosene, but I don't expect Coleman Fuel/petrol/gasoline would behave much different For a...
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