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Topic: Greenheat Base Camp Cooker

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ecosarah

05/7/2007 at 8:07am
Location: Yorkshire
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Has any one tried one of these:
Greenheat Base Camp Cooker
www.simplyhike.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?StockID=9372&Affiliate=Froogle

What do people think of them?

How long does it take to boil water etc?

Thanks
Sarah

eel28

05/7/2007 at 8:26am
Location: Letchworth Garden City
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have tried the green heat fuel in my trangia, but personally i wasn't that impressed although i have kept it as an emergency stand by.

i'm sure someone will be along very soon, to give an opinion on the cooker though.

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ecosarah

05/7/2007 at 9:01am
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What weren't you impressed by?
And did you use the converter "thingy" to use it with your trangia?

Victor Khyam

05/7/2007 at 1:52pm
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we carry two green heat cans as backups. They work but are painfully slow to heat things up. My Primus working off a 500g gas can will boil a pan of water in 2.5 - 3.5 mins...with Green Heat you are looking at pushing 10 mins.

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MattWeth

05/7/2007 at 2:59pm
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I tried one and decided it wasn't worth the bother. It was the slowest cooker I've ever experienced - you might as well put a tea light candle under your kettle! and would be very expensive to run if used as a main cooker. One of the cans would probably be ok as an emergency backup, but it strikes me they are a solution looking for a problem - a trangia burner is a much better bet.

just my 2p

Matt

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