What about Primus style paraffin stoves then. Why has no one suggest using these if you really want to faf about, as they require meths and paraffin and waiting and pumping?
I use them all the time, as I don't take my lap top or internetty type mobile phone with me when camping, so I have plenty of time, as I'm not posting on this forum.
------------- Canvas tent, paraffin light, petrol stove. Heaven
I'd rather be kayaking.
Spent up, not pent up, just had my new tent up.
Quote: Originally posted by fostermum on 10/1/2012
You can get one here for £25 - just make an offer!
Got one for 30 GBP, thanks for the link!
DK
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That e-bay stove is more than I paid for mine brand spanking new, with a full tank of fuel!
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I paid £60 for mine, all battered & dirty, with no instruction manual & no filling funnel. I just missed out on a brand new, old, still boxed one for £40. Just as I purchased mine, the boxed one came back up, re-listed due to time-waster, buy it now for £40!
Absolutely blummin typical!
I still love it though. I wish I'd had the money or time to splash out on the boxed one & put mine back up for auction, but I thought it wasn't worth the bother.
To the Op, and anyone else who may be interested.
You could always try to find one of these:
It's an old Optimus 22 paraffin burner, they also did a petrol version which, if I remember correctly was the 22B model.
Differs from the Coleman stove in many ways, but perhaps the most important point is that both burners are the same size, unlike the Coleman, so quite a powerful stove, and of course the are no longer made so bloody difficult to find.
What a beauty. I always wished the Coleman had never adopted that "slave burner" system.
2 Completely independently controlled burners from the same tank is much preferable.
I actually have a spare generator. If I could get hold of a spare couple of tanks & some brazing equipment I would be tempted to have a go myself.
I mean, how hard can it be???
It would be nice to have two separate burners that are completely independent of each other.
However, it did not take me long to get the hang of using the slave burner.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
I'm a bit of a collector, but I have never seen that model of stove before. I am well aware of the single burner versions paraffin/petrol but not that one.
NICE
(Mind you, I could be having a senior moment)
------------- Canvas tent, paraffin light, petrol stove. Heaven
I'd rather be kayaking.
Spent up, not pent up, just had my new tent up.
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Topic: Coleman dual fuel stove - why?
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