Moto Camping - Cooking Gear

[MickB72]

I have been using my Trangia with the multifuel X2 on my trip around OZ.


Thoughts,
It has worked perfectly for me in all sorts of weather.
Gas is more convenient than shellite.
It makes a great omelet.
For steaks, the frying pan is too far away from the burner.
For baked beans, the saucepan is to close to the burner.
All up it was about $500, $200 for the trangia set, + $300 for the multifuel X2.
I haven't ended up using it much more than for boiling water.
For as often as I used it to cook a meal I probably should have just taken a jetboil.

[Tradey]

Adam Lewis is a real RTW rider and he uses his fuel stove nearly every day... of the past 5 years !

Photo #3

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...51&postcount=8

(and he wouldn't be seen dead on another BMW...)

[dunno_where]

So most of you use Trangia varients.

Any of you use the Hexamine for primary cooking. Very Simple. Very light. Thoughts?

[Sundowner]

I've started carrying one of the cheap hexamine stoves for making a morning cuppa if the fire's dead and I don't want to stoke it into life again. Usually 2 cubes, one after the other, will get a mug of water close to boiling good enough for a black tea. Cheap and clean enough to go in the tank bag. The tablets light easy enough and could probably be used as fire lighters with damp wood.

[dunno_where]

Originally Posted by Sundowner

I've started carrying one of the cheap hexamine stoves for making a morning cuppa if the fire's dead and I don't want to stoke it into life again. Usually 2 cubes, one after the other, will get a mug of water close to boiling good enough for a black tea. Cheap and clean enough to go in the tank bag. The tablets light easy enough and could probably be used as fire lighters with damp wood.

Interesting points there. Thanks. I think just having one handy isn't a bad thing.

[Sean-0]

i use the same stove .. my son used it whilst he was in the Ariforce cadets .... there really good .. 2 bricks will heat up a tin of whateva ,i have a lil ally pan that sits on top can boil water in it or heat up your food ...the lil bricks are excellent fire starters ... i just chuck it all in a zippy bag and in the paniers with all my other crap

tho im gunna get a lil primus thing with lil gas cans .... still take the lil stove along as well as its so small it wont mater

only draw back is if ya lil bricks get wet ya in the shit .... or they turn to powder coz ya didnt pack em secure enough ,,,

[OBR650]

Originally Posted by Tradey

A lot of the real RTW guys prefer fuel stoves as in unleaded variety, some guys even run a tap off their fuel tank to fill the stove. I use an MSR WhisperLite and fit the fuel cell in a tool tube and it also acts as a 1 litre emergency fuel tank.



(That's stir-fry Moose whipped up in a you beaut Alaskan campground).

+1 on the MSR stuff, have had a Whisperlite for 5 or 6 years now with no problems, its small, light and heats things up much faster than Trangia type stoves. I prefer to use Shellite in mine as it burns clean and is readily available from supermarkets etc, but will also run on petrol and no need to worry about gas canisters.

[Storm Shadow]

Originally Posted by dunno_where

So most of you use Trangia varients.

Any of you use the Hexamine for primary cooking. Very Simple. Very light. Thoughts?

I use to use an ezbit for years as a kid and teen ager when bushwalking camping, great for eggs, 2 minute noodles etc. I carry one in my car as an emergency stove in a small tin with a few packets of 2 minute noodles and meal in a can, along with matches, water, blankets, first aid kits etc, you do these things when you live in the bush.

[stormsearcher]

cofee is important while riding.
jetboil is the go for me. press a switch and its on a minute or two to boil water..early mornings/cold/windy/wet it will work. quick as well.
boil water,use a bowl to make up a meal of cous cous-various kinds are available. also cous cous absorbs water-250mls every meal -hydration.dehydated meals can be made in a jiffy. coffe bags/ milk powder and i am done
in the desert camp fire cooks anything.a small mug is all i need.

[Miss Jane]

MSR Dragonfly and XGK are noisy, very good stoves and take heaps of abuse. The XGK was designed for high altitude use so no reason to have one in Australia, too noisy and heavier than the other MSR stoves. It is multifuel, but so is the Whisperlite International which is quieter and lighter.

All the other MSR stoves are equally good but not noisy.

[clintnz]

Originally Posted by Miss Jane

MSR Dragonfly and XGK are noisy, very good stoves and take heaps of abuse. The XGK was designed for high altitude use so no reason to have one in Australia, too noisy and heavier than the other MSR stoves. It is multifuel, but so is the Whisperlite International which is quieter and lighter.

All the other MSR stoves are equally good but not noisy.

Well said. I reckon the Dragonfly burns straight petrol better than the Whisperlite though, they are a different type of burner. My mates with Whisperlites mostly seem to use shellite when they can whereas I run mine on whatever the bike is getting. If I'm hiking & I'm going to be using it inside huts I'll get shellite as it's a little less smoky while priming.

A friend was reading some new online adv bike magazine type site recently & they did a review of the MSR Dragonfly, they gave it a glowing writeup but totally neglected to mention how rowdy it is compared with other cookers... FAIL.

Cheers
Clint

[trailcutter]

go the trangia retro fit gas burner.............turns the stoker stove kit into a killer stove ,,, just pak ya gas cans on the exhaust side pannier when heading to the high plains...............

[OBR650]

Originally Posted by clintnz

Well said. I reckon the Dragonfly burns straight petrol better than the Whisperlite though, they are a different type of burner. My mates with Whisperlites mostly seem to use shellite when they can whereas I run mine on whatever the bike is getting. If I'm hiking & I'm going to be using it inside huts I'll get shellite as it's a little less smoky while priming.

A friend was reading some new online adv bike magazine type site recently & they did a review of the MSR Dragonfly, they gave it a glowing writeup but totally neglected to mention how rowdy it is compared with other cookers... FAIL.

Cheers
Clint

Just curious, does it really matter how noisey your stove is, especially when there's no one around. I've never had the EPA turn up and confiscate my stove.

[Miss Jane]

Originally Posted by OBR650

Just curious, does it really matter how noisey your stove is, especially when there's no one around. I've never had the EPA turn up and confiscate my stove.

Depends on the individual, but they are loud. You have to speak up to be heard over them and I find by the end of cooking I'm glad to turn the thing off.

Yeah shellite is the fuel of choice for MSR's, burns cleaner therefore minimal maintenance - as in nearly none. Coleman fuel is very similar to shellite but a bit more refined I think, so it works also.

[tmotten]

I'm thinking of getting one of these petrol stoves.

http://www.sotooutdoors.com/products/item/OD-1NP.html

New design which doesn't rely on the pre-heating and instead uses a FI principle which burns much cleaner leaving next to no residue. Also packs up small enough to fit in most small diameter pots.