I have written this page with cook-kits that I am using at that time and as such is liable to change. So I may say that "This is my current cook-kit" in several different videos.
Oex Xt-1
As most people seem to think the Jetboil is the best solo stove out there and whenever I've been using one of my other stoves with other people the general comment is "Why don't you use your Jetboil", I decided to do a video comparing the performance of the Jetboil and the OEX Xt-1.
Personally I like both the stoves.
Update
The stove is in the bin. I don't know if I had a dud one but after two uses, it was as though it was out of gas constantly. The last time I used it , it took almost half and hour and nearly 100grams of gas to boil 300ml of water!
Personally I like both the stoves.
Update
The stove is in the bin. I don't know if I had a dud one but after two uses, it was as though it was out of gas constantly. The last time I used it , it took almost half and hour and nearly 100grams of gas to boil 300ml of water!
Honey Stove
MSR Dragonfly
Absolutely amazing stove, better than the XGK EX!
Yes I know some people don't like them because they are noisy, It doesn't really bother me, as far as I'm concerned it's part of the sounds of wild camping. The sound of a camping gaz lantern takes me back to when I was a young child, camping in the family tent. Happy memories. Maybe the sound of the Dragonfly will have the same memories for Squatt.
I decided to carry out a test to see of the small MSR fuel bottle would hold enough fuel for 2 of us for a weekend.
I boiled 500ml water which on average took 3m 30 sec plus I allowed it to simmer just about keeping a rolling boil to simulate sterilisation of the water or heating boil-in-the-bag food.
Even though the fuel bottle says it holds 325ml, my scales says it was only 234ml. This is because petrol weighs less than water. The bottle was filled as close as I could judge to the fill line. With this I boiled and simmered 12 500ml pots. On the 12th boil, it took just slightly over 5 minutes to boil the water but simmered ok. Then the 13th boil (typical) the fuel ran out at just over 3minutes. The water was very hot but not boiling.
Yes I know some people don't like them because they are noisy, It doesn't really bother me, as far as I'm concerned it's part of the sounds of wild camping. The sound of a camping gaz lantern takes me back to when I was a young child, camping in the family tent. Happy memories. Maybe the sound of the Dragonfly will have the same memories for Squatt.
I decided to carry out a test to see of the small MSR fuel bottle would hold enough fuel for 2 of us for a weekend.
I boiled 500ml water which on average took 3m 30 sec plus I allowed it to simmer just about keeping a rolling boil to simulate sterilisation of the water or heating boil-in-the-bag food.
Even though the fuel bottle says it holds 325ml, my scales says it was only 234ml. This is because petrol weighs less than water. The bottle was filled as close as I could judge to the fill line. With this I boiled and simmered 12 500ml pots. On the 12th boil, it took just slightly over 5 minutes to boil the water but simmered ok. Then the 13th boil (typical) the fuel ran out at just over 3minutes. The water was very hot but not boiling.
I'd be interested in doing this test with a Jetboil.
MSR XGK EX
Unfortunately this stove has now been stolen and was replaced with the MSR Dragonfly; New review coming soon.
This is now my favourite stove. It is not the smallest or the the lightest, nor is it the quickest, approx 1 minute and 10 seconds slower than the Sirocco stove (compared to one of our previous videos) and it wasn't cheap to buy; it is however cheap to run! At the time of buying the fuel that was used in the video petrol cost £1.38 per litre in the UK the stove used 19g of fuel to boil 500ml of water. After searching the internet I found out that 1ml of petrol weighs 0.737g this meant that the stove used 2.622pence to boil the water. The stove is also reliable and comes with a field maintenance kit.
After trying this test I started wondering how much difference the pot makes.
I tried the speed test again (not the fuel used test) with the same pot as I used on the Sirocco stove in the previous test. Instead of a boil time of 4:40 I got a boil time of 3:30
I will re-do this test when I purchase the pot that I want!
After trying this test I started wondering how much difference the pot makes.
I tried the speed test again (not the fuel used test) with the same pot as I used on the Sirocco stove in the previous test. Instead of a boil time of 4:40 I got a boil time of 3:30
I will re-do this test when I purchase the pot that I want!
With the Titanium pot from www.backpackinglight.co.uk
The above test was repeated with the Titanium pot that I wanted to see if the stove could boil water quicker with a lighter weight pot. The Honey Stove was used as a wind shield as this is how I plan to use the MSR in the field, this will give me the option of using the MSR or the Honey Stove as a wood burner without needing to carry a separate wind shield.
The Stove with this pot was approximately a minute quicker at 3:40!!
The Stove with this pot was approximately a minute quicker at 3:40!!
Swedish Army Mess Kit
I carry my cook kit within the Swedish Army mess tins apart from my cup, which I carry as part of the '58 pattern water bottle. The canister of gas I use is the C500 so it is too large to fit within the mess tin and is also kept separate.
The cook kit consists of:
The Swedish Army mess tins. The small saucepan I use as a plate/bowl.
Sirocco gas stove.
Wind shield.
Scourer for cleaning the mess tins.
Gas lighter.
Dry cloth. I use this as a cloth to stop me burning my hands when handling hot saucepans and to use as a tea towel to dry the mess tins after washing. The cloth is a cheap microfibre towel made by Carplan and can be bought from any motor factors. I think I paid £1.99.
Tub containing a coffee and coffee whitener mix.
Tub containing 'Ready Brek' and dried milk mix. This is only kept within the mess tin because it happens to fit.
Sweeteners.
And a spoon which is from a cheap 'supermarkets own' picnic set, I have cut about half inch off the handle for it to fit nicely within the mess tin.
Here is a video showing the contents, followed by another video showing the weights of the individual items.
The cook kit consists of:
The Swedish Army mess tins. The small saucepan I use as a plate/bowl.
Sirocco gas stove.
Wind shield.
Scourer for cleaning the mess tins.
Gas lighter.
Dry cloth. I use this as a cloth to stop me burning my hands when handling hot saucepans and to use as a tea towel to dry the mess tins after washing. The cloth is a cheap microfibre towel made by Carplan and can be bought from any motor factors. I think I paid £1.99.
Tub containing a coffee and coffee whitener mix.
Tub containing 'Ready Brek' and dried milk mix. This is only kept within the mess tin because it happens to fit.
Sweeteners.
And a spoon which is from a cheap 'supermarkets own' picnic set, I have cut about half inch off the handle for it to fit nicely within the mess tin.
Here is a video showing the contents, followed by another video showing the weights of the individual items.
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Jet Boil V's Go Systems-Sirocco Stove
This video shows the boil times of the Jetboil and the GoSystems Sirocco Stove compared against each other. We used 300ml of cold tap water and the same canister of gas for each test, the Jetboil was tested first. The boil times could have been slightly improved by using the lids on the pots but we needed to see immediately when the water started to boil.
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It seems that the heat exchanger needs to heat before the Jetboil becomes fully efficient as you can see in the previous video the Jetboil took longer to boil 300ml of water.
This video shows all the stoves that were owned by Baldy, Squatt and Uncle Strider, at the time of filming, this time however we are boiling 500ml and we talk a little about the stoves.
This video shows all the stoves that were owned by Baldy, Squatt and Uncle Strider, at the time of filming, this time however we are boiling 500ml and we talk a little about the stoves.
The mini Trangia
Dad bought the mini Trangia for Squatt as it's cheap, has no working parts to break and it is small and light.
However, we both found that the pot is ridiculously small so Squatt asked for the same Swedish Army mess kit that Dad has for his birthday. The big army Trangia burner was replaced with the burner from the mini Trangia set. |
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