Metho in stoves
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 16:10
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Ron173
G'Day all doing a weekend on the bike soon, and using a trangia metho stove.
Someone told me a while back if you mix a small amount of
water (10% ??) with your metho, it stops it blackening the bottom of your pots and pan.
Can someone better informed tell me if this is indeed true and what amount of
water to mix? 10% rings a bell?
Thanks
Ron
Reply By: Member -Signman - Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 16:31
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 16:31
Yup- that's about right..I put about a 'slurp' into the burner unit..
Seems to do as it's sposed to. What soot is deposited is easier to clean off..
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Reply By: portlester - Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 18:05
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 18:05
Up to 10%
water works fine. The only thing that you need to be aware of is that the higher the altitude and the colder you go the trangia gets harder to light with the 10%
water in it. I've only found this a problem when roaming around the higher parts of the Snowys however.
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Reply By: BIG_red87 - Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 18:22
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 18:22
If your pots are already blackened it'd actually best to leave them sooty (despite the mess) as when they are black the pots heat up quicker - that way it takes you less than 15 minutes to boil a litre of
water lol
Big Red
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Reply By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 21:37
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 at 21:37
My Trangia is over 20years old. Looks very old and worn I would estimate that it has been used for almost 2000 meals and even more for cuppas.
Mate it is the most legendary piece of
camping equipment I own.
Never once have I put
water in it and it has neverturned the pans sooty.
The only times the pots have got black is when I have used in the fire when I have run out of metho.
The original pots were lost on a boat during a cyclone 15 years ago and I bought the stainless pots.
Have fun with your trangia.
Peter
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Follow Up By: Ron173 - Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 at 13:33
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 at 13:33
Peter,
picked up the new trangia, looks the go.
Have a question on the 'simmer' function, the little brown simmer lid, do you use that sort of half open, or is it designed to be used fully open, just the outer ring covering the holes being enough to simmer?
Thanks
Ron
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 at 16:18
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 at 16:18
Hey Ron,
Glad u went the trang, they can be a little tricky to use when simmering. I have found that if you get what u want to get hot and then leave it simmering then you can adjust the brown plate to almost closed, but remember to stir the pot regularly as the heat is local to where ever the flame is. you may burn what ever is directly over the flame. It wont take you long to work it out.
A picture of
mine was published in Outdoor Magazine about 9 months ago.
I know u will have many great meals in it. I went the small one and when we used to walk 100's kms with a party of 4 we could
cook a great meal for 4 with 2 small trangias
Have fun
Peter
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Reply By: Ron173 - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 06:27
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 06:27
Thanks for replies.
This is a new one. Normally have other methods but need the small stacking capacity of the trangia for the bike as space is limited.
I know its not as quick but I'm in no rush.
Rgds
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Reply By: Member - Barnesy (SA) - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 08:40
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 08:40
I tried putting a little
water in with the metho but found it took a lot longer to heat up. 100% metho burns a lot hotter.
As for soot on the bottom,
well who cares, you don't eat off of the outside of the pan so don't worry about it.
Barnesy
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