Gas Cooker

Used to be in the same boat. Traded my Primus for a Coleman regulator stove. Brilliant.

G'day Noldi

I had similar problem, ended up getting on of those cheap $25 dollar single ring cookers with the little gas bottle that fits in the side, b*& great, use it all the time, cook up some prawns on the little bbq type plate that is an option, cooks low heat and boils the billy at a quick lunch stop.
A lot of truckies carry them to cook up something to eat with a wok, very convenient and seems the gas bottles last a while.
I am happy with it.

Cheers
Lotzi

HI,

We have wild country 2 burner stove and we love it, we live in our van so we use it a lot especially with the camp oven as I don't like to cook in the van if I can help it.

Cheers
Caroline

Thanks Guys, will have a look at them

Hi Noldi,
Get a diffuser from any cooking shop for ~$10 and put it between the pot and flame. No issues then as the heat is more evenly distributed. Waste of money to get a new stove as if it does adjust that low a mozzie could blow it out.

Steve

This was the reason I replaced my old stove with jets in each burner mechanism with a low pressure Coleman stove. The pressure is controlled by the regulator on the bottle end.

Both burners are fully and independently controllable and you can have one on full while the other is a gentle simmer.

Bill

I've been cooking at home (living in a shed while building a house) with a Primus two burner one (deluxe model I think) for at least 6 months. It doesn't need a regulator and the trick is to let all the gas out every time after use (our previous cheaper 2 burner got blocked jets due to not bleeding the system each time, even though we did turn the gas off at the bottle).

Anyway if it can stand the rigors of cooking home meals every single night and also boiling water for the dishes, I reckon it's allright, and of course deluxe just means it has that stainless steel around the burners making it easier to clean. I turn the knobs down pretty low to simmer without a problem although I must say I'm not sure how you would go with that in really windy conditions (it has sides and back as wind guards though).
From memory the low pressure stoves we had (Lido Jnr) in a camper trailer didn't have quite as much adjustment as the higher pressure one we have now, but I'm not 100% sure on that since it's been a long time since camping.

Our coleman has excellent adjustment down to very low levels. YOu can't buy them anymore though (guide series 5428 I think was the model).

Hi All thanks for the feedback I will be looking at a few of these options, I think I have had a good run out of this stove 31 years, I bought 2 new jets for it but never bothered putting them in.

Thanks again

I own an older version of this, attached to a 4.5 kg bottle and what makes the difference is the regulator on the side



Start it up and wait for about a minute then slowly adjust the flame downwards and it will go down to a very low state. It's harder to do it immediately as the gas nozzle is expanding as it heats up. You have to rmember that it is made of thin metal, unlke the nozzle on your range at home. Once it has heated up, controlling flow is very easy.