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Hi all

I use a varied selection of stoves, from meths burner, solid fuel stove and the bigger 2 ring burner with grill.  I recently purchased a Marksman single burner with electronic ignition for the yacht. Similar to this one.    I was not too happy with it because, I used up 1 tin of gas to boil 2 small kettles  approx just over 1 litre of water.  I would have thought the gas would have lasted a lot longer.

Quote: Originally posted by Bikerbill55 on 12/4/2013

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Hi all

I use a varied selection of stoves, from meths burner, solid fuel stove and the bigger 2 ring burner with grill.  I recently purchased a Marksman single burner with electronic ignition for the yacht. Similar to this one.  <a style="border: 0px currentColor;" id="irc_mil" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=camping+stove&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=OJT83vOniYm_ZM&tbnid=UxG-1g5fp1VFzM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.towsure.com%2Fproduct%2FPortable_Cartridge_Stove&ei=571nUeTHBIep0AW6uIHYAg&bvm=bv.45175338,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGTceDZyB72tza0r9AHnalibYPHwg&ust=1365839719333268"><img style="width: 120px; height: 90px; margin-top: 0px;" id="irc_mi" src="https://www.towsure.com/images/products/3729/detail/portable-cartridge-stove.jpg" width="393" alt="393"></a>  I was not too happy with it because, I used up 1 tin of gas to boil 2 small kettles  approx just over 1 litre of water.  I would have thought the gas would have lasted a lot longer.

 

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Good day to everyone.  I had my first camping experience in ages last week, it was cold, -5C at night.  I have a Campingaz stove, you know the small one with the click on cartridge.  As I knew it was going to be cold I got a bigger kettle so I could fill hot water bottles.  However the Campingaz stove was top heavy with the larger kettle and I can’t find the ‘feet’ that I had on a similar stove years ago. (Any help there would be appreciated in locating such feet) I then got a Hi Gear portable cooker which looks the same as the cooker that BikerBill has.  It’s more stable, but would just not boil the kettle no matter how long I left it.  Also, I thought it had run out of gas a few times, however it would light again when ignited.  In contrast, using the wee Campingaz stove (carefully) I managed to boil the water, and use in hot water bottle when at the correct temperature.  One bit of kit I got before going away last week on advice from here was to get a windshield for the gas stove, it made all the difference.

I realise that the use for both stoves was perhaps well out of their design remit, however the Campingaz one worked better and the gas lasted twice as long.

Norman

Quote: Originally posted by Norman-Nomad on 12/4/2013

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...I realise that the use for both stoves was perhaps well out of their design remit, however the Campingaz one worked better and the gas lasted twice as long.

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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 12/4/2013

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I looked at the Coleman stoves but I can't get the cartridges here hence opted for Calor (already had the cylinder).

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