Home Log in or Register

Message Forums

Welcome Guest

Reception - All Forums

Camping under canvas

Topic: Which Gas??

Page: 1 2

DamianL

26/4/2013 at 7:05pm
Location: Derby
Outfit: See sig

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 16/4/2013

Platinum Member

Forum Posts: 593

Site Reviews Total:	3

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Quote: Originally posted by OldRex on 26/4/2013
Oh, one final piece of advice - the type of stove you are looking at gets quite hot underneath - I've heard of people melting their groundsheet using these!

Wow... I have never heard of someone using one without a table.... Come on people! Common sense!

OldRex

27/4/2013 at 9:52am
Location: None Entered
Outfit: Vango Tigris 800XL Vango Icarus 500

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 03/4/2012

Gold Member

Forum Posts: 215
Tent Reviews: 4

Site Reviews Total:	7

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Quote: Originally posted by DamianL on 26/4/2013

Wow... I have never heard of someone using one without a table.... Come on people! Common sense!

You would be surprised. Not saying anyone on here would do that, but the story I heard was the tent was loaned to the (teenage) kids, the kitchen was set up outside, but the stove got moved under cover when it started raining...

Personally I would only use one of these on a proper kitchen stand, a table might scorch - but thats just me.

sjs1909

04/5/2013 at 7:08pm
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Gelert Bliss 4

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 19/6/2012

Standard Member

Forum Posts: 61

Site Reviews Total:	1

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Hi all

Thanks for your replies, most helpful!
We are actually buying the stove tomorrow as been away but I'm going to get hubby to read through this so im not having to remember it all myself!

Dont worry though we have a kitchen stand to put it on, i cant believe somebody actually put one of these on a groundsheet???
Getting very excited now, provisionally booking our first trip mid june and on Monday we are going to purchase our biggest spend ... the tent!!!

-------------
I'll make a list ......

DamianL

04/5/2013 at 8:15pm
Location: Derby
Outfit: See sig

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 16/4/2013

Platinum Member

Forum Posts: 593

Site Reviews Total:	3

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

What tent are you getting?

-------------
There is a place to hide, it's in our minds.

Outfits:
Hi Gear Kalahari 8 (Plus porch)
Vango Icarus 500 (Plus enclosed front canopy)
Hi Gear Solus Horizon 4
Vango Banshee 200
Vango Dart DLX 350
Vango Alpha 250
Yellowstone Alpine 2

sjs1909

04/5/2013 at 8:20pm
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Gelert Bliss 4

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 19/6/2012

Standard Member

Forum Posts: 61

Site Reviews Total:	1

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

We're getting a Kampa Bamburgh 6, theres myself and hubby plus a 4yr old boy and 18mth old baby girl so the space is essential and the Bamburgh is huge!

-------------
I'll make a list ......

DamianL

04/5/2013 at 9:15pm
Location: Derby
Outfit: See sig

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 16/4/2013

Platinum Member

Forum Posts: 593

Site Reviews Total:	3

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Nice tent! Just googled it and it looks brilliant.

Well I hope you have a good time! May I ask what your plans are with the 18 month old in terms of sleeping arrangements? My partner and I are planning our first camping trip for the end of July (Just booked it in fact for 31st July to 4th August, then 5th August for a week as well at a different site!) and we have ourselves, a 5 year old, 19 month old and a 6 month old (Ages when we go). We are planning to take a travel bassinet and possibly Co-sleep if too cold for the 6 month old, a travel cot for the 18 month old and a SIM/Airbed for the 5 year old. (Obviously lots of blankets in case it gets cold)

-------------
There is a place to hide, it's in our minds.

Outfits:
Hi Gear Kalahari 8 (Plus porch)
Vango Icarus 500 (Plus enclosed front canopy)
Hi Gear Solus Horizon 4
Vango Banshee 200
Vango Dart DLX 350
Vango Alpha 250
Yellowstone Alpine 2

sjs1909

06/5/2013 at 11:09pm
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Gelert Bliss 4

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 19/6/2012

Standard Member

Forum Posts: 61

Site Reviews Total:	1

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Hi, sorry for late reply ..!

Sleeping arrangements .. hmm i have a plan in my head, whether it will materialise is another thing ...!
We were going to take the travel cot for her but after looking at the tent today when we bought it ( :-)))) i think it will be tight on space. So plan B, we actually aquired a toddler Disney Princess ready bed so im going to put her in that with her sleeping bag that she has at home in her cot with some extra blankets to hand if needed. Plus a blanket under the ready bed for extra warmth.

Either myself or my hubby will share a sleep pod with her, the other with my 4yr old boy, we will all be on air beds.
I just hope the weekend we plan to go she doesnt have another tooth coming through as shes been a nightmare teether unlike my little boy who sailed through teething!!

-------------
I'll make a list ......

JAMMI

07/5/2013 at 12:32am
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Cabanon Aruba Kyham Freelander

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 15/9/2008

Gold Member

Forum Posts: 277

Site Reviews Total:	8

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	1
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	5
Site Nights 2018:	0

Having had lots of trouble with butane stoves I now have a multi fuel stove, which I run on unleaded petrol.

It is cheap to run and will run regardless of temperature. It seems more productive to me, i.e. hotter.

You need to take sensible precautions when using a stove like this, i.e put the flame to the fuel

Its a bit scary when you start but you soon get the hang of it.

It will always be in my camping kit in the future.

-------------
Jacqui
I just love it!

sjs1909

07/5/2013 at 12:37am
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Gelert Bliss 4

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 19/6/2012

Standard Member

Forum Posts: 61

Site Reviews Total:	1

Site Reviews 2024:	0
Site Reviews 2023:	0
Site Reviews 2022:	0
Site Reviews 2021:	0
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	0
Site Nights 2023:	0
Site Nights 2022:	0
Site Nights 2021:	0
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Blimey i think id be abit scared of that! haha. Im even nervous of the whole gas situation but i know its either that or no food!

What trouble did you have with butane stove?

-------------
I'll make a list ......

dk168

07/5/2013 at 7:24pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: MWB VW Crafter PVC

View Profile

Quote

Joined: 19/6/2009

Diamond Member

Forum Posts: 9596
Tent Reviews: 6

Site Reviews Total:	56

Site Reviews 2024:	9
Site Reviews 2023:	9
Site Reviews 2022:	8
Site Reviews 2021:	9
Site Reviews 2020:	0
Site Reviews 2019:	0
Site Reviews 2018:	0

Site Nights 2024:	45
Site Nights 2023:	47
Site Nights 2022:	46
Site Nights 2021:	34
Site Nights 2020:	0
Site Nights 2019:	0
Site Nights 2018:	0

Quote: Originally posted by DamianL on 26/4/2013

Quote: Originally posted by OldRex on 26/4/2013Oh, one final piece of advice - the type of stove you are looking at gets quite hot underneath - I've heard of people melting their groundsheet using these!

Wow... I have never heard of someone using one without a table.... Come on people! Common sense!

One would like to believe taking a smouldering charcoal BBQ inside a confined space such as a tent is lacking in common sense, however, it still happens, and with tragic results!

-------------
* Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest And Play! *
- 2025 - inc. FR & DE
- 2024 - 10/56 inc. FR & NL
- 2023 - 48 inc. FR
- 2022 - 49
- 2021 - 34
* Ex-tenter & solo female camper *
* Treat life events like a dog: If you can't eat it, play with it, or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away! *

In order to post a reply you will need to register, or if already registered please log in here

Prev Next
Jump To Page: 1 2
Quick Links - All Forums - Camping under canvas - Top of Page

Printable version

Latest News, Discounts and Competitions see all...

7544 Visitors online !

Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker - Recommend to Friend - Add a Missing Campsite

[Message Forums] [Caravan Sites & Camping] [Company Listings] [Features / Advice] [Virtual Brochure] [Shop!]
[Reception] [Competitions] [Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale] [Event Diary] [Contact Us] [Tent Reviews]

Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024

UKCampsite.co.uk
2024 Advent Calendar

24 Daily Prizes PLUS a Christmas Day Star Prize worth £999

Request a Reminder