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07/6/2014 at 11:21am
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Hi to all, great information on here, could sit and read for hours!!!
We've just got back into camping after about 15 years and are looking for some advice on the best double stove to get. Haven't really got the space in the motor for a gas bottle so thinking small canisters etc, what advice does anyone have on the best type?????
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07/6/2014 at 11:48am
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By the time you have packed half a dozen canisters you have taken up the same space as a 907, we found the canisters last a day, but the 907 lasts weeks (and a lot cheaper)
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07/6/2014 at 12:46pm
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Quote: Originally posted by NickH on 07/6/2014
By the time you have packed half a dozen canisters you have taken up the same space as a 907, we found the canisters last a day, but the 907 lasts weeks (and a lot cheaper)
Half a dozen?? We just got back from a week's camping and only used one cannister, cooked about three meals on that plus warmed stuff up.
Rather than a double stove we take two suitcase stoves. We've used a double in the past and just find this set up easier to pack and more versatile to use.
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07/6/2014 at 1:50pm
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Everyone has their own idea of what is best, really it's what suits our needs which is 'best'.
A suitcase stove isn't a huge investement to make, you can easily get one for ten pounds or less and if you shop around , a pack of four canisters will be around £5.
I think the suitcase stoves are all much the same , some may have brand names , but I think they all perform about the same.
Again,not such a huge investment that you can't change after a couple of trips
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07/6/2014 at 2:06pm
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I use all types of stoves depending on circumstances,ie in car with canvas tent I use old tilly with bottle + suitcase stove for quick tea in morning or emergancys,for just a weekend probably suitcase stove with cannisters,when camping abroad on motorbikes...when obviously space is at a premium...we use a suitcase stove,but last year in France we had to search out the cannisters,so weird usually in the big supermarkets they are readily available but all there were last year were the really old pierce campingaz cannisters,so this year we are taking a coleman sportster stove...always fuel to be had from our bikes! and a suitcase stove I got from Asda a few weeks ago..brilliant about the third of the size of the old suitcase stove but takes the same canisters due to a rather clever sliding bitty on the end for the canister !
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07/6/2014 at 3:25pm
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Campingaz Camping Duo is nice little 2 burner stove using 2 cartridges. Or just use 2 of the Campingaz single burner cartridge stoves.
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07/6/2014 at 4:31pm
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Another vote for the Coleman dual fuel - my favourite bit of camping kit!
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07/6/2014 at 5:25pm
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It's worth comparing gas costs...
Camping Gaz 907 2.75kg at £30 per refill so approx £1.10/100g
Calor Gas 4.5kg 4.5kg at £17 per refill so approx £0.37/100g
Suitcase cartridges 908g at £5 for four so approx £0.55/100g
Camping Gaz is significantly more expensive than Calor and also a lot more than cartridges.
Regarding cartridges, remember that the cheap one generally have 227g gas in them but Camping Gaz branded ones (CP250) have 250g. Even with Argos pricing of £9.99 for four CP250s, they're still cheaper than a 907 bottle!
Camping Gaz bottles only ever make sense if you travel outside the UK a lot...
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07/6/2014 at 8:08pm
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Thanks to pwatson for the price comparisons, its a real eye opener. May have to get another campingaz bistro stove now!
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