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27/4/2018 at 6:44pm
Location: Cheshire
Outfit: Kampa Croyde 6 Air Classic
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I needed a stove for family camping, however with young children we'll have electric hookup so really needed a back up and support unit.
I was planning to buy the Olida as this works on the EN-417 cartridges which I already use. One burner will run for two hours at 3kW so I'd expect to use 1-2 cartridges per week which bought in bulk aren't that expensive.
In a rash decision I saw the Jimbu on sale and bought one. I'm only likely to need one burner most of the time, and if I did need two, I could just place a pan on the grill side. As a backup device it seemed good with an option of the grill.
Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my ideals for the following reasons.
Too heavy. Why make a cooker compatible with small gas cartridges and them make it weigh half as much as the LPG cylinder I'm not taking?
The grill doesn't really work as a grill. A mesh with cutouts did exactly what I expected it to. It burned the parts over the holes while warming the parts not on the holes. I tried toast, at a setting the didn't burn the toast near instantly where it covered the holes it took 7 minutes of constantly moving a slice of bread around and in the end it was sort of done, very uneven, cold with burned bits.
I tried a few more times will similar results. While I like that it has space for two slices, you can't toast with this.
It may be better with products that are more moist as they won't burn quite so easily, however I suspect you'd need to keep the items moving to manage the uneven heat through the holes as I think it should have a lot more open space to get the even cooking. If I do try this then I'll update the thread.
My other disappointment was the 'removable tray for cleaning' as I assumed that you could remove the burner surround, however this turns out to be a really small little catch tray underneath which collect the fat so it would be difficult to clean the unit while on camp and you're then left with the smell of fat if you bring it indoors at night.
It's not something I'd buy again, and if I hadn't used it then I would have sent it back.
I didn't pay anywhere near full price for it thankfully, hence taking the chance. However the well known high street chain I purchased it from has now discontinued both the Olida and the Jimbu.
Nice idea, execution needs some thought.
Edit: I would be happy with the Olida, it's the grill on the Jimbu that's the main issue.
Post last edited on 27/04/2018 18:53:58
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