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I've had a good search and can't find an answer to this so apologies from a newbie if this is a repeated post.

Just getting back into camping after a few years and need a two burner stove but the question is do I go for a duel fuel Coleman or a camping gaz one?

Personally I am tending to favour the Coleman puely for the lack of gas bottle rattling around the boot.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Hi Andy,,,,          Halford have a sale on some double burner with grill stoves,, cant remember prices but may be viewable on their website,,,,,   not dual fuel though.

Think I'd rather a gas bottle rolling about in my boot than  loose fuel LOL

All the best

Quote: Originally posted by Spinndrift on 28/08/2004

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Just getting back into camping after a few years and need a two burner stove but the question is do I go for a duel fuel Coleman or a camping gaz one?

Personally I am tending to favour the Coleman puely for the lack of gas bottle rattling around the boot.

Any advice would be most welcome.

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As for fuel rattling about, you would have to carry extra fuel for the Coleman in something, a full tank wont last forever.

If your happy to be handling and refueling the Coleman (petrol) stove then safety wise there is not a lot between the stoves.

Gas is convienient to light, but butane can be poor in cold weather.

The Coleman stive is more compact and self contained than a gas setup and VERY powerful in all weathers although they are not as easy to light and can flare up before fully primed.

I use a 3 burner gas stove with a Camping gaz 907 cylinder for most cooking and a single burner Coleman stove for driving my camp oven.

I am not going to recomend any particular make of stove but just a few things that you might consider when you go out to buy one. To be honest I have yet to find a camping stove with a decent grill that does toast! no wonder people on here recomend accessories for making toast!

A wind shield is a must especialy if you cook outside, do you want built in legs or will you put your stove on a seperate stand or camp kitchen?

Then there is the question of fuel, Personally we prefere gas, but well remember using Primus paraffin stoves many years ago!  We allways used to use the Primus to "brew up" in a layby on the outward and return journey.Wish we still had one of those to go with my restored Tilley lamp!

At the end of the day you pays your money and takes your choice!

Happy camping!  Frank & Kathy

Paraffin stoves are still made so you can get a new one if you wish.

You can get them on ebay cheap enough, for instance;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3630&item=6114997349&rd=1

There is a picture of a paraffin stove in my profile, I paid around £10 for it and its an unused No 5S from the late 1950s. Spares are still avaialble.

Paraffin is probably the safest of all the fuels since spills do not readily ignite.

Well I've gone with the coleman stove.

The main point of concern with having the gas canister is that the dog would have to share the boot with it and I didn't want him squashed.

The coleman twin burner we got is really easy to refuel and light plus it folds up to the size of a briefcase. The plastic petrol can is much easier to lash down in the boot than a gas bottle.

It's great reading all the comments about tilley lamps on here. I get plenty of stranges looks from people my age (31) when I pull out my tilley and light it. I wouldn't be with out it.

Anyway must go, off camping in the wind and rain of north wales for the weekend.