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sidewinder
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PostPosted: 13:16 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Show us your camping stove Reply with quote
Today I decided I was pissed of with buying over priced drinks and food from camp site cafes and shops.so of I go to my local camping supplies shop with the intention of buying a stove.light weight and small pack size was the order of the day.looked at a few a finally choose this vango set up.packed in its box its roughly the size of a kingsize pack of cigarettes..
https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/b1693017d44e74582939ff6f5f27a790_zpswgobleve.jpg

https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/e8572a0fe4156668ad42c3f870cc2a3c_zpsxtviwf8b.jpg

Build quality is good.and it boils 2 cups of water in about 4 mins.cost was £16 pretty happy with it..
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 14:30 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
You did ask.

Borde Bomb self pressurising petrol stove. Fast and light. Pocket sized.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/Ae%202010/DSCN0662.png

Penny Stove. Semi-pressurised, homemade meths stove. Super light and very efficient for backpacking.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/summer%202009/pennystove.png

https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/pennystove2.png

Improvised "beer can" stove. Not very efficient but burns meths/alcohol in a controlled manner and can be made in 5 minutes using a swiss army knife.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/DSC00971.jpg

Coleman dual fuel. Runs on unleaded. Heavy but hot.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/france%202008/CNV00015.jpg

Primus paraffin stove. A bit of a fiddle to be honest but a nice thing to own:
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/france%202008/CNV00005.jpg

Hexagon micro wood stove. Something of a fiddle but folds down really small:
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/dragon2015/CIMG2262_zps7x5tvk0o.jpg

The hexagon is best used as a pot stand/windshield for the bomb. This is my current "go-to" setup:
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/dragon2015/CIMG2249_zps4nothg2x.jpg

More traditional:
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/summer%202009/dscn0147.jpg
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sidewinder
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PostPosted: 14:55 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Damn you have a few Very Happy ..any one you like to take out the most?
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sidewinder
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PostPosted: 14:58 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
whats the advantages of gas over petrol or vice versa?
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delsol
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I really would like to get hold of a one of those Borde Bomb's in new or damn near new condition, are spares available?

Anyway, came across this\these when trying to increase my excuse for getting a Borde Bomb:

This guy has a history with this stove and seems to have stuck with it so it must be a pretty good stove, arouses my interest even more.

https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/got-myself-a-borde-bomb.14901/

https://s48.photobucket.com/user/stinkwheel/media/Ae%202010/DSCN0659.png.html

https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/Ae%202010/DSCN0662.png

Just to show how easy and safe they are in use Rolling Eyes

But I still want one::

https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/got-myself-a-borde-bomb.14901/
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 16 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
sidewinder wrote:
whats the advantages of gas over petrol or vice versa?


I have a tank of petrol on my bike and I do most of my camping by motorbike. You have a small gas stove but you still have to find room to carry gas.

Petrol stoves make a very hot flame and will work well in sub-zero temperatures, tend to be pretty wind resistant too. You can get petrol pretty much anywhere. Disadvantages are that most require some sort of fiddling about to light them, they can be dirty/sooty if they get choked up and you have to handle petrol. They do require fettling every so often to clean out valves and replace pump cups etc.

Gas is clean and easy to use, the stoves are light and cheap and light immediately. Therein ends their advantages in my book. I have seen gas stoves, especially with butane mixes, refuse to light in very cold weather. They are fairly badly affected by the wind. Yes, a really well designed gas stove with matching heat-exchanger pot will be the quickest boil you'll get but these are expensive. You have to carry enough gas with you. Gas cartriges aren't always readily available.

I don't use gas. If I want small and lightweight, I use an alcohol burning stove. It's a payoff, they are slow and very badly affected by wind but I know I can do a 3 day backpacking expedition for two people and only need to carry a penny stove and 200ml of meths to do all the cooking.

I take the borde most of the time. The coleman duel fuel is a faster, more effective stove which as far as I'm concerned is the proven workhorse of the camping stove world but it's bulky and heavy. I used the Borde nearly every day on my 3 month tour of Britain.

delsol wrote:

I really would like to get hold of a one of those Borde Bomb's in new or damn near new condition, are spares available?


They come up for sale occasionally. I got mine from a German hiking shop.

I can't think what spares you'd need. There are three pieces to the actual stove, the needle, the stove body and the filler cap. 100% metal construction.
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