I bought my first Trangia 10 years ago in Sweden. Since then I have bought another half dozen for friends. They see it work and immediately want one. I''ve never found the stoves in the U.S. so I buy them in Sweden when I visit. This stove is incredible. Always works, no hassles, and fast. In Yosemite I forgot my alcohol and was able to get some rubbing alcohol in the pharmacy. Still worked OK above 9,000. Buy this stove and you''ll love it. I''d never go back to anything else. The only reason I gave it a 5 is because you can''t give 6s.

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What a great piece of engineering. I used mine for five weeks of hiking and base camping. So simply to use and cheap to run. Ended up using it at the base camp instead of using my dual fuel Coleman stove to make a cup of coffee as it was so easy to get started

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I''m reviewing the Trangia 27 (smaller version of the 25). These stoves are great. Compact, lightweight, quiet, clean-burning, easy to clean, sets up in no time, and cheap! I got the duossal coating - these are unbelievable. Non-stick on one side, and the other side distributes heat evenly. The kit comes with everything you need - no need to buy pots and pans, etc... it''s all there. I bought mine overseas, and I don''t know why it isn''t popular here in the USA. I think it has more to do with tradition or something... The only bad thing about it is that it does take some time to boil water. So if you''re in a hurry, get something else. Otherwise, if you can spare 7-8 minutes, these are the way to go. As a general purpose stove, you can''t go wrong.

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Not really a review, but simply to amend a point one review made.

Meths for the trangia is readily available in hardware stores throughout the UK. The days of it being difficult to buy or the need to "sign the poisons book" on purchase are long gone.

As for the Trangia, I have used one of an on for about 25 years. Easy to use and reliable.

The all weather capability means that you can have a brew going and ready to drink soon after pitching the tent.

A bit bulky and slow, but does save filling up landfills with spent gas cartridges.

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Never had the need

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I've already left a review further down this page, but found some interesting new facts out. I've recently tested the Trangia against several other liquid fuel stoves in -20 F conditions. To start off with, one should know that the Trangia is really designed to boil smaller amounts of liquid at a time. Every time you double the amount of liquid, you increase the boil time by at least three to four times. I tend to only boil water 2 cups at a time. ei: Make coffee, while drinking that boil water for noodles etc. When you do this, the Trangia is very efficient. When testing against other liquid fuel stoves at minus 20f, I found that the Trangia would boil 2 cups of water with just slightly more fuel (volumn) than my optimus stoves took to get primed. And on top of that, actually boiled the water in slightly less time. So for cold weather, when used effectively the Trangia is quite capable of being quick, efficient and reliable. However if you want to boil 2 liters of water at a time,to make hot chocolate for 8 people, it will seem like you're waiting for retirement. If you're cooking for two, you might want to give it a try. But be carefull, it's really easy to get bit by the Trangia bug.

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Never have, probably never need to.

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Very reliable and idiot proof. Burns for about 30 min. on a fill up. I can usually cook a good meal and an extra pot of water at a time. Gets sooty if you don't add about 1 tsp. of water. Bulky but light. I would recomend it to anyone.

Good points + 1/2 to 1/3 price of presurised burner + Includes pots in price + always lights, nothing to go wrong + very stable, so stable you can stack pots on top of each other and cook verticaly (ie boiling something on the bottom, put a pot on that pot and simmer something on top, put a plate on top of that pot and keep something warm!) + Safe, no flare ups (great for non piromaniacs) + fuel cheep and easy to get + good heat control and heat is dispursed across bottom of pot, no hot spot in the centre where everthing burns + lights easy in strong wind and rain + great for brewing up on the track, (stable and protected flames = safe) + quiet, no raw of the burner Not so good points - limited burn time before refueling (always runs out 5 min before finished cooking that 3 course meal, not a hassle to refuel really, just frustrating) - pots get a little sooty - Only takes specific size pots, cannot just use any old pot - A little slow to just boil water - a bit dicy putting the flame out until you get the hang of it - Have to take pot of to adjust flame, sometimes a little frustrating - Fry's well, but is either just a bit to hot without the simmer ring or a bit to cool with the simmer ring I lost my first one (its a long story) and spent sometime investigating the alternatives hopeing to get something a little lighter and compact, but decided there isnt anything overall any better that the o'l Triangia!, so now I'm on my second

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Gas burners - usually unstable, loose performance in cold, no good outside due to wind and stability and gas is not cheap - good starter stoves for beginners

I have used a Trangia for the past 25 years having bought mine second-hand in Nepal. The pots and wind shield are still the originals but I am on my second burner. I find after a time that the burners lose their capacity to absorb fuel and burning time goes down.
I normally hike in big groups and have found that I can easily cater for up to 7 persons to a stove. This is made possible by using a 3 litre billy, in addition the the supplied pots. This has been given some "critical" dents to enable it to fit into the windshield. It sticks out a lot but boiling times are not to badly affected.
We do a lot of hiking at +2800 m in all sorts of conditions (wind, rain, heat, cold down to -15 deg C. We boil a lot of water as we are fond of our tea (4 times a day)and dinners normally comprise of rice or pasta plus a meaty sauce. I cater for about 80 - 100 ml of fuel per person per day depending on the season.
A superb stove.

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This stove is really maintenance-free so that after-sales service is not of importance.

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Much as the previous reviewers I really like the simplicity and reliability of the Trangia. The lack of gas fumes and noise are also nice. And of course not having to pay for and pack around a repair kit it OK to. As I do a lot of cold weather camping I also like the fact the Trangia is somewhat safer to use in a tent than pressurized systems. Dont get me wrong, its still dangerous, just not as much. The one point that has been missed is how incredibly stable the trangia is. For anyone who has tipped their frying pan on the ground while stiring scrambled eggs, you'd appreciate the Trangia. The pans are held by 3 arms that won't let it slip off. And the reports off slow performance are a bit overdone. I've used plenty of pressurized systems and by the time to take into account extra time to set up their windshields and prime them, the Trangia isn't any slower unless you're doing large amounts. Although I own over ten different stoves, this is my favorite.

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I'll never need to call.

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Trangia - I have a slightly more expensive version of the Trangia made by Sigg. It has Duossal pots (inner of stainless steel & outer of aluminium), it has a proper simmering ring that drops on rather than slides across & the pots are blackened. Like the Trangia it is unbreakable & works better in a strong wind. For light trips I was given a Japanese 1.3l titanium pot which I use with the Sigg burner, sitting on a $2.50 wire stand I bought at a Chinese grocery store. The whole thing weighs about 200gs including cup, bowl & cutlery. Basically I'd recommend any of the methylated spirit stoves, Trangia or otherwise.

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