trangia or campingaz bivouac kit?

[scaryt]

I have been offered the loan of a 2 burner set with big gas bottle for this summer, which would make sense to borrow. It's just big. And I am not-so-big.

So if you could get one of these for about £25 which would you go for? Trangia has a pan, frying pan and kettle. Bivouac is sleek and just the one pan.

Hello scary, I have a trangia & love it, all fits into one neat package.

It was a lot more than £25, but well worth it. Just dont drink ^your precious meths>

how do you find using the meths, does sound rather alarming!

I dont.

We got gas version- I was too scared to go for full on meths!

Argh am still in Harry Potter namechange... hangon...

Ahhh.... thats better!

I do like the trangia set up. How would you cook in just one pan? Camping slop?

ooh hello glitter, did not realise it was you.

Can see your point about the one pan thing. I would have the cobb as well. And it is neat but then so is trangia and it has a kettle. Cannot function without tea before leaving tent.

Yes, kettle is v useful (I must have 1 large pot of proper coffee before leaving tent myself).

Well, Cobb does frying stuff? Like sausages etc? I so want a Cobb! So maybe 1 pan is all ytou need. You could boil water in pan? Your one pan

Get your own meths, Lucius!

I have a Trangia, the 27-2 UL which comes with 2 pans, frying pan and kettle. The pans are plenty big enough for food for the 3 of us. The kettle only holds 0.6l but that's enough for 2 camping mugs of tea/coffee with milk. I do love it because it packs down so neatly into its package.

Also it's pretty much 100% windproof, so no need to fanny around with windshields. For me, the only drawback is the meths/fire hazard element, but if you're sensible you should be fine. As I'm so paranoid about it, I'm probably ridiculously over-cautious when I use it, but I'd rather be ultra cautious and not set me/my tent on fire...

I got mine on offer from Wiggle, they're doing 10% off currently but it's still £43, compared to £65 elsewhere it's fairly bargainous, but it's not as good as £25!

So would you buy trangia rather than borrow double burner and gas bottle from friend?

How long to boil enough water for tea on a trangia with meths d'you reckon?

What do tramps do with meths anyway? Do they actualy drink it? Or just sniff it like glue?

We have a trangia AND a double burner with toast maker thing. We only ever use the trangia.

Have used my Trangia since DofE expedition days, many years ago! Love it, so compact, light-weight and cheap to run, and meths is so easy to buy anywhere if you need more mid-camping trip. We usually decant it into screw-top metal bottles, but have never had any safety issues, even though we now use it for family camping. Hadn't realised how expensive they are now. My BIL has a trangia-style stove, cheaper, but took much longet than my Trangia to boil the kettle. A good investment I'd say. Boiling a full kettle took about 1/3 a burner of fuel on high flame and less than 5 minutes, at a guess?

Another Trangia vote here too (same one as lovecat ). The Trangia meths storage bottle also makes the whole business less messy and much safer. Ironically, I've got a Trangia because gas bottles scare the crap out of me .

I love my trangia, and use the full meths version with no problem. I also have this amazing GIANT trangia style thing which is lurid orange which I bought from a man with a boat, and that doubles up as a heater too! Think its called a Heat Pal