heads-up on alcohol stoves

[Driver+Passengers]

We have one but find it rather smelly when used inside. Spot on outside though.
We get the fuel in France where it's used as a cleaner from supermarkets and quite a bit cheaper than here.

Out of interest, do you know roughly how many euros/litre is it?

[winchman]

The ETA is superb but I would only use it for boiling water, I got it for the kids to do Duke of Ed as its so much faster and easier,they will mainly be eating ration packs anyway, they will carry a spare gas cylinder.
The copy Trangis is excellent.
I have a Clas olson one too they are about £12 new but to be honest the hi gear ones are much better and worth the extra few quid for the kettlealone.
I will stick them in the sales section later

[Driver+Passengers]

The ETA is superb but I would only use it for boiling water, I got it for the kids to do Duke of Ed as its so much faster and easier,they will mainly be eating ration packs anyway, they will carry a spare gas cylinder.
The copy Trangis is excellent.
I have a Clas olson one too they are about £12 new but to be honest the hi gear ones are much better and worth the extra few quid for the kettlealone.
I will stick them in the sales section later

I've seen reviews on that Clas Ohlson one and from what folk say, the Trangia design is the one to copy. I got the larger Trangia as army surplus, no kettle, no fancy non-stick for £25 delivered.

[briwy]

We have one but find it rather smelly when used inside. Spot on outside though.
We get the fuel in France where it's used as a cleaner from supermarkets and quite a bit cheaper than here.

Out of interest, do you know roughly how many euros/litre is it?

Matt
This is the stuff we have.
http://r.twenga.fr/g3.php?pg=VDs1NjcyOD ... D%3D&dac=1

Translates as:
methylated spirit
inflammable
cleaner

or 5L
http://r.twenga.fr/g3.php?pg=VDs1ODQwMD ... ZWQx&dac=1

or this, Castorama is like B & Q so all over the place in France.
http://www.castorama.fr/store/Alcool-a- ... 33858.html

Are you going to the Scottish bash? if so I'll bring a bottle for you

[hammy67]

google penny stoves on the net cost nothing to make and get very hot we made a load of these with our scouts

[vanvliet]

Try bio ethanol in an Origo. Works for me I have an even cheaper source of supply myself but as most folks use Ebay here is a link to a readily available 12 litre deal with free delivery -
eBay item number:
171260217405

[Diplomat]

We used to run the Trangias used on outdoor pursuits courses on duplicating fluid which came in 5 litre cans. Coincidentally, these courses were run by geography teachers who were prolific users of spirit duplicators. Rumour had it that they prepared for their day with a fix of duplicator aroma.

Towards the end of the 90s, photocopying displaced spirit duplicating and the spirit became harder to locate. The last I bought came from a stationery shop which always kept a can or two in stock. Towards the end it cost about £8 for 5 litres and unlike the grossly overpriced anti drinking mineralised meths it smelt nice and most likely tasted nice too. We couldn't use the blue stuff for duplicating because of the hue and also the kids didn't like the smell as much as the neat stuff.

Had I been better at reading the tea leaves, I would have stocked up for the rest of my life. I only use it as a cleaning solvent à la briwy in France (thanks for that potential source) and in a fondue burner and I ration what I have left carefully. I used to liberally add it to screenwash but now I buy proprietary fluid to save my precious stock of unadulterated methanol. My remaining stock is on standby for when I drop a mobile phone in water. The water in the phone will mix with it and then all will quickly evaporate away, hopefully.


Frank

[helen&tony]

Hi
Frank....
Oh...you've taken me back a wee while, there, to my first job in the 60's ...working in the Income Tax office in Uxbridge....I had one task of sending out envelopes addressed with a hand -held "bander" where you wiped it over a window on a form with the client's address on it, neatly printing in purple ink onto the envelope...ah, the pong of meths!!!! For larger work, there was the floor-standing bander machine!.....After a session, I always found it justified a quick sneak into the file-room where masses of forms were stacked on wooden racks...perfect for a sneaky fag-break and a stare out of the window to watch the world go by!....boring????....you betcha ass!...I moved to an equally boring office in Harrow with Lord Robens' outfit!, but I left well before Sir Derek Ezra's day.....
Good ol' days in Harrow entailed over-long lunches wandering in the old grave-yards atop Harrow on the Hill
Cheers
Helen