Trangia Mini

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For a solo hiker this a wonderful kit. I am now starting my 12 month review of the Trangia 27-3 ul.

Flame control, it has a simmer ring, but I mostly stir to reduce the chance of burning foods. It's just easier that way.

Overall, the Trangia stove offers a lightweight design, ease of use, durability, and versatility, making it an excellent choice for camp cooking. Environmentally Friendly:The Trangia stove is known for its environmentally friendly design. It runs on gas, a clean-burning fuel that produces minimal smoke and soot, reducing the environmental impact compared to other cooking methods like wood fires. You can also use an alcohol stove, the more traditional way of cooking, using a Trangia stove. I've been contemplating this review all week, on my walks. Would a Mini be a good choice, in today's gale-force wind? Where would I set it up, in this rainy location? Would I use a Mini for my lunch stop, with a friend?

Bottom line: Great sove and easy to use. Bullet proof, no frills cooking. If you want more than that then maybe the Trangia 27 would be your next option to consider. I own both.All in all I really like this stove. It's built to last, with nothing really to break, and it just works, which is the most important thing when deep in the mountains. Just pour a little fuel in the aluminum potstand of the 28, place the spirit burner in the potstand as you normally do with the lid off, and light the fuel in the bottom by inserting a lit match through one of the air holes in the side. This will not only pre-warm the spirit burner, but also light it after a while. If you pre-warm, use a windscreen, and leave the lid on the pot, you will get a lot faster boil times than most people would have you believe. I've used mine for day hiking meals, as well as our primary cook stove during a couple of winter storms where we lost power as well as getting us through a week without power during Storm Alfred in 2011. I've also dragged it along to our Relay for Life weekend to keep the coffee flowing for our team, everyone on the overnight especially appreciated the hot coffee and popcorn (lol this stove and Jiffy Pop are a dynamic duo!). The canister is faster and easier. But the canisters are expensive, you don't know how much gas you have left (unless you time it and do some math), and you wind up with a bunch of partially empty canisters in your gear box. The burner is encased in a necessarily smaller, lighter stand and everything fits neatly inside the pot, including a skinny pot gripper, with the pan lid snapping shut, securely.