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A few questions for those that have used stoves such as the Trangia liquid fuel stoves.
How long does the fuel last?
Meths: a large 0.5l Sigg will do 3-4 days, depending on how much long cooking like pasta you do. Using white gasoline in a pressurised liquid stove (e.g. MSR Whisperlite / Coleman) it's more than a week.
Can it be stored in something like a Sigg bottle ?
It's perfect for the job. They make a special fuel version with a different seal. MSR do them too.
Does the fuel make the food smell ?
No. Meths burns cleanly.
If you run a pressurised liquid stove on petrol it can taint cookware with fingertip transmission.
Does the simmer setting work well ?
On the Trangia - badly. Gas or pressurised liquid fuel are far better. Small ultra light gas burners are not great either.
If you fancy a demo I've got gas, meths and white gasoline stoves. They each have their advantages.
For a quick weekend with hot drinks, a bowl of noodles and a boiled egg for breakfast, a gas jetboil is unbeatable. But the little cyclinders aren't cheap and you are limited in what you can cook successfully.
Gas: easy to use, generally simmer OK, good heat. Needs a windshield to work well, cylinders bulky. Performance can fade badly in the cold.
Trangia is most reliable, brilliant windshield system, but slow and hard to control heat.
White gasoline: massive heat output, fast, generally simmers OK, most compact fuel source. But you can burn yourself badly if careless.
I generally go for a white gasoline stove for longer trips where I'm actually going to cook. I use Aspen4T as fuel (a super-clean organic-based petrol substitute) rather than Coleman fuel.
A Trangia is a great starting point - you can use the burner on its own as a lightweight stove, the pots are superb (I use them with the other stoves).
Avoid titanium cookware, it's a poor conductor of heat and suffers from hotspots worse than aluminium. It's for bragging rights only (I've not seen a carbon fibre coffee mug yet :facepalm: )