Coleman Stoves

[slans]

Most of us Who been In the forces For a while have gotten prety Good at using those little beat up Stoves. Im looking to Buy one for personal use. Any you guys have any better ideas Since I need to buy a new stove for Camping.

 

[Yllw_Ninja]

I used to work at wally world and they sold these things called "Grill To Go‘s"

here is the link

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2069416&cat=5428&type=1&dept=5428&path=0%3A5428

i used to do carry outs and we sold a ton of em all the time...and only a slight few came back

 

[slans]

NOW PRETY COOL!

But a little big for what Im looking for.

 

[combat_medic]

If you‘re looking for something for camping, go to Mountain Equipment Co-op and get the Primus multi-fuel stove. They‘re a super high speed, low drag piece of kit, and very difficult to kill.

 

[winchable]

Any of the stoves from MEC are fantastic.
I have two of them myself, a large one with a big grill (similar to the coleman stove) and smaller one that looks more like a spraycan with a small grill on top of it.

I‘m going to plug MEC religiously, that place is ideal for campers, climbers, bikers, paddlers, hikers.

 

[Lexi]

Aha, I love those little Coleman stoves.. Good memories. Like the time I lit the side of the eating tent on fire, Or the time I turned the nozzle up WAY too high and the flames went POOF and singed my eye brows... But I hate the smell of the thing..

 

[slans]

You have the run the little candles..

If you down youl wake up in the Am and feel like you put your eyes in acid

 

[brin11]

You have the run the little candles..

If you down youl wake up in the Am and feel like you put your eyes in acid

Spr. Lancaster,

Could you please explain this further?

 

[Slumsofsackville]

Im getting pritty good in lighting the stolves. haven‘t blown up yet.

 

[Yeoman]

canadian tire carries a bunch of different variations of the coleman stove.
I had to teach cadets how to use it last weekend on the winter ex. I was suprised that the cadet RSM didn‘t know how to run one.
I‘ve got this little heater I use to brewing up every now and then in the field. it‘s about the size of my hand, runs of butane I think. I got it a canadian tire for $60 (including a can of butane and taxes). I‘ve really like it so far. boils up water, doesn‘t blow up. I‘ll find the name of it and pass it along asap.
Greg

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Don‘t forget propane stoves; you didn‘t say if you would be marching with them - when you say camping, do you mean actual camping, or just driving to the woods to drink?

On one winter ex, my CSM and I tried to get our lantern and stove going with the fuel they provide in the little green jerries. After 20 minutes of frustration, the CSM decided to experiment. He filled the cap of the jerrycan with the issue fuel, and put a match directly to the capful of fuel. Needless to say, we were not impressed when the stuff didn‘t light!

We found the store-bought Coleman brand stuff in the metal tins worked like a charm though. Fancy that...

 

[slans]

Originally posted by brin11:
[qb]

You have the run the little candles..

If you down youl wake up in the Am and feel like you put your eyes in acid

Spr. Lancaster,

Could you please explain this further? [/qb]

When you use the Stove as heat in the winter ex‘s thanks to the little Privates such as myself doing stove duty, you need to run candles to burn the excess fuel not burnt. But that only a comfort thing. And when its minus 30 outside.... thats a little comfort I like.

 

[slans]

Originally posted by Robert KM:
[qb] Im getting pritty good in lighting the stolves. haven‘t blown up yet. [/qb]

But have you had the 3 foot flame yet?

:flame:

 

[mattoigta]

Originally posted by Spr_Lancaster:
[qb]

Originally posted by brin11:
[qb]

You have the run the little candles..

If you down youl wake up in the Am and feel like you put your eyes in acid

Spr. Lancaster,

Could you please explain this further? [/qb]

When you use the Stove as heat in the winter ex‘s thanks to the little Privates such as myself doing stove duty, you need to run candles to burn the excess fuel not burnt. But that only a comfort thing. And when its minus 30 outside.... thats a little comfort I like. [/qb]

Yeah if you like a candle in the tent, it will consume any gasses/fuel in the air, so it wont burn your eyes or make you sick etc

 

[chrisf]

Originally posted by Spr_Lancaster:
[qb]

Originally posted by Robert KM:
[qb] Im getting pritty good in lighting the stolves. haven‘t blown up yet. [/qb]

But have you had the 3 foot flame yet?

:flame: [/qb]

Caught the fuel tank on fire once... no... not the generator, but the fuel tank itself.

 

[Slumsofsackville]

Why you dont light next to your POL point.

I light the grass on fire, was neat there was a fuel leak.

 

[slans]

I actualy was able to oight snow on fire. Well actuly it was only the fuel on the snow burning. We had some guys running the stove for the first time this winter so I would get often to help them out. One stove almost had 1 cup of fuel in the botom of it when I turned it upside down.

Things was fluded solid. So to fix that I took the tank of and light the whole stove on fire....

Made for a nice becon.
Great bullet magnet.

 

[Cpl. Williamson]

Sapper Lancaster Did BT Make you Bark like a Seal On your Section member Course?

 

[brin11]

Yeah if you like a candle in the tent, it will consume any gasses/fuel in the air, so it wont burn your eyes or make you sick etc

New one on me.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Do you guys still use Immersion heaters? Nothing like listening to the new guy light one in the morning, while you are still in your bag:

Shuffle, shuffle, mutter,curse#*^$%
Pause
Mutter, curse*^%##
Pause
Mutter, curse*^%##
KABOOM.......arrrgh!!
Tink! Tink! (sound of stove pipe section falling out of the sky)

Repeat until lit

Or how about a young gunner who grabs the fuel pipe on the Colman stove, just after he shuts it down, a mistake they make only once.

You should be able to buy a used Colman in the paper/garage sale for $15, get a new cap/pump seal and give a good cleaning and it will work again. I have about 4 right now.

Also fun to watch a young officer toss Naptha onto a bonfire, he scampered off into the dark followed closely by the flames!