Stoves?

You won't go wrong with a coleman sportster 533 dual fuel. They run on
unleaded petrol and are mighty powerful. Even in cold, wet and windy
conditions they boil a kettle in no time. I have used one for years and
found them very hard wearing and reliable.

John

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"Danny" wrote in message
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Hi, any recommendations on cooking stoves?

Gas seems to be the tidiest, but I am open to suggestions, as I have
absolutely no idea what to look for in a stove.

All I want it for is basic cooking. IE/ Eggs, bacon, water for coffee/pot
noodles, etc.

Cheers.

i use a sportster as well and keep a lenth of tubing with a in line filter
fitted in my car for refilling
but these stoves have been known to clog up
i put a dash of redex in and have had no probs up to now
the cheapest is the campig gas stove i think it is a 206
the cartridges for these can be had for a quid a time and last a good while
i tend to use one of these mostly
because they are light and cheap to run


"John" wrote in message
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You won't go wrong with a coleman sportster 533 dual fuel. They run on
unleaded petrol and are mighty powerful. Even in cold, wet and windy
conditions they boil a kettle in no time. I have used one for years and
found them very hard wearing and reliable.

John

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"Danny" wrote in message
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Hi, any recommendations on cooking stoves?

Gas seems to be the tidiest, but I am open to suggestions, as I have
absolutely no idea what to look for in a stove.

All I want it for is basic cooking. IE/ Eggs, bacon, water for
coffee/pot
noodles, etc.

Cheers.

Do you 'taste' the fuel in your cooking?


"John" wrote in message
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You won't go wrong with a coleman sportster 533 dual fuel. They run on
unleaded petrol and are mighty powerful. Even in cold, wet and windy
conditions they boil a kettle in no time. I have used one for years and
found them very hard wearing and reliable.

John

I too have the Coleman unleaded petrol stove and cook on it every week
during the winter months on the riverbank, no you dont taste the fuel at
all, they are economical, efficient and easy to use.
"Danny" wrote in message
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Do you 'taste' the fuel in your cooking?


"John" wrote in message
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You won't go wrong with a coleman sportster 533 dual fuel. They run on
unleaded petrol and are mighty powerful. Even in cold, wet and windy
conditions they boil a kettle in no time. I have used one for years and
found them very hard wearing and reliable.

John

Would agree the Colemans are great. When placed in front of a brolly on a
cold day will even act as a space heater!

I got a Shimano stove bag a couple of years ago and it takes the stove, fuel
bottles and kettle as well.

Got sent an Eydon(like a Kelly) kettle last week as a magazine prize. Can't
see it taking over from the Coleman though, cheers,

While we're here would anyone know if it's safe to drink boiled
lake/river/canal water?

Jim.

"Johnny5" wrote in message
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I too have the Coleman unleaded petrol stove and cook on it every week
during the winter months on the riverbank, no you dont taste the fuel at
all, they are economical, efficient and easy to use.
"Danny" wrote in message
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Do you 'taste' the fuel in your cooking?


"John" wrote in message
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You won't go wrong with a coleman sportster 533 dual fuel. They run on
unleaded petrol and are mighty powerful. Even in cold, wet and windy
conditions they boil a kettle in no time. I have used one for years
and
found them very hard wearing and reliable.

John

Jim Murray wrote:
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While we're here would anyone know if it's safe to drink boiled
lake/river/canal water?

Jim.

I should imagine river is better than canal or lake. You can buy water
purification tablets from some camping store. You still have to boil the
water really well and for use in an emergency only. Safer to take fresh if
you can. You could run the risk of Leptospirosis amongst other things.
Believe me that would serverely cock up your fishing. 8-?
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Just as I suspected, Ergo, though I've drunk many cups of tea made with
water from lochs in Scotland. Even though that's probably about as safe as
you'll get in the UK, you never know what might have just flown overhead and
decided to contribute to your lunch;0)

Think I'll stick with taking fresh, got a couple of Platypus water-carriers
from the camping store, very good and roll up small when empty.

Jim.

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Jim Murray wrote:
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While we're here would anyone know if it's safe to drink boiled
lake/river/canal water?

Jim.

I should imagine river is better than canal or lake. You can buy water
purification tablets from some camping store. You still have to boil the
water really well and for use in an emergency only. Safer to take fresh if
you can. You could run the risk of Leptospirosis amongst other things.
Believe me that would serverely cock up your fishing. 8-?
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I would not touch a Coleman with a barge pole. My mate and I had one and
set it going in a winshield between out bivvy's whilst it was boiling the
kettle we had a run and left it for a few minutes, The damned thing
exploded and took both our bivvy's and the stuff inside them. It seemed
according to the fire brigade that it had a faulty seal - I wrote to
Colemens twice and had no response. It cost me any my mate about 3 grand
between us to repolace everything - fortuanately we were insured.

Be warned.

Boiling the water will kill parasites and most bacteria present but it won't
remove any chemicals which may have got in from farmers fields etc.
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"Jim Murray" wrote in message
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While we're here would anyone know if it's safe to drink boiled
lake/river/canal water?

In article , John
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Boiling the water will kill parasites and most bacteria present but it won't
remove any chemicals which may have got in from farmers fields etc.

If the fish are still alive there won't be eniugh of anything in a cuppa to
hurt you. You should avoid taking water from downstream of road/storm
drains though - or anywhere below a built up area (people will pour all
sorts of stuff down outside drains not realising that many discharge
straight into waterways.).

Cheerio,

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