Trangia Mini

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In this blog post, we will explore the world of camp cooking using a Trangia stove, explicitly focusing on recipes that can be prepared using the gas burner option of the Trangia cookset. The stove is not safe, either. Huge foot-long flames shoot out of the burner frequently. In-vestibule tent usage is hence out of the question. Not that you should really use any stove inside a tent but using this one would be very very dangerous.

If you count grams and ounces, this may not be the stove for you as penny stoves/Pepsi can stoves certainly weight less, but it's a long stretch to call the Trangia Mini 28 heavy. If you aren't a gram and ounce counter ultralight/minimalist hiker, this stove is great to have along if you ever find yourself in need of an extra burner—that's how I use it—as a compliment to my main stove. Trangia throughout the years have contributed to countless new solutions on the market. The company is located in the mountains of Jämtland in the north of Sweden, which is the perfect inspiration and setting for its development team to research and test the products in some of the harshest conditions possible, to make sure they are up to the job. This has been a crucial factor in the design of their high-quality products, to make sure that they can withstand any kind of environment that customers may find themselves in. I have used this stove in many different weather conditions with success, in both cold and warm temperatures, in snowy and rainy conditions, and in altitudes up to 10,000 feet. Sure some of these varying conditions do affect the performance of the stove, but it still works. I should add that the use of a windscreen should be considered in most instances as it does seem to be affected in winds over 5 mph.

Ok I have been out of the game for a while but it hasn't been that long anyway. I use to rough-it and cook over a fire but that has its problems like rain. So in my search for a stove I ruled out all petroleum based and pressurized fuels and that don't leave much.

The MiniTrangia. The spirit burnerhas done the job for powering theTrangiastove systems for a very long time. It is a proper piece of old school technical engineering that is stupidly robust and extremely reliable. It is how they power this compact mini-cooker fromTrangiathat has been designed to be practical and lightweight for the solo walker.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. Always practice safe cooking practices when using a Trangia stove, including keeping a safe distance from open flames, using heat-resistant utensils, and being mindful of wind conditions. Get 10 delicious recipe ideas for trangia stove cooking to elevate your next camping expedition. In this post, I will give you some of my favourite camping recipes I use to cook on my Trangia Stove.

The versatility of the Trangia Cookset:One of the unique features of the Trangia stove is its versatile cookset, which includes a pot, pan, and windscreen. This allows for various cooking techniques, from boiling water for pasta or coffee to frying up a campfire omelette or sautéing veggies in the pan. The windscreen also helps to shield the flame from wind, ensuring efficient and safe cooking even in challenging weather conditions. It may seem silly for me to write this, but a few others on the internet claimed the lid was difficult to use when cooking because they couldn't get it unsnapped without burning their fingers! The best way I found to prime the stove in winter is this: Get a tealight candle, and pull out the candle part, leaving the metal container. Keep this with your Trangia, it weighs almost nothing. When it's cold out, get your tealight warm, I use a mini bic lighter for a couple of seconds. Put a little alcohol in the tealight. Put the tealight on the Trangia "storage" cap to elevate it. Light the tealight. 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.Flip the pot stand upside down, and center it over the tealight. Place your stove on the upside down pot stand. In just a minute your Trangia will be warmed up, now just set the stove up like normal, and light it (you could also use the tealight to warm up water for a cup of coco instead of lighting the Trangia). I usually take it on day hikes, or it lives in my car. It's not my first choice stove, for multi-day excursions, or complex cooking tasks. The Mini can be seen as a reaction to the soda can stove revolution. Compared to the excellent 25 and 27 sets, this is a minimal rig, which is still safer, more practical and reliable than most home-brewed alternatives. It still offers the facility to transport leftover fuel and comes with the snuffer/simmer ring, on the full-sized, brass burner. 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 is if you're solo or in a group it's a nice set to have and it will last you a long time. Why do people buyTrangia? It's because they are that simple they can't really go wrong. There are almost no moving parts that can break; you may need to replace the burner cap seal every few years and buy a new kettle because you have misplaced it or its getting a bit tatty, but that's about it. So alcohol it is, cheap & easy to find and works good. You can use most any alcohol but I found that HEET works the best (Methyl Alcohol gas line antifreeze in the YELLOW bottle not the red) or Denatured Alcohol but with this it depends on the brad because of additives.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.