Can I use Trangia Pots with Gas Burner?

[RockyRoad]

I have switched to using a Campingaz gas stove instead of my old Trangia
metho stove.

I seem to remember someone telling me that Trangia pots weren't suitable
with other burners as they can't take the higher temperatures.

Is this the case? I don't really want to buy more pots when I have a
good set. Those MSR cookware sets cost twice as much as my stove.

I have the Trangia duossal pots which are aluminium with an inner
coating of stainless steel. I noticed that MSR make aluminium ones also
so it can't be the material thats the problem. Maybe its the thickness?

What can I use as a wind break for my stove? It sits on top of the
cannister so its fairly high.

Thanks

RockyRoad

--
Rocky Road - in Oz

[Anthony Dunk]

Should be no problem as long as there some liquid in them when you cook.
Lots of people (including myself) use Trangia pots over an open fire and
they're fine. The best approach here is to build up the fire and let it die
down a bit so you can sit your pot on the hot coals on the edge of the fire.

The only thing to avoid is using the duossal frying pan as a lid as it can
get excess heat from a fire and warp - it happened to mine, but the duossal
pots have never had a problem on an open fire.

Cheers,
Anthony.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mdunk/anthony

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[Malcolm Short]

I've been using a small Primus gas stove (screws onto the gas cannister)
with my old aluminium trangia pots for some time with no problem. very
compact and quick too

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[Roger Caffin]

RockyRoad wrote:

> I have switched to using a Campingaz gas stove instead of my old Trangia
> metho stove.

Smart.

> I seem to remember someone telling me that Trangia pots weren't suitable
> with other burners as they can't take the higher temperatures.

Aluminium melts just above 550 degrees centigrade. I trust you are not
planning on cooking anything that hot?
Sounds like a wonderful marketing story.
It is also crap. People use aluminium pots and frypans on gas stoves at
home. And I have been using a Trangia kettle on gas for years. In fact,
while I scorn the metho stoves, I love the kettle.

> I have the Trangia duossal pots which are aluminium with an inner
> coating of stainless steel.

Wow. $$$! Keep them.

> What can I use as a wind break for my stove? It sits on top of the
> cannister so its fairly high.

I assume you are not using the ridiculously high 450g-500g canisters?

I use aluminium dampcourse material, but you have to buy that by the
roll, and that costs. (It had other uses.) You can buy a couple of large
alfoil baking dishes and use that material instead. Or you can find some
0.3 - 0.5 mm hard Al sheet and cut that up.
Option 1: a long flexible strip high enough to come near the top of the
pot, long enough to just go around your largest pot, and carried wrapped
around a round object like a Sigg bottle or a PET bottle. DON'T let it
crumple: wrecks the foil.
Option 2: Six rectangles of alfoil, with little wire loops joining them
into a concertina or folding screen. Store flat against a bit of 3-ply
which you use as the stove platform. Assembled size as for option 1.
Put windshield around stove and leave downwind gap for air and access to
valve.

Cheers
Roger Caffin

[RockyRoad]

Thanks everyone.

In article <3CC7DDF2...@tpg.com.au>,
Roger Caffin <r.ca...@tpg.com.au> wrote:

> > I have switched to using a Campingaz gas stove instead of my old Trangia
> > metho stove.

> Smart.

Yes. What was I thinking all these years?!

I saw that Trangia make a gas burner that fits into their system, but it
seemed very heavy.

> Aluminium melts just above 550 degrees centigrade. I trust you are not
> planning on cooking anything that hot? Sounds like a wonderful marketing
> story.

Yes, it does. I'm sure MSR would love to sell me a "certified" cooking
set.

Thanks for the windshield advice