Trangia Spirit burner for storm cooker

This little thing works like a charm. For $14, you get a literally idiot proof alcohol burner that I find perfect for most canteen cooking systems (except the BCB Crusader system, although simplr modifications to the cooking base can make it fit). When I first got the thing, I peeled it out of the bag and read what little English was on the bag, as well as the English warning label on the lid. Basically, it's just reminders to be careful with flammable liquids, only use alcohol, and read the instructions. However, no instructions came with the unit. Not a problem, as it's pretty self explanatory: fill middle resovoir with alcohol, light alcohol in resovoir, burner burns. I filled mine 3/4 of an inch up, maybe a wee bit more. Before I lit the thing, I put the o-ring cap on and shook it around to check for leaks. I found none. Using a firesteel, and with one strike, I got the burner lit. Now, what I've gathered is the thing gets really hot and cooking when the small little holes at the top of the threads turn into little jets, which make it look like a gas stovetop. That took about a minute and a half at room temperature in my kitchen. I started my timer once the jets kicked on. 27 minutes of hot, jetlike flame. The burner trickled for a minute before finally burning out, but I didn't count that as useable fire. So, within two minutes of owning this thing, I had it lit and burning. And with no instructions. I am no genius by any means, so that's got to show how idiot proof the thing is. As a boil test, using my pathfinder canteen cookset, I was able to boil 500ml of water in roughly 7 minutes. Not bad for a $14 burner, shipped free through bikeworldusa. I'm very satisfied with my purchase and would recommend this to anyone looking for a cheap, reliable heat source alternative to the clunky propane and white gas units. This thing works just fine, and gets even hotter than you'd think, and cooks very well. You can't go wrong with this little burner.

The Trangia Spirit Burner with Screwcap is a terrific option for a simple, reliable, versatile, and fairly lightweight stove. While there are lighter alcohol stoves available, most are less versatile because they lack the Trangia's O-ring lined screwcap, which allows you to store excess fuel inside the stove without leakage. This, as well as the increased durability, is the main reason I finally adopted the Trangia after years of using various homemade popcan stoves. The stove could hardly be simpler to operate. Just fill it up with your preferred alcohol fuel (I recommend yellow Heet, which burns cleaner and seemingly hotter, not to mention cheaper per ounce, than 91%, 99%, or denatured alcohol) and light it aflame with a match, lighter, or fire rod. The stove takes approximately 30 to 60 seconds to warm up enough to vaporize the fuel and burn effectively at full intensity. At full flame, the stove will burn for 23 minutes on 100 mL of yellow Heet, and then gradually die down over the subsequent 60 to 90 seconds. At normal room temperature, the heat at full flame will bring 1L of water to a rolling boil in under 9 minutes, or 1 cup (8 oz.) of water to a boil in under 4 minutes. While not as good as some butane rocket-style stoves, this is exceptional performance for its weight, and more than adequate for all but the most impatient backcountry cooks. Using the simmer cap, the Trangia becomes even more flexible and its burn time can be extended by quite a large margin. With the simmer cap fully open, the flame remains hot enough to maintain a rolling boil in 1L of water, and closing up the opening in the cap shrinks the flame progressively down to something approximating a low simmer (ideal for cooking more delicate, easily scorched foods like eggs). When closed all the way, the cap becomes an effective snuffer. Just drop it over the flame and it instantly extinguishes, allowing you to control and preserve fuel remarkably easier than with virtually any other alcohol stove on the market (excepting knock-offs that are patterned after the Trangia's clever design). On my digital scale, the Trangia (WITH the screwcap and snuffer/simmer cap) weighs in at 111 grams. A homemade popcan stove can be half or even a third of that weight, which may matter to some people, but in my opinion the added versatility, convenience, and robustness of this stove makes it well worth its weight. In my case, I typically cook with wood in a small Emberlit titanium box stove (the kind that easily separates and folds flat). In many parks, a box wood stove is considered an enclosed stove and can be used even when there is a ban on open fires; however, there are times in very wet weather when gathering dry tinder to get the wood stove started can be inconvenient to downright frustrating, and when traveling with my kids, it helps to have the Trangia to fall back on for instant access to a cook fire, as well as none of the smoke or wood supply management required to cook with wood. In that kind of back-up/convenience role, this stove is wonderful because thanks to the screwcap, I don't need to carry a spare fuel bottle on most shorter trips. With 100 mL of yellow Heet stored inside the stove, I get adequate burn time to boil more than 3L of water, which is plenty for several meals. And it fits so nicely inside the Emberlit box stove that I also don't need to carry a separate windscreen or pot holder. They just pair together so well. All in all, I highly recommend this stove for anyone who wants a simple, durable, reliable, and unusually versatile alcohol stove. And I recommend yellow Heet to minimize the fumes and soot that other types of alcohol fuels can generate. [UPDATE 5-17-2018: While I still like this stove, I found that after using it for a few months, the seam where the upper and lower part of the stove joins must expand, as mine started to leak fuel even with the cap sealed tightly. I was able to resolve this by heating the stove with a torch and running electrical solder all the way around the seam. The solder fills the gap and stops the leaks, and the stove does not get hot enough in operation (or at least, hasn't so far) to re-activate the solder to cause problems. That said, I have moved on from this stove in favor of the lighter Vargo Triad 2.0, which has it's own quirks but weighs substantially less. Since I need to carry more fuel on longer trips than fits in the Trangia itself--and thus, have to carry the weight of a fuel bottle anyhow--it didn't make sense to keep using the heavier Trangia. See my review of the Vargo if you're interested in the modest tradeoffs you make with that one.]

I would say the Swiss got it right. This was my first alcohol stove purchase so I read a lot of reviews of this product and a lot of others. Simple and easy to use, compact and well made. I’m glad I didn’t go with cheaper alternatives. I bought a couple of the Evernew Titanium Alcohol Stove Cross Stands to use with the stoves (I bought two) and they worked together flawlessly. I tried it out in my kitchen before my camping trip and it even held a large pot without any issues on a level surface. It boils a small pot of water in cold temperatures in about 8 to 10 minutes so it’s fast for a little alcohol stove. The flame will start out small and once it gets going, it really gets going! Some reviewers mentioned this product weighs a bit heavy for a back packing trip but I’m not a back packer so no problem. Also make sure to put the lead with a seal back on the stove only when the stove is completely cooled off or it will melt the seal. I read this comment on a review and it kept me from ruining the stove lid.

First, This is a great sturdy burner, it does what it's intended to do and does it well... now on to the important. While this is cheap and does a good job it's a burner and not a stove and does weigh a bit. For those that don't know the difference between the two... a stove can not be used aloe, it need something above to to but a pot or cup. That's one.... now it's beefy, so if you Chou the weight it is a bit heavy... that's two... it costs a bit, compared to a great alternative...that's three. Now the answer. I use many, many stoves, I do like this one. But,,, there is one you can make that's better and almost free. Commonly called the "fancy feast" stove. This a stove, you can just set your pot or cup on top. It's extremely light, easy to make and extremely cheap, and it's a stove not a burner. . I highly suggest you do a google and YouTube search on how to build one... it's not fancy ... buts it's the most functional alcohol stove I have seen. You need fancy feast cat food can, tomato paste can, carbon felt (found at Amazon of Home Depot). That's it. In the mean time get this one. If your like me though you will find yourself leaving this home and using the fancy feast one more and more. This also fits perfectly in the Toaks 450 or 350 ml cup.

Good quality. Better than the knockoff versions.

Well my wife and i are starting to have the camping bug. So what better old time accessory than to have a spirit burner to go with our Swedish mess kit. So we bought the Trangia spirit burner, which is actually the original supplier for the Swedish army’s mess kit. How’s that for history. These are quite handy and easy to use. Just load it up with alcohol and let it prime and then light it up. Works every time. Doesn’t put out that much heat but with the aid of a wind blocker it does a decent job for the size and weight of it. It is brass and will last a long time if taken care of. And it is still “made in Sweden, the official three crown logo on it.

[UPDATE] A year and a half later of usage and this stove is still working as well as the day I got it. It produces a better set of flame jets than the others I have, presumably because of the clean, perfectly round holes where the vaporized fuel comes out. I have not regretted the purchase and still recommend this as the number one spirit based burner. I purchased a clone cook set recently (see my other reviews - quite pleased with the quality/price combo) but wanted to see how that compared to the original Trangia spirit burner so I could speak from experience when people asked questions. I must say that I like this stove the best out of the ones I've either purchased or made. It is top quality made from brass except for the steel sliding plate on the simmer ring. This stove produces the tallest flame by quite a few cm over the clone and does a slightly faster job of bringing water to a boil. So, I will definitely be using this as the primary stove even with the clone's cook set (base, windscreen, pans, etc) since the burners are identical in form factor. The cap does an excellent job of keeping any unused fuel still in the stove for packing away - no leaks so far. Cold weather lighting was not a problem to get it primed and working quickly as the little ridged ring around the jets holds just enough fuel to help that along. The only thing I would change is that the clone's simmer ring has a wire handle that makes it easy to drop on top of the stove when it is inside the windscreen. The Trangia does not have this and therefore I have to pull the pot off the pot frame and even detach the pot stand/wind screen from the base before I can drop the simmer ring on to either use simmer or to snuff out the stove. Regardless, this is a top notch addition to any cooking kit. I see it being used and useful for many years. This is a great value for a dependable stove.

What arrived was the 602500 Trangia spirit burner, just as pictured above. Amazon lists the item number as something else. It came without instructions, and as I haven't used an alcohol stove before it seemed odd that you'd just pour in alcohol and hold a flame near the burn holes, but that's how it works. When you fill it, the level of alcohol slowly sinks as it diffuses into the stove; refill it until it looks about 2/3rd full. Hold a lighter to the side of the top and you're off and running. Note: it burns hotter than you might expect, and as the stove warms up the heat increases a bit. It got a full boil from a small pot of water in about 4 minutes. On denatured (methyl) alcohol, it burned with a yellow flame, but cleanly. The ring with the brown disk acts as the snuffer when the disk is closed; when it is open it acts to reduce the flame for simmering. Being able to reduce the flame is nice; but the ring gets quite hot of course, and you then have to close the disc to shut the flame off, which is awkward given how hot the ring is. And you'll often want to reduce the flame if you aren't boiling water. Note that the burner itself gets hot to the touch while it operates and for awhile afterwards. The screw cap has an o ring and seals tight. I don't know how long it will keep alcohol in and I wouldn't expect years, but it didn't leak when I shook it. It's quite light - so light I suspect it's made of aluminum, not brass. It seems reasonably sturdy. Always use it on a steady surface, if you knock it over you'll instantly have the entire load of fuel in a fast spreading, burning puddle. It consumes alcohol fast - people have claimed a 20 minute burn time and even that seems a little optimistic. With the simmer ring it will last longer. A week's worth of cooking is a fair amount of fuel to carry around. Overall I like it. It works like magic, puts out as much heat as you could need and is small, light and sturdy. I have unhappy feelings about not being able to instantly shut it off when using the simmer ring (at least without burning fingers), but that's the price of simplicity.

以前はエバニューを使用していたが火力調整や利便性を考えて変更。同社T3と同時購入し五徳は自作。大型クッカーから小型まで使えて燃料を本体にストックして携行できる点も高評価。蓋は自作取っ手を取り付けて更に便利良くなり手放せない存在

From Trangia so good quality - as expected.

Gostei da espiriteira, porém a minha veio com as paredes internas meio que amassadas, colocadas fora de posição, mas deu pra acertar manualmente. É exatamente igual na foto, inclusive a coloração oxidada do cobre.

Petit réchaud parfait pour toutes les activités outdoor. Il ne pèse pas grand chose, on peut partir avec déjà rempli (perso je le range dans un petit sac étanche fermé au cas où). Il chauffe un quart rempli d'eau en une dizaine de minutes, mais pour se faire un café ou des nouilles, quelques minutes suffisent. Le réchaud ne fait presque pas de bruit, aucune fumée, ce qui est idéal en forêt ou sur un chemin de randonnée. Je l'allume au firesteel et il s'éteint facilement avec l'ajusteur de flamme. Seul bémol, mais de taille: ce réchaud ne peut pas s'utiliser seul ! Si on pose une tasse dessus, il s'éteint. Il faut absolument utiliser un support, comme un petit réchaud à bois, une boîte de conserve percée de trous ou qqch du genre pour le mettre dedans et permettre la combustion de l'alcool. J'utilise un petit support en forme de croix acheté sur Amazon également, qui ne pèse rien et qui est beaucoup moins encombrant et fastidieux à mettre en place qu'un réchaud à bois. Côté consommable, de l'alcool à brûler simple acheté en grande surface suffit amplement. Il faut juste faire attention de ne pas en mettre partout au moment du remplissage, car les bouteilles "de sécurité" les plus courantes rendent cette étape compliquée. Je pense à investir dans les bouteilles sécurisées de trangia à l'avenir.

Es gibt Dinge, an denen gibt es nichts zu verbessern. Der Trangia ist so ein Fall. Zwei davon sind bei mir im Einsatz, kombiniert mit zwei Lixada Hobos und einem faltbaren Windschutz ergibt das eine leichte, kompakte und extrem leistungsfähige Outdoorküche. Leistung in der Praxis: Spaghetti mit frisch gekochter Tomatensoße für fünf hungrige Waldläufer? Problemlos. Danach reicht die Spiritusfüllung noch für Kaffee aus der Espressokanne und heißes Wasser zum Abwaschen. Effizient und planbar. Belastungsmodul – Einsatzprofil: Draußen, unterwegs, nicht geschont. Kochen unter realen Bedingungen, nicht auf dem Campingtisch im Garten. Kein Lifestyle, sondern Nutzung. Konstruktion & Haltbarkeit: Grundsolide verarbeitet. Ich kann mir ehrlich gesagt nicht vorstellen, wie der Brenner kaputtgehen sollte – da ist schlicht nichts dran, was Schaden nehmen könnte. Mechanisch simpel, genau deshalb langlebig. Skandinavien-Tipp (wichtig): Unbedingt reichlich Brennspiritus mitnehmen. Nicht, weil der Trangia viel verbraucht – tut er nicht. Aber: In Schweden ist Spiritus erstaunlich schwer zu bekommen! Kleine ICAs führen ihn oft gar nicht, an Tankstellen ist er teuer. Die Schweden kochen inzwischen eher mit Gas. Also: Extrabuddel aus Deutschland einpacken. Fazit: Zuverlässig, effizient, unkaputtbar. Kein Schnickschnack, keine Überraschungen – einfach ein Werkzeug, das funktioniert. Klare Empfehlung.