Knife Country, USA

Customer Reviews

• Longest burning spirit stove

  By Joseph W. on December 12, 2017
  I already owned 2 Nesbit trangia stoves and 2 Svea military trangia's. The regular trangia has a 30 minute burn time and the larger military version will burn for 1 hour. This Pathfinder model will burn for 2 hours plus. I used this stove along with the Pathfinder bottle stove and a 40 ounce Klean Kanteen for boil testing. Fluid initially was just Read more below the threaded neck and this Trangia took 19.5 minutes to start feeling hot and producing a visible flame around the Klean Kanteen. Full rolling boil of the 40 ounces of water came at 33.21 minutes. Testing fuel was Heet yellow bottle. I see a use for this stove as a heater if nothing else and other fuels will vary times as well as fill levels. I had previously "burned in" the stove as Pathfinder recommends and not replaced the cap until entirely cool yet it took a rubber pad and considerable effort to unscrew the cap for this test. The raised rim where the stand seats actually hinders lid removal by diminishing hand placement on the cap. The stovetop is wobbly at best. The 40 oz. Klean Kanteen sat on it if placed gingerly but a sneeze would cause a crash. Pathfinder used to sell a 5x5 mesh that sat on top and it is absolutely needed for stability. Positive values 4, Negatives 1. My go to Trangia though will be the Svea military version.