Trangia

Basics

• A Camping / Expoditionary Cooking System made by Trangia AB
• Essentially:
  • A Windshield (to prevent Flameout due to wind, even with rudimentary (ie non-inherently windproof) heat sources)
    • To an extent it also aids in Heat Exchange by ducting exhaust around the sides of the pots and such more closely
  • A Variety of Heat Sources
    • A “Spirit Burner”, meant for burning Fuel Alcohol is the most traditional
    • They also offer various Canister Stoves , adapers for Liquid Fueled Pressure Stoves , and a Gel Burner
  • They then have a variety of Nesting Cookwear and a Kettle
    • The whole setup thus nests nicely into a compact form
• All in all between being able to operate in VERY cold weather/high altitude, being KISS (Acronym) based in it’s design, and VERY Skookum it’s overall a great piece of kit
  • The counterpoint would be that with Freeze Dried Pouch Meals + a Jetboil or similar Inverted Canister Stove (and/or high Isubutane / Propane Canister Gas ) and/or simply MREs with Flameless Ration Heaters it could be seen as SOMEWHAT obsolete in the era of Ultralight Backpacking etc
    • However for making “proper food” / melting snow for drinking water / having a nicely designed mobile cook set for various adventures, it does what it does
• The company also sells a smaller version, although this is not entirely “worth it” supposedly (not enough room for the spirit burner to function correctly/not ultralight/compact)