Trangia 27 or 25

[landsurfer]

Bought my Trangia in 1982 .... still in regular use ...
I have 2 burners, a replacement meths burner, the original was lost, and a tiny Coleman burner which fits within the pan structure.
For super lightweight camping i just take either the Meths or Coleman burner and one of the pans ....
Top Class Kit !

[Ivor Tingting]

... the 27 it is too small to cook enough if you ride 70-80 miles each day on a loaded touring bike. ...
Sorry to all those up thread who say the smaller 27 Trangia, which was initially the one I was going to get, but was advised against, to get the larger 25 series instead. If you are that worried about losing weight because you are fat then of course you could get a 27 series but you will likely be cooking twice you could even get a Trangia Mini if you really want to lose weight but IME you will lose weight and can't eat enough...

I don't agree with this.
Having both the 25 and 27 pans and pots, my opnion is that the 25 it's convenient but overkill for one rider alone. It's not about the weight saving in the kit, but about being realistic: you can cook with no trouble -especially since the Trangia pots fit nicely in their windshield- on the 27 pots, I've cooked 400gr of couscous for two in the 0.9lt pot with no trouble at all. And that was a lot of food paired with Tofu and spinach.
Same for soup, I cannot see most of the cyclists eating over 700gr of soup alone
5-600gr of soup plus bread and one or two eggs and fruit is a very substantial meal, and can be easily cooked in the 27 pots and pans.
Besides, my opinion is that food should be eaten during all day, smaller meals more frequent rather than two or three massive meals that will take long to be digested. The only exception being the dinner, a good meal will help the body generating heat overnight, and IMO is better to have a two courses meal than a massive amount of one type of food only

Well you stick to your 27 series and I and the OP will stick to our 25 series.

[Gattonero]

... the 27 it is too small to cook enough if you ride 70-80 miles each day on a loaded touring bike. ...
Sorry to all those up thread who say the smaller 27 Trangia, which was initially the one I was going to get, but was advised against, to get the larger 25 series instead. If you are that worried about losing weight because you are fat then of course you could get a 27 series but you will likely be cooking twice you could even get a Trangia Mini if you really want to lose weight but IME you will lose weight and can't eat enough...

I don't agree with this.
Having both the 25 and 27 pans and pots, my opnion is that the 25 it's convenient but overkill for one rider alone. It's not about the weight saving in the kit, but about being realistic: you can cook with no trouble -especially since the Trangia pots fit nicely in their windshield- on the 27 pots, I've cooked 400gr of couscous for two in the 0.9lt pot with no trouble at all. And that was a lot of food paired with Tofu and spinach.
Same for soup, I cannot see most of the cyclists eating over 700gr of soup alone
5-600gr of soup plus bread and one or two eggs and fruit is a very substantial meal, and can be easily cooked in the 27 pots and pans.
Besides, my opinion is that food should be eaten during all day, smaller meals more frequent rather than two or three massive meals that will take long to be digested. The only exception being the dinner, a good meal will help the body generating heat overnight, and IMO is better to have a two courses meal than a massive amount of one type of food only

Well you stick to your 27 series and I and the OP will stick to our 25 series.

That's not exactly the point: how much food do you cook per meal? Have you tried both 25 and 27 pots to make a comparison?

[Heltor Chasca]

Pan fight!

There's a 25 and 27 tribe on CUK? Well if there was going to be a war about camping kit, it would be on here. [emoji3]

On the Seychelles one should consider cooking with the 27 and wearing a 25 for protection against the falling coconuts.

[meic]

My money is on the fans of the 25s winning the fight. Because they will have an average weight of about 14 stone compared to the fans of the 27s who will be nearer to 9 stone weight on average.
A ratio that fits with the 900cc and 1.4L pots of the different model Trangias.

[Gattonero]

I'm 12 1/2st. and 200gr of pasta is more than enough for dinner, let alone the other food during the meal.
Like said before, I prefer to eat during all day (rye bread and peanut butter rule!) rather than having a massive meal and have to cook 1/2kg of pasta or 1lt of soup or 5 eggs for the dinner only. Not only a massive meal needs bigger pots/pans, but also needs more fuel to cook.
And I'm pretty sure than if I was always that hungry, my main problem would be to have enough food -and how to carry it- rather than pondering how convenient is a 1.4lt pot vs a 0.9lt one. When the body needs food, anything does, hunger beats fuss

[meic]

And I'm pretty sure than if I was always that hungry, my main problem would be to have enough food -and how to carry it- rather than pondering how convenient is a 1.4lt pot vs a 0.9lt one.

The two problems are in no way mutually exclusive!

Not much point loading up with all that food if you dont have a pan to cook it in. Once the problem of carrying all that food is sorted out (big panniers) you are still left with a choice of which Trangia to have, solving the food transport problem is not such a challenge that it leaves you a gibbering wreck incapable of doing anything else with that food.

[SA_SA_SA]

I have a 27 (bought for backpacking) but it seemed small for cycle camping so I suspect a 25 is better/more convenient for that:

the difference in weight is not that much and could be narrowed by leaving the 180g 25 frying pan at home: fry in saucepan if at all /use lighter conventional lid.... I also wonder if one large saucepan and a nice kettle would be more civilised: I shall be trying this on a triangle. I also suspect accessing the simmer control is easier on a 25.

[landsurfer]

My 35 year old trangia has a meths and a gas burner ..... my choice which to use ...
My biggest problem is corrosion pitting on the cooking surface of the frying pan ....

[Sweep]

My biggest problem is corrosion pitting on the cooking surface of the frying pan ....

The plain aluminium one? How does that happen?

[meic]

What could be causing it, is meths from the burner.
When new you get a plastic bag to wrap the burner in, with a warning that if you dont the meths will cause the aluminium to corrode.
Of course it will not take long for that bag to wear holes in itself while bouncing around on your bike.

[Sweep]

ok - folks - tips on where to put the burner.

Will it damage anything else?

[Gattonero]

I keep the burner in a small ziplock bak, also because overnight I keep it in the sleeping bag me, so there's no need for "priming" on a cold morning. Quick cuppa!
Have to say that I've stored a filled burner in this way for long time now, and didn't see any damage. My pans are the "hard anodized" type, less fragile than "non-stick" ones

[landsurfer]

Mine are the anodised early 80's type .... only the frying pan shows any sign of corrosion....

[hamster]

Pan fight!

There's a 25 and 27 tribe on CUK? Well if there was going to be a war about camping kit, it would be on here. [emoji3]

Now add in with or without Hilleberg tents and the fight will spill out into the streets.