Anyone use the Trangia Triangle?

[Sooper8]

Read some favourable reviews over on Amazon, and while it's not going to work out cheaper than buying the Trangia 27,(when you factor in the burner and pans etc) it will be lighter and take up less space I presume?

Anyone have first hand experience they could relate please?

[Yellowbike]

Used it recently for a 3 day trip with my 5 year old - excellent bit of kit imho, packs to nothing in its bag in the bottom of a pan. I was conscious of the sharp edges when leaving it near the tent entrance, but aside from that, it worked well with my old meths burner and a couple of trangia 25 pans. It will also work with the Trangia gas burner if you are in a hurry or need to apply more heat.

[Sooper8]

Used it recently for a 3 day trip with my 5 year old - excellent bit of kit imho, packs to nothing in its bag in the bottom of a pan. I was conscious of the sharp edges when leaving it near the tent entrance, but aside from that, it worked well with my old meths burner and a couple of trangia 25 pans. It will also work with the Trangia gas burner if you are in a hurry or need to apply more heat.

Many thanks for reply. So, most meths burners fit within it, or any?
Yours is not Trangia?

[willem jongman]

It is a quite blatant though clever copy of the Clikstand. The beauty of the latter is that it also has a windscreen.
Willem

[Yellowbike]

Used it recently for a 3 day trip with my 5 year old - excellent bit of kit imho, packs to nothing in its bag in the bottom of a pan. I was conscious of the sharp edges when leaving it near the tent entrance, but aside from that, it worked well with my old meths burner and a couple of trangia 25 pans. It will also work with the Trangia gas burner if you are in a hurry or need to apply more heat.

Many thanks for reply. So, most meths burners fit within it, or any?
Yours is not Trangia?

No idea, my meths burner is a trangia so fits fine. I've a larger trangia 25 and 5l billy and trangia gas burner we use for family canoe camping. I just used bits of it for my mini bike tour. I'm a big fan of their system.

Re wind screens, I've always managed to improvise so never needed one.

[epa611]

We love Trangia's and have the Triangle. Nice wee compact setup:

[slowpeddler]

Got one too, a lovely piece of kit is you don't need to carry the full Trangia 27 etc.
That is, if I'm only brewing coffee or making soup the Triangle is perfect so I save bulk and weight. If I'm in a curry mood or pasta then I think the Triangle for me isn't enough as I tend to use all the 27 thingies (including kettle and sieve!)

john

[Bike-Rich]

We love Trangia's and have the Triangle. Nice wee compact setup:

Great looking set-up, as side from mugs. Is it common to just take the one cooking pot which also acts as eating container?
What is the name of that folding pan please?

I presume Trangia Triangle is the name of the stove?

Thanks

[Bike-Rich]

We love Trangia's and have the Triangle. Nice wee compact setup:

Great looking set-up, aside from mugs. Is it common to just take the one cooking pot which also acts as eating container?
What is the name of that folding pan please?

I presume Trangia Triangle is the name of the stove?

Thanks

[andrew_s]

The rectangular pan is a mess tin (generic army issue sort of thing, other versions available).

The trangia triangle is just the triangular pot support-cum-windshield, consisting of 3 flat plates clipped together, plus a circular wire holder for the burner. The burner is a standard Trangia burner, either borrowed from your 25 or 27 Trangia set, or purchased separately as an extra.

Meths stoves have a comparatively low heat output, so a good windshield is important. The Triangle is fine in calm weather, but you may have problems if it's breezy and you don't want to cook inside the tent (or have a big gap under the outer). A full Trangia 25/27 on the other hand is pretty much wind-proof.

The original Clikstand is rather better, but I've only ever seen it for sale in Europe once (on some bushcraft or survival website), so it's more or less inevitable that something so simple would have its design ripped off at some point.

[Bike-Rich]

Thanks very much , much clearer now.

The stove I have been looking at is the MSR dragonfly - good choice?
I think i'm right in saying though it will still be affected by wind just as any other stove would (referring to its multi-fuel ability)?

Just so I can visualize the carrying layout - it's most comon for stove to be stored inside mess tin. The mess tin would be the main cooking/eating instrument so no real need for any other pots?

Thanks very much,

[andrew_s]

The MSR Dragonfly is a petrol stove.
Although it will run on car petrol, the additives in the fuel don't always burn off properly in the low-ish temperatures of a camping stove, leading to clogging up and consequent strip down & cleaning. Some of the constituents of car petrol aren't terribly healthy either (look up benzene, for example), and petrol stations often don't like you just buying a bottle full (min sale is usually 2 litres). It's better to use an additive free fuel such as Coleman fuel or Primus Powerfuel if possible (cheaper alternatives such as Aspen 4 or panel wipe do exist, but not so that you would find them during a trip).
Petrol stoves can flare quite high at startup, so aren't good for use inside a tent, and often don't simmer well as the burner has to be kept hot enough to vaporise the fuel before it gets to the jet.

I'd recommend a remote canister gas stove such as one of MSR Windpro, Optimus Vega, Primus Express Spider, Edelrid Opilio, Fire Maple FMS-118 (which was being sold very cheaply by Field & Trek as the Karrimor Alpine until fairly recently). The important point is that all these have a pre-heat tube passing through the stove flame, which allows you to run the stove with the canister upside down and avoid the normal gas performance problems in cold weather or at the end of the canister. Start the stove with the canister upright, then turn it over and adjust the flame.

It's normal to carry whatever can be crammed in inside your cooking pan. That may be your stove, or it may be something else. It largely depends on the shapes and whether you want to protect other things from a dirty or pointy stove.

[Bike-Rich]

Thank you for the very helpful and informative reply, very grateful.

I guess I made the mistake of looking at 'petrol stove' and thought that would be the easiest to source therefore best burner, I had no ideal it was not as efficient or easy to work with as the others. How easy is it to find things like gas canisters though outside Europe?

Good point taking whatever can be fitted in as best as possible, interested to hear what kind of setup and gear you have though (cooking-wise) if you get chance,

Many thanks,

[andrew_s]

If you intend to travel outside Europe, a petrol stove is probably a good idea, mainly so that you can get fuel. Just make sure you take a maintenance kit and know how to use it, and have had a reasonable amount of practice using the stove beforehand.

Inside Europe, you may find either the screw-on canisters most stoves are designed for, the blue Camping Gas click-on canisters, or the cheap long thin canisters. Camping Gas are probably the commonest. Adapters are available :- click-on, long thin, puncture

I carry my stove separately, in the bag it came in. The pan has a gas canister in it, along with a pan scrub, lighter, potlifter, and any other small things that will fit. Plate & mug are Orikaso, which open out flat to go against the side of the pannier and take up hardly any space

[Bike-Rich]

I've updated my notes (and shipping list) thank you very much,