Boiling water.

[LostmySoul]

If gas canisters have been banned how will I boil water?

Are meths allowed into the arena? or is there another alternative?

Thanks in advance

Pot noodle loving ben.

[soundrevolution]

meths are fine so you can use a trangia, or you can use solid fuel tablets (Hexi Stoves), which seem to be the most popular choice.

[Jailbreak]

I used a hexi stove last year, works really well, water boils very quickly, and theyre cheap as well!

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Hexi burners are brilliant for boiling kettles. I got 1 of them and the tablets needed for £3.99. Bit shit for doing food on though. We're taking one with about 24 tablets and it'll be good for what we need. Don't use the Gelert shit though - use the proper hexamine tablets. Keep them away from your tent and if you are concerned about the blades of grass underneath then prop one up on a brick or something.

Advantages - cheap, easy to use, easy to light, oddly enough lasts for exactly the same amount of it takes to boil a kettle, lightweight, long shelf life

Disadvantages - don't sit too close to them, try your best not to breathe in the fumes, wash your hands after you use them

[LostmySoul]

Hexi burners are brilliant for boiling kettles. I got 1 of them and the tablets needed for £3.99. Bit shit for doing food on though. We're taking one with about 24 tablets and it'll be good for what we need. Don't use the Gelert shit though - use the proper hexamine tablets. Keep them away from your tent and if you are concerned about the blades of grass underneath then prop one up on a brick or something.

Advantages - cheap, easy to use, easy to light, oddly enough lasts for exactly the same amount of it takes to boil a kettle, lightweight, long shelf life

Disadvantages - don't sit too close to them, try your best not to breathe in the fumes, wash your hands after you use them

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Camping shops and/or army surplus shops.

[choadus]

I bought a trangia stove, seem much much much better than those tablet burning fails.

[Inaudible-Whisper]

Last year at our camp site we had a tablet stove, meth stove and gel stoves. We set them off to boil water at the same time, and found that the Gel stove were the quickest. That is all we used after, and all we're taking this year. They're only about £2-3 each. Look like this:

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Aye we looked into Trangia stoves but were put off by the base £45 asking price. We searched on eBay and the cheapest we could find (at the time) were going for £10 and burnt to a crisp - virtually unusable. The spirits used to fuel them is a whole other can of worms as well.

[frankie boy]

a kelly kettle put it in google it takes a while to explain

[choadus]

mine was an ebay find for about £26, meths 2 quid a bottle. pretty good when compared to my gas canister burner even so worth paying thatbit more, especially as it looks like it's guna be wet and miserable this weekend

[chiphilla]

£15 for this Trangia-Style cooker...

http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/cooking/product/095669.html

[Budweiser]

fire?

[samc86]

£15 for this Trangia-Style cooker...

http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/cooking/product/095669.html

[chiphilla]

Is this any good? What would I need extra to last me the weekend, anyone know?

Cheers!

[therefused]

yeah, so i only just realised your not allowed to take gas cookers in to the festival. i guess due to idiots chucking them on fires or something? is there somewhere i can buy one of these at reading? havent got time to get one now i dont think.

[tootsmcfruits]

£15 for this Trangia-Style cooker...

http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/cooking/product/095669.html

[Electricityscape]

Silly question but, if i was to go to a food van and ask them to fill up my pot noodle if i offered them a quid or so. Would it work?

Or can i just ask for a cup of hot water...

I don't really mind if it's only half full food is food.

Cheers.

[rexclark]

Silly question but, if i was to go to a food van and ask them to fill up my pot noodle if i offered them a quid or so. Would it work?

Or can i just ask for a cup of hot water...

I don't really mind if it's only half full food is food.

Cheers.

[DDavey]

Looking to get a trangia before wednesday, went in millets today and the cheapest they had was a tiny one for £25. Anyone know anywhere that i could get one before wednesday at a decent price?

[tootsmcfruits]

Looking to get a trangia before wednesday, went in millets today and the cheapest they had was a tiny one for £25. Anyone know anywhere that i could get one before wednesday at a decent price?

[Electricityscape]

I doubt they'd do it for free but I'm sure they'd sell you a cup of boiling water.

[choadus]

In my camping experience you really get what you pay for with spirit stoves, much more than with gas burners. Just pay the extra money to have a stove that lights perfectly everytime regardless of how windy things are. although the Eurohike one looks better than most the backdraft will often put the stove out, hence the need for a high necked stove like the trangia.