Review Date
May 22, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Gaz(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker

Price Paid:  $35.00 at Cotswold, Picadilly

Summary:
Trangia's can be slow. But I'm camping. So I don't really care whether it takes 7 minutes as opposed to 5 minutes, as the flipside is that it never ever breaks...

Review Date
May 14, 2007

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Reviewed by: nick phillips(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker

Price Paid:  $40.00 at local store

Summary:
I'm sorry but I don't agree with this lot. The meths reek frequently gets into your food. The pots blacken and then this smears everywhere. The set is pretty bulky too. Meths doesn't burn at a high enough temp, meaning it takes an AGE to heat up. I now use a petrol Coleman - slightly heavier but so much quicker and great in high winds.

Review Date
June 28, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: rik_uk3 ,  Car Camper

Price Paid:  $20.00 at eBay

Summary:
I own models 25, 27 and Swedish army versions; they are all good. Their strength is in simplicity, no moving parts, no maintainence (just clean out the burner holes with the end of a paper clip every few years or so). They always light, perform in any wind, never blow out and NEVER fail. Kettle, and two saucepans, that all fit into one neat package,,,,,,, get one or two

Customer Service:
not needed

Similar Products Used:
several dozen other stoves (I collect them), but this is my stove of choice for backpacking

Review Date
March 5, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: zenbiker ,  Backpacker

Price Paid:  $20.00 at REI

Summary:
I first saw this stove in operation in 1976 with a couple of cyclists cross the continent on the original Bikecentennial tour in Idaho. Thought it was a little bizarre but they had other equipment like Stephenson/s tents and sleeping bag systems that were clearly the cutting edge. A few years later came across a Trangia cookset at REI in clearance bin for $15 and assumed it was only a cookset but upon opening it was the full system. This stove is not only bulletproof but ultrareliable even if you become creative. One trip in early winter near Tahoe, I set up came with others and began cooking dinner for myself and my brother. I started with soup and followed with creamed tuna with peas on browned English muffins and finished with apple cobbler with freeze dried ice cream. The instructor who taught the class was boiling water for his instant noodle but was curious about my cooking regimen. After looking at what he had prepared and what he had he asked me when I was taking my next trip.
That's all I need to know that this was a winner.

Customer Service:
Parts do wear after a few decades but just update them with the titanium replacment pans.

Similar Products Used:
MSR, svea, gaz

Review Date
December 26, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: theotherleadingbrand ,  Paddler

Price Paid:  $0.00 at online

Summary:
TRANGIA WESTWIND REVIEW

This thing is so simple and neat I can't find a problem with it. The westwind is the same stove that's in the other sets, but with a 3 panel windscreen and nothing else. Great for a simple weekend of ultra-light hiking and boil-in-bag cooking. I have no altitude/ winter experience with it to report, but for my purposes this thing has a good niche.

Customer Service:
No moving parts, no problems!

Similar Products Used:
MSR, Coleman