Thread: coleman fuel alternatives

Originally Posted by blip

I was looking at getting an Svea stove. Why? I dont really know i just like cookers of all different types for some reason. Went to get one but came home with 2 new fishing reels and tackle

Yes, those old Svea 123 are an iconic stove. I have always wanted one, but nowadays most of my hunting is evening/1 overnight stuff, and a thermos full of coffee is easier, faster and less messing around.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

Yes, those old Svea 123 are an iconic stove. I have always wanted one, but nowadays most of my hunting is evening/1 overnight stuff, and a thermos full of coffee is easier, faster and less messing around.

@Ross Nolan Your making me nostalgic! I inherited my dad's old Svea 123 as a teenager, the stove must be at least 60yrs old, must dig it out and try firing it up.

Originally Posted by Hunty1

@Ross Nolan Your making me nostalgic! I inherited my dad's old Svea 123 as a teenager, the stove must be at least 60yrs old, must dig it out and try firing it up.

Or you could just scam a cup off some random guy you walk into on the tops - I hear that works too.....

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

Or you could just scam a cup off some random guy you walk into on the tops - I hear that works too.....

Thats the gold standard! Especially when they use cream instead of milk... The roar of the mighty Svea123 would have been heard from 680m so the outcome of the evening may have been slightly different..

Yeah what we get as white spirits nowadays smells completely different to what I remember as a kid. I grabbed my last bottle and was surprised to find it had completely evaporated in the sealed can. Bugger...

Couldn't actually get a 1L bottle at the time to replace it (Covid BS) and just made do with 91 for the short time I was playing with the lamp.

Originally Posted by Hunty1

Thats the gold standard! Especially when they use cream instead of milk... The roar of the mighty Svea123 would have been heard from 680m so the outcome of the evening may have been slightly different..

Yeah. Careful with mentioning distances though, if I write the story of that I'm including a stealthy crawl forward to get into range..... don't want to upset the no long range brigade.

Have to be a bit careful when buying burner fuel these days because there is "White Spirits" and "Low Aromatic White Spirits (L.A.W.S.)". Its getting more common to see L.A.W.S. sold as White Spirits and only in the small print they mention that its the low-aromatic variety.

They may be interchangable as solvents and paint thinners but not necessarily for stoves