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Bushcraft Workhorse Stove, Trangia Spirit Burner
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Feb 4, 2024
In this video I show my Trangia Spirit Burner. If you have not tried one you should. Its a great budget minded stove that is built like a tank. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer20170928757?ref=ac_inf_hm_vp Prepared Wanderer Patches: http://thepreparedwanderer.bigcartel.com -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "The Best Survival Food Kit For Your Bug Out Bag | Nutrient Survival" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un4WZfvyjW8 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
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Hey guys, welcome back to the channel
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So you know, probably one of the most effective pieces of gear that I own, and certainly one
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of the oldest pieces of gear I own as far as bushcraft equipment goes, is my transgea stove
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And you know, these things are bomb proof, and I love them
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And I've tried a lot of different types of alcohol stoves, commercially bought ones
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I have pop can stoves that I've built, of course the cat food tin stoves
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They all work, and they're all effective to a point, but what I really dig about these
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transgea stoves is that this actually has a lid that seals, and you can actually carry
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fuel in it. So if you don't use all your fuel, you can go ahead and snuff this thing out with the
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built in snuffer. And also you can regulate heat this way too, so if you want to simmer instead of a full
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on boil, you can do that as well. So it's really a nice little stove that has a lot of nice features to it for the price
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These things are dirt cheap. Now this is the civilian model, the military version is much bigger, but I think this is
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all I need is this size. So we're just going to burn the alcohol stove today, make a little coffee, so stick around
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Now running these stoves, there's a few things you're going to need if you've never used
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an alcohol stove before. First thing is you're going to have to have, besides the stove itself, you're going to
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have to have a way of transporting your fuel because you certainly can't rely on just the
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stove itself because you're going to use all the fuel in that stove primarily on one boil
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So what I do is I find these little flip top spout bottles, a lot of times they'll sell
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them at camping supply stores, and I put my fuel in those. I always mark them so in case someone else is handling my gear they know that this is
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fuel and it's not water or something else. The other thing with the Trangia, it doesn't come with any type of stand
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So there are a lot of different types of stands on the market, and what I've found to be the
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lightest, simplest, and nicest stand I can find is this titanium cross stand from Evernu
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So let me show you how that works. So we'll go ahead and fill our alcohol
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I never really know how much I use so I just fill this sucker up as much as I can
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That should be plenty for what we're doing. But this Evernu stand fits on there just like that
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Super nice. The other item you're going to need is some type of windscreen
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So just a piece of heavy duty foil, my work metal, help block any unnecessary wind
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And it'll just make the stove more efficient. So with these stoves you can line them by spark
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That's going. Yep, that's running. Once that thing gets heated up it's going to start going through the jets
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There we go. What I've done is I've closed up that windscreen around a little bit tighter
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And I've got a stick holding the windscreen shut a little bit more
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And that's going to keep the heat more around the bottom of the pot instead of escaping off the sides
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I'm boiling about 12 ounces of water. And the boil time should be around 10 or 12 minutes
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I haven't quite reached that mark yet. As far as fuel types go, I primarily use denatured alcohol
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I like denatured alcohol because you can buy it in bulk. You can buy big containers of it at hardware stores
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It's fairly inexpensive. I know some people have used heat, the automotive stuff that you put in your gas lines to keep the fuel dry
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If you do that, you want to use the yellow containers. That's the best. It seems to burn the best
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Denatured alcohol just burns very clean. There's no soot. There's no mess with it
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Like I said, you can buy a lot of it and then store it in containers
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And then just pour it out into smaller containers like I do and take it with you for the day
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So that's what I would recommend for fuel. I really haven't found anything better that I like
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It just works. There we go. That thing is raging now, so you have to move
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That thing is raging now, so you have to move the windscreen out of the way
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That thing is raging now, so you have to move the windscreen out of the way. If you have a multi-tool or a pair of pliers with you, you can lift this off
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But I just use the tip of my knife. Throw that off
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Then I can take the lid and I can snuff it out
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There's nothing new with these transgea stoves. I mean, they've been around forever
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Anybody who's getting into bushcraft usually ends up getting one. But if you haven't tried one and you're looking for an alcohol stove
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I highly recommend getting one if you're on a budget. The budget bushcrafter should try one of these for sure
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Because I think what you'll find is you'll probably end up keeping it for a very long time
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It'll be a piece of your kit that you'll go back to time and time again. I've used mine on so many different hikes and trips
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From zero-degree weather to hot weather, it's really nice and effective. It's a great way of heating up some water for coffee or for soup in the wintertime
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You can do it underneath a tarp safely if you watch the heat output
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It's just a really great controlled way of cooking and having coffee when it starts getting colder
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Check them out and see if you like them. As always, please like, subscribe, share
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We'll see you next time on the Prepared Wanderer
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