I used a Svea stove (I think it has a primus type burner). It does roar. It cooks
very hot. And I used to sleep with it in my sleeping bag to ensure adequate pressure
when I got up on a cold morning. I bought a tiny pump for it after many years that
left me missing my cold brass bag buddy not a bit.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In the 70's and early 80's I lived full time on a sailboat (no trains on the
> boat!). All the cooking was done on a two burner alcohol fired stove.
> Although many different manufacturers made the drop in stove units, most all
> of them used "Primus" burners.
> The burner had a cup that was to be filled with alcohol, then lit to heat the
> burner body. The alcohol was in a tank that you pressurized with a built in
> hand pump.
> The bright blue flame produced would be a good steamer flame. If you wanted
> more heat, Primus made a kerosene burner that operated in the same manner,
> but put out much more heat due to the difference between alcohol and kerosene
> BTU content.
> I do not ever remember of these burners making noise like the gas burners we
> have today. Anyone else familiar with the Primus units?
> Keep your steam up! (one way or another)
> Walt
