Tuesday, Apr 07, 2015 at 06:30
Firstly for the OP, these haven't been banned from use, just from sale awaiting a possible redesign or 'fix', a fix for human stupidity mostly.
If people don't use the appropriate sized frypan, pot, or kettle, then they are asking to be a statistic.
There are enough warnings on the product and instructions.
As far as I am aware, there has been one known incident with these stoves in Australia.
They are very convenient for many people and shorter tips, where some of the cooking / hot water for cuppas isn't needed all that fast, or economical (one of the dearest gas options out there).
It's funny though that butane canisters are still able to be purchased, Bunnings state in a new article that "butane gas canisters that accompany the stoves were still for sale."
A bit like banning new sales of guns, but leaving the ammo available for purchase !!
Hugo, exactly what I use on 80% of trips, a 2 burner LPG stove, fold up type, great in the wind and so much faster that the canister iso butane single, double, or bbq type stoves that are withdrawn.
Sigmund, I also have one of these single burners that screw straight to the cylinders, use that for heating the shower water.
I usually take 2 x 2.0kg LPG bottles, which I find fit in nicely and give me some flexibility to use 2 LPG options at a time if needed.
Re Trangias and safety, the only real drama with them is when people (mostly school
camp users) go to refill them thinking they are out of fuel, and there is that very faint metho glow still burning but hard to see in daylight.
Mostly this has been rectified now with good pre trip mentoring by teachers, but for a while there was a spate of kids getting burned refilling these stoves.
....They weren't banned at the time though....
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