$130....but I never pay for fuel

This...should be available where you are. Optimus Elektra FE Cook System | Backcountry.com

For more fry space just add this. https://www.amazon.com/GSI-Outdoors-9...kpack+cookware

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I don't cook with the Trangia, but Rowan does and he has cooked up many and varied delicious meals for us over the years.

I have used this MSR stainless steel pot kit for probably 20 years, bike touring and we have used it for years car camping with the family. They really do hold up well from heavy use, and with biking I've used propane cannister stoves, as well as a Whisperlight that has been only used with white gas and as been reliable as anything.

I recently wanted to try something lighter, so got a basic Trangia kit, with a small aluminum pot/lid, and found it to work very well. I appreciated the lighter weight, and found that the small pot that came with it is fine for a one persons amount of pasta, which I tend to eat a lot when biking. I figure I can always get a larger alu pot if I need more volume, or just take one of the old stainless steel jobs.

msr pots, still the same after all these years.
MSR Alpine 2 Pot Set - Mountain Equipment Co-op. Free Shipping Available

mini trangia kit with .8 liter pot
Trangia Mini Stove with Cookset - Mountain Equipment Co-op. Free Shipping Available

I have pretty much the same set of stainless msr pots, mine came with the kettle and the pan is a bit different, and its only 15 years old. I used them in my kitchen while in grad school, as well as backpacking. While they have been heated with almost every type of heat source, from electric/gas ranges, campfires, alcohol stoves to canister stoves, they only have a few dents and will probably never wear out.
But like you I went to a lighter setup, with a Brunton Itty Bitty cookset and a pot cozy. Not as bomb proof, but SO much lighter.

I really like the basic Trangia and pack everything I need inside the pot except the fuel.

What I would really like is a Coleman military stove... the model 520 or 530.



If anyone finds one or has one they don't want, let me know.

That looks like a nice compact matched set. My only concern is the aluminum fry pan. In my experience, inexpensive aluminum fry pans like the one in the set above, tend to be too light weight to withstand repeated use and do not spread heat evenly. You might do just a well with a small fry pan designed for kitchen use.

Trangia mini for me on solo tours The lid doubles as a small frying pan.
When touring with a partner one of the larger Trangia sets enables more ambitious cooking, but on my own I keep it simple, beans and rice, pasta etc

Another Trangia here. I have both alcohol and gas burner for it.

What did you plan to use as stove?

--J

Do you really use this for touring? Although I love the tech concept and design, I'm skeptical about day-to-day use for touring, especially cleaning. Do you actually charge your phone out in the wild? Their site seems to be begging for testimonials but I don't see any.

a small alcohol stove for now, i dont have an extra 100 $ to spend on a stove

It weights a ton. 33 oz. I read a post by someone who said it's decent for car camping but not for touring. Another person also said the charge capability isn't that good.

It's definitely cool for tailgating to show how environmentally conscience you are

Don't forget to bring fire starter, and dry kindling --> Seriously??

Or you could go serious ol' skool with one of these WW I stoves on display in a museum in Bassano del Grappa, IT:

The more I watch their videos the more impractical and absurd the product seems. I'm sure there's some good intentions behind the original concept but it looks off-the-rails to me. Third-world use: hard to believe.

home made alcohol stove(s) - several
trangia
snow peak gigapower (lately my favorite...)

snow peak 700 pot / lid
ti spork
snow peak double wall mug (fits inside the pot, stove fits inside the cup)
silicone bowl

I use a similar setup.

Evernew Ti alcohol stove
500mL pot/mug
AL foil windscreen
Silicone mug
spork

I place the mug directly on the stove, no pot stand required. I use the silicone cup for tea and the pot/mug does double duty for both cooking and eating. Here is my kitchen ready to cook ramen

Sigg Tourist cookset, purchased at Sporthaus Schuster in 1967:
SIGG TOURIST Cook kit, vintage 1970s photo - Deems Burton photos at pbase.com
We like to cook.

Can't get replacement caps for the Svea 123 anymore, so now we use an Optimus Nova multi-fuel stove.

Easy to fly with a gas stove - simply run the fuel bottle and stove through the dishwasher, or otherwise wash thoroughly before flying. Leave the cap off the bottle. If there's no fuel odor you won't have any trouble. That's another advantage of having the Svea for a knick-knack now - it was impossible to get the fuel odor out of the wick.

First rule of successful camp cookery: never fry anything. Browning the flour for white or mornay sauce should be about the limit for frying.

One of my friends had a Biolite on our last little trip... found the stove to be more trouble than it was worth but might be useful if you were really desperate to cook and charge your cellphone (or some other device) at the same time.

I use a stainless mess kit, but how much I bring depends on how many are traveling. I also use a Trangia and love it since the fuel is easy to find, but I also carry a Vargo Titanium stove as a backup. If two or more of us are traveling, I have a Coleman exponent two burner backpacking stove which uses propane. There are a hundred variations to "roughing it."

Marc

Being somewhat new to packing for a bike trip. My first foray down the Oregon and California Coast was without cook gear. I watched what others used and what they recommended. For stoves, I saw one that absolutely impressed me with how fast it could cook or how slowly you could simmer and slow cook foods. that turned out to be the Soto Windmaster. I used it the last couple weeks on the Central California Coast and it was a dream to use. Now to test it out in an Idaho winter out in the boonies.....

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Mike

I don't eat pasta or anything with wheat flour and rarely fry anything on the road.

I usually pack dry cured meats that need no refrigeration and can be heated with a little steaming, fermented sauerkraut goes in a heavy duty ziplock, and then there are all kinds of dry soup mixes and things like homemade power bars that need no cooking. I carry a container of coconut oil for cooking with as it never spoils, it won't go rancid, and does not leak as it is solid. It also serves as a good source of calories with 850 calories per 100 grams.

I pick up veggies en route and lots of times just eat those raw.

If I eat eggs I hard boil them by the half dozen instead of frying them and the extra eggs are a nice snack on the road... if one could get unwashed eggs they also need no refrigeration and just careful packing.

I have to have my coffee / tea and like to wash up in less than freezing water, my coffee / tea goes in my 500 ml (2 cup) thermos which will keep things hot for many hours.

In many cases you could put down a lot of miles with no stove, cycling allows for a few more luxuries than backpacking where weight becomes more critical.

You don't half to spend 100 dollars for a stove who said you half to? Here is what I use and it is just fine and it was only 8 dollars https://www.amazon.com/Lightweight-Cl...camping+stoves You don't half to spend a fortune to get a good stove .

oh thats really cheap, cheaper than the alcohol stove, i think i'll get one, thanks for the link