Coleman Triton stove sucks! Replacement?
About 15 years ago I bought a Coleman 2 burner high output camp stove and loved it. Super BTUs and excellent controls from simmer to blast. It developed a leak so I tossed it and bought a new one 2 ...
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d3500ram wrote:
Ditto to comments about the olde tyme white gas Coleman stoves.
My 30 year old one works like a champ. I bought a propane adapter for it, but it produces less heat than the fuel counterpart so i never really use it, but have it just in case.
My brother has a white gas version stove that he bought in the late 60's and it works as it did on day one. It looks well worn from use but performs like new.
Same holds true for the Coleman lanterns. Only thing needed on those is replacement mantles ever couple of years.
Don't know about the quality of the current Coleman white gas stoves, but if they are available then my opinion is to go with tried-and-true stuff with a track record.
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I see they still make WHITE GAS STOVES, but I see they are SIGNIFICANTLY higher in price!!:E
I think I paid about $30 for mine back in the day.
And the white gas coleman lanterns are brighter than the propane, and even brighter if you can find the old mantels that used thorium. The white gas stoves also have a higher max heat output than the propane stoves.
I was able to find pyrex fully frosted "lense" for our coleman white gas lanterns. Bright but the cuts down the glare etc. And also have a red pyrex lense as well.
A gallon of white gas take up about the same space as two disposable propane tanks will last way way way longer!
