Coleman Triton stove sucks! Replacement?

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.

On Edit:
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!

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.

On Edit:
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.

yeah a couple of yrs ago my 30 year old coleman white fuel stove died, so I replaced it with a Coleman Triton figuring for less overall maintenance. Turned out to be a big mistake as I had the same control issue. Went back to the coleman 2 burner white fuel stove.

Mike

time to go "garage sale ing" and pick up an older coleman camp stove, IMHO the best coleman stoves or Lanterns are the older white gas units. Yes, little more work to use than propane but much better overall. Or check out ebay, they often have older stoves listed.

As an alternative depending on how small a stove you need are some sold by REI. They also are high quality.