Tonight I decided to do a very unscientific comparison between my new mini Trangia and my old Coghlan's emergency stove

I put approximately 28 to 30 ml of methanol in the Trangia and let it sit for about 2 minutes
I put 1 Coghlan's solid fuel tablet on the other stove

I placed 200ml of tap water into identical tinfoil bowls.

Lit both stoves and immediately placed the water on the stoves

The water on the Trangia started a rolling boil at 4 min 35 seconds
At the 7 minute mark I added a second fuel tablet to the emergency stove
At 8 minutes 20 seconds the water on the emergency stove started a rolling boil

At the 13 minute mark the water on the Trangia stopped boiling
At the 15 minute mark the water on the emergency stove stopped boiling

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Bottom of bowl placed over the emergency stove after boiling water

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Bottom of bowl placed over the Trangia stove after boiling water

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Picture of Trangia stove

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Picture of emergency stove

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Both stoves with tomorrow's turkey in the background


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