Trangia SVEA meths burner SIMMERING RING QUESTION.

[ARROW]

Hi Guys just ordered and got a trangia simmering ring (which says its for the B25 trangia burner?. OOhhps it dont seem to fit my sweedish army trangia burner. Has any one had this problem before . When I fit the B25 simmering ring to the SVEA burner seems to almost completely cover the flame holes. Could someone please confirm that there is in fact another type of simmering ring for the SVES burner. Any idea where I could get one of the correct type
Cheers Regards Arrow.

[Pablo]

If I'm reading you right, I think you've got the simmer ring for the civilian trangia system. It won't fit the burner in the Swedish army unit as this burner is too big. I don't think there's such thing as a simmer ring for the svea or the trangia version of the swedish army set although I might be wrong. A few people make one from the bottom of beer cans.

[DKW]

The simmering covers those holes around the edge of the burner on the civvy burner aswell.

If the simmering fits over the burner screwtop, it fits on the burner itself ;)

[ARROW]

Cheers for the answers guys, if you cannot get a simmering ring for the army version Ill may either try the can fix or maybe simply buy a civy/B25 burner.reason being ive found the flame on the army burner is ok for boiling ang general cooking it can be too fierce for some of the stuff ive tried to cook (banock bread for one).Thanks again arrow

[DKW]

Post a pic of the burner with simmering on from side and top, and ill have a go at guessing if it fits or not ;)

[Silverback]

Go one better and buy the Tatonka burner and simmer ring it knocks both types of trangia burner into a cocked hat (I have all three :wink:) Lurch is your man aka Lakeland Bushcraft

http://www.lakelandbushcraft.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2elakelandbus hcraft%2eco%2euk%2f&WD=tatonka&PN=Tatonka%2ehtml%23aTT015#aTT015

[rik_uk3]

I've got a Trangia clone burner with simmer ring you can have, PM me your address and I'll pop it in the post

[Andy2112]

Does anyone still put a drop of meths in the hollow/depression beneath the screw thread on the burner to help it ignite ? i used to when i used my civvi burner but not yet on the SA one ?

[JP]

Tonight Im ordering a simmer ring for tomorrow, MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm Vindaloo!!!!!!!!!!!! lol ;)

[Gary]

Andy - oddly I have just written a short peice about this on my survivall blog - the idea of pre-heating the fuel is only really applicable for cold climates but a swedish friend of mine gave me a good idea of using the small bottle from the mess kit to carry a small amount of fuel in close to the body to keep it warm - this is used to burn off in the recess on the top and thus ensures good preheating .........

[Andy2112]

Andy - oddly I have just written a short peice about this on my survivall blog - the idea of pre-heating the fuel is only really applicable for cold climates but a swedish friend of mine gave me a good idea of using the small bottle from the mess kit to carry a small amount of fuel in close to the body to keep it warm - this is used to burn off in the recess on the top and thus ensures good preheating .........

cheers Gary, i'll take a look mate, thanks. I remember being told years ago to do it when i first got my civvi trangia. Must give it a try soon.

[DKW]

Does anyone still put a drop of meths in the hollow/depression beneath the screw thread on the burner to help it ignite ? i used to when i used my civvi burner but not yet on the SA one ?

Never have done that. Don't even carry the meths in my jacket for heating the fuel.

Haven't had any trouble getting the burner to work properly whatso ever. Not even in cold weather (down to -20 degrees centigrade)

But i must admit, the preheating of the fuel in a small bottle in your jacket does indeed seem to be a good idea, and it is the forst time i have heard of someone putting meths on the rim of the burner for preheating/igniting, so ill give it a try and make a decision for myself on the subject :biggrin:

[SimonM]

Does anyone still put a drop of meths in the hollow/depression beneath the screw thread on the burner to help it ignite ? i used to when i used my civvi burner but not yet on the SA one ?

I always do that when it's cold out, whether I am using one of civvie models, or the SA or the Tatonka burner.

Just speeds up the "pre heat" and means I use a tiny amount of fuel more.

Simon

[Andy2112]

I always do that when it's cold out, whether I am using one of civvie models, or the SA or the Tatonka burner.

Just speeds up the "pre heat" and means I use a tiny amount of fuel more.

Simon

I'd almost forgotten that i used to do this, thanks to this thread i'll start doing it again. I presume that it gets the 'jets' burning like a gas burner quicker.

Andy

[rik_uk3]

Cheers for the answers guys, if you cannot get a simmering ring for the army version Ill may either try the can fix or maybe simply buy a civy/B25 burner.reason being ive found the flame on the army burner is ok for boiling ang general cooking it can be too fierce for some of the stuff ive tried to cook (banock bread for one).Thanks again arrow

I've never seen the army burner described as 'fierce' before:lmao:

Get a real Trangia cookset FFS, so much better than the army tat


Richard
Stove Collector

[Nigel]

I was trying to light my swedish army trangia a few nights ago with a firesteel - was taking ages, far too long..
..then realised the meths i was using had been stored outside too and was pretty cold.. doh! :rolleyes:

[ZDP-189]

I have found that the Trangia simmer ring has an almost negligible effect.

[rik_uk3]

When you get the hang of the simmer ring, it becomes a real bonus. Using a real Trangia you should get a boil and then down to simmer time of about 50-55 minutes, a real fuel saver.