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so you can use a griddle on these stoves? I've been looking at a cast iron griddle to try, but wasn't sure if it'd be o.k.
 
Odd, the propane conversion I have produces a huge amount of heat...
 
Yes, griddle is just fine
 
I had the profane conversion on an old 425E. Gave it up years ago. I could never remember to either get a new tank or to re-fill it. For whatever reason, I never forget to fill the tank with CF. Plus, if I should forget, I can just grab the siphon hose and get a tank full of RUG. FWIW when running on profane it would get plenty hot on the main burner but if you tried both burners, neither did as well as on liquid fuel. It's not that it doesn't work. You may find it actually easier to balance the burners with profane. With a griddle and profane you could have perfect pancakes! ;)

I always pack a 1968 Model 502 single burner Coleman stove in addition to the 413G. I can simmer on the 502 while browning meat or heating water on the main burner of the 413. If cooking for more than me and the wife I can get all three burners going. If there are kids involved and their moms won't let them near a fire (or it's too darn hot to build one) we do marshmellows on the small stove set up on a table.
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I had one of those old single burners as well, but gave it to Woody before I could use it. I now have one of the dual fuel smaller single burners that I keep in a blue enamel pot "campset" (Rusty :flipoff2:).

It worked GREAT for doing meat fondue out on the rubicon :)
 
If I have to cook for a crowd I just bust out three three burner Coleman stove I got back in the 80's.:cool:

I've never used a propane conversion just stoves that were designed to use propane. (I have a lot of stoves, it's a sickness.:eek:) I like the propane well enough but it never seems to get as hot as naptha, maybe because of the altitude here?
 
I also have a model Model #508 Coleman single burner. I took it hiking about 5 years ago in RMNP. We hiked a trail that took us to the top of Trail Ridge Road at about 12,482 feet. I like to never got the soup we had brought hot! I now know that water boils at much lower temps the higher you go. At the time I blamed the darn stove! (Must have also had high altitude muddled thinking.) The stove didn't want to light either and once burning had to be constantly adjusted. High altitude cooking is difficult regardless of the fuel used. I have heard that profane is hard to vaporize at lower temps and high altitudes.
 
Your best bet at altitude is gasoline, it just packs more BUT's per pound at higher altitudes.
I have a SVEA123 that works great, but it's not much for fine adjustments at any altitude.
 
I like the Svea 123 and also the Optimus 8 series. They are just getting outrageous on E-Bay recently. Sort of like Cruiser prices... ;)

I could pack this stove that I bought off E-bay a few years ago. It's a 1914 Primus #100.
http://www.globalsoftware-inc.com/coolerman/coleman/campstove/Primus100.htm
I have never got it to burn 100% correctly but to be honest I have not really had time to mess with it. I did get it to pump up, replaced a bunch of parts but I still need the main jet and the flame spreader plate....

Sorry to get off Coleman guys but stoves are stoves!
 
I bought a couple of NIB Coleman ApexII stoves at a garage sale two years ago. I'd take one backpacking, it's nice stove. No where near the MSR Whisperlight in terms of quality though.
 
rusty_tlc said:
I agree with coolerman, to a degree.

The two burners share vaporized fuel from a single generator (in your case a single regulator), if you turn the primary down the secondary will get hotter. You can balance it out to get a 50/50 split but it's not usually worth the effort. When using a griddle you can get the two burners balanced well enough to make good pancakes, at least you can with naptha. I've never been able to get enough heat out of propane to get a griddle uniformly hot enough to cook well.

Like Coolerman said, I usually just use the main burner for cooking/frying and the second burner for warming/simmering. If I need two hot pans I just bust out another stove.:cool:
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Not really though. Turning up #1 makes more total fuel air vapor available for both. #2 gets less fuel when you turn down #1.

With the way they are plumbed, #2 basically steals fuel from the side of #1. It is by design a less powerful burner. The burner ring is even smaller on the #2 burner on most stoves.

Back to the topic-I got a super clean 413G off of Craig's list today for $15. Looks like it's cooked 1 meal ever-in 1973. Not a spec of rust either. Only problem-the pump does not work. The guy that had it bought it new, and remembered only 1 camping trip with it. He had a matching lantern with it that sold just before I got there. Pics later.
 
Update: the stove I got with the lantern is a 425c in good but dirty shape. Pumped it up to see if it still built pressure and it seems to be fine. Going camping this weekend to test them both out... If the snow stops falling soon!
 
426B--Not sure of the year but roughly 1957. Purchased from the original owner a very nice older guy now too frail to continue to use it in the outdoors. Needed a cap and a pump and lit right up. Typical of all things in Norcal, it isn't at all rusty.

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It's almost too big to take camping but it's a cool piece of history. It was worth the $20 to talk to the guy that had owned it all these years. He and his brother used it once a year at their family deer camp. His brother died last year, and sadly he didn't look too far behind.
 
I love the three burners. I'd send you the 20 plus shipping if you wanted to get rid of it :) (yeah i know, not likely lol)
 
Need advice

Found what seems like a good deal on a Coleman 513-700 tent heater. Runs on Coleman fuel so will match the fuel for my other stuff.

So anyone have advice on these and if they are worth having?

They guy is asking $30.

Thanks!
 
BreckenridgeCruiser said:
Found what seems like a good deal on a Coleman 513-700 tent heater. Runs on Coleman fuel so will match the fuel for my other stuff.

So anyone have advice on these and if they are worth having?

They guy is asking $30.

Thanks!
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What do you plan to use if for? Maybe - MAYBE, in a super-drafty ice hut or large cabin, but never, never in a tent. Besides the risk of becoming the toast in a toaster oven, and, additionally, the CO output on those is quite high, so if you like waking up with a headache, have at it. There's a reason the new ones are all propane.

But they are cool as hell, and for emergency backup heating, prolly pretty good, if you know their limitations.

I have a spanky new one on the shelf that I'll prolly never use, but I like the way they look :D

Just sayin'...
 
Not really sure... Though of it as a good way to heat a campsite or for tailgating... I assume they are not safe to sue close to a truck while working on it?
 
Uh the Coleman Catalytic heaters work fine in a large tent where the danger of getting your sleeping bag on it is less. Growing up we used one in the tent a lot during winter hunting trips. Just make sure you have ventilation by opening the bottom of the door a bit and because heat rises all the fumes will go out the roof vent. I would not use this in a tent without a roof vent. Properly lit, (these can be finicky to get lit correctly) they are almost fume free. Just make sure you are using FRESH CF not 5 year old stuff AND that the wick is not hard and carboned up.

Now I don't use ANY form of heat in the tent. I have sleeping bags that work down to -10 degrees and with a liner down to -20. It's in the mornings when you crawl out of that soooo warm bag that a small heater hits the spot. The tiny Coleman Sportcat or Blackcat propane heater is PERFECT for a tent. If vehicle camping I bring a Little Buddy heater made by Mr. Heater. 4000-8000 BTU of instant on heat... :D
 
Those new coleman propane blackcats are much more brain friendly.
 
saw this craigslist ad and scooped them up

"COLEMAN COMPACT CAMP STOVE MODEL 425F AND ANOTHER MODEL 425E. VINTAGE. $10 EACH."

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a little dirty, but i think they'll clean up.

Looks to be a bit more convenient than the soda-can alcohol stoves that i've been using.
 
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